Installing License Management Tools

In most situations, Delinea license management tools are installed by default when you install Server Suite. However, some license management tools also have standalone installers so that you can perform a manual installation, or modify an existing license management tool installation.

Installing the Delinea Licensing Service

The Delinea Licensing Service is installed by default when you install Server Suite. The default installation location is:

C:\Program Files\Centrify\Licensing Service

For details about installing Server Suite, see the Planning and Deployment Guide and the Administrator’s Guide for Windows.

You can choose not to install the licensing service during Server Suite installation by deselecting the Delinea Licensing Service check box in the list of components to install when the Delinea Management Services installation wizard executes. For example, if the licensing service is already installed on one computer in the forest and you do not need to install it on other computers, you can deselect it from the list of installed components. However, you should ensure that the licensing service is installed on at least one computer in the forest before deselecting it during installation.

If you do not install the licensing service when you install Server Suite, you can install it separately as described in Performing a Standalone Licensing Service installation.

Performing a Standalone Licensing Service Installation

You can install the Licensing Service separately from Server Suite using the standalone Licensing Service installer.

To perform a standalone installation of the Licensing Service:

  1. Log on to the Windows computer and insert the CD or navigate to the directory where you downloaded Delinea files. If the Getting Started page is not automatically displayed, double click the autorun.exe file to start the installation of the Delinea software.

  2. On the Getting Started page, click Delinea Licensing Service.

  3. At the Welcome page, click Next.

  4. Review the terms of the license agreement, click I accept the terms in the License Agreement, then click Next.

  5. Specify a location for installing licensing service components and click Next.

  6. Click Install to begin the installation.

  7. When the installation finishes, click Finish.

    Note: You can also install the licensing service by executing the following installer, which resides in the Licensing Service folder in the Server Suite installation folder:

Centrify_Licensing_Service-x.x.x-win64.msi

After the licensing service is installed and running, you can use the licensing service control panel to manage Delinea licenses as described in Managing licenses with the Licensing Service.

Modifying a Delinea Licensing Service Installation

You can change, repair, or remove an existing licensing service installation by executing the standalone Delinea Licensing Service installer as described in Performing a Standalone Licensing Service Installation after the licensing service is already installed.

You can select one of the following options:

  • Change. Select this option to change installation parameters of the current installation.t
  • Repair. Select this option to remove backup files, re-copy the licensing service program files to the default installation location, and reset registry entries.
  • Remove. Select this option to remove the licensing service from the computer.

Verifying that the Delinea Licensing Service is Running

To verify that the licensing service is running, open the Services administrative tool on the computer where the licensing service is installed. The “Delinea Licensing Service” entry should have a status of Started.

Assigning a License Container to a Zone through Access Manager

If you choose to use more than one license container in the forest, you can assign a specific license container to an individual zone. This option is useful if you want to manage zones independently with each zone using its own set of license keys rather than having all zones use a common pool of licenses. If you assign a specific license container to a zone, however, only the license keys installed in that container can be used for the computers in that zone.

For example, if you create a license container object named ajax.org/Performix Licenses, add a license key for 10 Workstation license to that container, and assigned that container to the Performix Division zone, those 10 workstation licenses are available specifically for the computers you add to the PerformixD ivision zone.

To assign a license container to a zone:

  1. Open the Access Manager console.
  2. If prompted to connect to a forest, specify a domain controller, and, if needed, the user credentials for connecting to the domain controller, then click OK.
  3. In the console tree, select Zones to display the list of zones.
  4. Select a zone and right-click, then click Properties.
  5. On the General tab, select a specific Licenses container from the list of available License containers for the zone to use, then click OK.

Installing the Licensing Report Wizard

The Licensing Report wizard is installed by default when you install Server Suite. The default installation location is C:\\Program Files\\Delinea\\Deployment Report.

You can optionally reinstall the wizard manually by executing the Licensing Report wizard standalone installer:

Centrify_Licensing_Report-x.x.x-win64.msi

The standalone installer is located in the DirectManage folder in the Server Suite installation folder.

Modifying a Licensing Report Wizard Installation

You can change, repair, or remove an existing Licensing Report wizard installation by executing the standalone installer:

Centrify_Licensing_Report-x.x.x-win64.msi

The standalone installer is located in the DirectManage folder in the Server Suite installation folder.

You can select one of the following options when you execute the standalone installer in an environment where the wizard is already installed:

  • Change. Select this option to change installation parameters of the current installation.
  • Repair. Select this option to remove backup files, re-copy the Licensing Report wizard program files to the default installation location, and reset registry entries.
  • Remove. Select this option to remove the Licensing Report wizard from the computer.