Activating Your Product
Product activation is achieved by connecting to a SELECTserver, receiving verification that your SELECTserver Name and Activation Key are correct, and successfully posting usage logs. Product activation is not the same as checking out a license. This section describes how to configure for activation. After initial configuration, automatically and transparently tries to activate each time it runs, and runs unconstrained for a period of 7 days after its last successful activation.
Using the Product Activation Wizard
The Product Activation Wizard is designed to step users through the product activation process. After a product is installed, you must obtain a license and then activate that license. Obtaining the license alone is not enough to complete the process. This wizard eliminates the confusion and makes it clear that obtaining a license and activating a product are two essential steps.
The wizard steps you through the activation process based on the options selected.
SELECT Subscriber Activating Against a Hosted (Bentley) SELECTserver
If you are activating against a hosted (Bentley) SELECTserver, the Server Name is pre-populated but you must provide the proper Activation Key - see http://www.bentley.com/activate for more information regarding this.
- Select
SELECT subscriber activating against a hosted (Bentley)
SELECTserver and click
Next.
The Activating against a SELECTserver page opens.
- Enter the site activation key in the Site Activation Key field.
- If you are using HTTPS, turn on HTTPS (SSL).
- If you are using a proxy server to connect to the SELECTserver, click the Proxy button and fill in the Proxy Server information, then click OK.
- Click Test Connection to verify the connection to the SELECTserver.
- Click Next.
- On the
Country of Use page, select the country where
you will be using this product and click
Next.
The Wizard Selections page displays the information provided on the previous pages.
- Review the information and click Finish to activate the product.
SELECT Subscriber with a Deployed (local) SELECTserver
If you are activating against a local SELECTserver, you must provide the proper Server Name and Activation Key. The Server Name and Activation Key, along with any proxy configuration information, can be obtained from your Site Administrator.
- Select
SELECT subscribers with a deployed (local)
SELECTserver and click
Next.
The Activating against a SELECTserver page opens.
- Enter the name of the server in the Server Name field.
- Enter the site activation key in the Site Activation Key field.
- If you are using HTTPS, turn on HTTPS (SSL).
- If you are using a proxy server to connect to the SELECTserver, click the Proxy button and fill in the Proxy Server information, then click OK.
- Click Test Connection to verify the connection to the SELECTserver.
- Click Next.
- On the
Country of Use page, select the country where
you will be using this product and click
Next..
The Wizard Selections page displays the information provided on the previous pages.
- Review the information and click Finish to activate the product.
NON-SELECT or Node Locked User
If you are not a Bentley SELECT subscriber and you are activating your product, you are presented with three options:
I have an activation key
- Enter the site activation key in the Site Activation Key field.
- If you are using HTTPS, turn on HTTPS (SSL).
- If you are using a proxy server to connect to the SELECTserver, click the Proxy button and fill in the Proxy Server information, then click OK.
- Click Test Connection to verify the connection to the SELECTserver.
- Click
Next.
The Check out license now? page displays.
- Enter your email address in the Email Address field.
- Select the product to be activated (if not pre-populated) in the Product Name field.
- Enter the product version number (XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX, if not pre-populated) in the Product Version field.
- Click Next.
- On the
Country of Use page, select the country where
you will be using this product and click
Next.
The Wizard Selections page displays the information provided on the previous pages.
- Review the information and click Finish to activate the product.
Remote Activation
You can use either the Active Directory Group Policy Objects or the LicenseTool command line utility (LicenseToolCmd.exe) to remotely configure the license of your product.
For information on using the Active Directory Group Policy Objects, refer to the Group Policy Administration (ADM) files page on Bentley Communities.
The LicenseTool command line utility (LicenseToolCmd.exe) is delivered in OpenTunnel Designer's program directory. Following section describes the arguments that can be supplied to the utility.
Checkout
Arguments to checkout a product are:
- productfeatures:"featurestring" - (Mandatory, if there are features associated with the product) Features of the product.
For example,
licensetoolcmd checkout /productid:1000 /productversion:10.00.00.25/email:username@company.com
Checkin
Arguments to checking a product are:
- productfeatures:"featurestring" - (Mandatory, if there are features associated with the product) Features of the product.
For example,
licensetoolcmd checkin /productid:1000 /productversion:10.00.00.25
Import
Argument to import a checked out license is:
For example,
licensetoolcmd import /file:c:\mymachine-MicroStation-License.xml
List
Lists either the products available for checkout or what products are currently checked out on the machine. The default is to produce both lists.
For example,
licensetoolcmd list -avail
Status
Lists the current configuration of the license client on the machine running the command. There are no arguments for this command. For example,
licensetoolcmd status
Configure
Configure a license client option. Takes a license client setting and a value for that setting.
Following settings are available:
- UseProxy - Determines whether or not the configured proxy should be used. The possible values are: "Yes", "No".
- ProxyNeedsAuth - Determines if the configured proxy server requires authentication. The possible values are: "Yes", "No".
For example,
licensetoolcmd configure /setting:selectserver /value:selectserver.bentley.com