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Floating license server operation manual - cloud version

The following explains the floating license for the cloud version.

  • set up
  • Operation
    • Check license usage status
    • Update license

set up

The setup procedure for using the cloud version floating license is as follows.

  1. Register the IP address to connect to the firewall
  2. Product key notification

1. Register the connection destination IP address to the firewall

You must have network connectivity from the Next Design execution environment to the cloud server that manages your floating licenses.

If your organization's firewall restricts connection destinations, follow the instructions below to register the specified IP address in the firewall's destination whitelist to allow network connections to the cloud server from within your organization.

Proxies and Firewall > Firewall whitelisting

2. Product key notification

Please inform the user of the product key written in the registration information notification.

Product keys vary by edition. Please check the registration information notification for the correspondence between product keys and editions.

Operation

Check license usage status

System administrators can check license usage status from their browser. The information that a system administrator can confirm is as follows.

  • Current number of licenses in use/maximum number available
  • License activation status
  • Name of the machine currently using the license
Operating instructions
  1. Access https://dcinc.cryptlex.app/ in your browser to display the login screen.
  2. Enter the [Email] and [Password] written in the registration information notification in [Email] and [Password] on the login screen.
  3. Click the [nnn/mmm Activations] (*) link in the Activations column.
  4. A list of machines currently using the license will be displayed.

(*) nnn/mmm displays the current number of usage and maximum number of available usage.

Update license

There is no need to update the license, such as extending the expiration date or adding the maximum number of simultaneous connections. The license information will be updated when the shipping notification arrives, so you can use the floating license as is.