Local License Server (LLS)

The Zentitle2 Local License Server (LLS) allows the vendor to deploy a docker-container-based server to an end customer who does not want to (or cannot) allow an ongoing connection with the Zentitle2 cloud-based license server.

These "dark sites" are common in Enterprise software where the end-user customer has a secure network environment. Traditionally, they have been very hard environments to deploy and maintain. With the local license server, we seek to simplify and make them easier to deploy.

LLS provides a compatible replacement for the cloud-based Licensing API, so your application can use almost all of the licensing features with the LLS without any changes in its implementation logic.

Once your Local License Server (LLS) is running and activated, you can export any entitlement there and use the LLS Licensing API to activate seats and manage features.

This simplifies everything: one API and one product that can run both in dark and internet-connected environments.

LLS is a standalone Zentitle product that can be activated like any other product on the platform using the activation code from the entitlement. Ask the Zentitle support team to configure an LLS license for you.

How is LLS different from an old-fashioned concurrent server?

Unlike old-fashioned network-orientated concurrent servers like FlexLM, LLS can offer all of the same business models inside an Intranet as it can outside it. Why is this important? Now, both concurrent and node-locked type deployments can be managed on a customer site, allowing total freedom just like when they use the Internet or the Public web.

In addition, LLS can run without extra security, unlike FlexLm, which has traditionally needed a dongle to secure it—this is very cumbersome, slow, and prone to issues. LLS can be activated quickly and easily on the customer site and managed effectively via Zentitle2.

This is a significant change in options available to end-user customers. Now, more options are available within secure (dark/offline) environments.

How to deploy LLS to your Customers:

• Ensure your subscription on Zentitle2 has LLS enabled and you have activation details in your dashboard.

• Download and test the LLS and Zentitle2 interworking as explained below.

• Install the LLS container at an end-user site and activate it securely via the "offline" process described in the following pages.

• Transfer any rights for that end-user (entitlements) to the LLS instance.

• Manage the LLS deployment over time using "refresh" and "deactivation" options.

LLS Testing Quick Start

Follow the steps below to test the LLS functionality:

1. Run the LLS on your local environment ->
2. Activate the LLS license ->
3. Export an entitlement from Z2 into LLS ->
4. Use the LLS Licensing API ->

Coming as future Options

The following features are not currently supported:

• Account-based licensing

• Overdrafts

• Feature usage tracking/Analytics data

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