License Key Management

Introduction

Sigasi Studio’s license key management system is based on the well known FlexNet (a.k.a. FlexLM) license manager. Sigasi Studio supports both node-locked and floating license keys. The Sigasi Studio edition is controlled by the license key.

This page explains how to configure your Sigasi license in Sigasi Studio on Eclipse. There is a separate page documenting License Server Management.

Node locked licenses

If you have a node-locked license, you can enter your license key directly in Sigasi Studio.

  1. Open the Sigasi Studio License Key preference page: Window > Preferences > Sigasi > License Key
  2. Click Edit License File
  3. paste your key in the dialog

An example node-locked license looks like this. Note that the first line starts with INCREMENT

INCREMENT com.sigasi.hdt sigasi 2.0 18-nov-2012 uncounted \
        VENDOR_STRING="company:www.example.com;mac:10f2dd92c5ac;name:John \
        Doe;type:trial" HOSTID=ANY ISSUER=Sigasi ISSUED=21-Oct-2012 \
        START=21-Oct-2012 SIGN="0CCC 87EA 9BB6 256E 7D81 E49D B2A6 \
        E53D 1CA5 41D4 63DF 8671 5695 EF82 0E30 1028 732D DED3 0999 \
        FD11 8B97 42B0 7CF2 F51F 20A0 DA6E 7F54 9D64 FF29 49AB"

Floating licenses

If you have a floating license key, you need to configure both a license server and Sigasi Studio.

An example floating license looks like this. Note that the first line starts with SERVER or DAEMON:

DAEMON sigasi port=27001
SERVER your_server_name1 BD41FCF5DE27 27000
INCREMENT com.sigasi.hdt sigasi 2.0 18-nov-2012 4 \
        VENDOR_STRING="company:www.example.com;mac:10f2dd92c5ac;name:John \
        Doe;type:trial" HOSTID=ANY ISSUER=Sigasi ISSUED=21-Oct-2012 \
        START=21-Oct-2012 SIGN="0960 9728 7193 4DA5 15C2 3652 21E1 \
        EF82 1060 8FC1 9EA6 0C43 4842 C50B 684F E4DA 8EEF 37E9 5384 \
        8DF4 106C 52B4 EECE 0A69 CBAC 0CF2 47E2 00F2 A244 E22F"

Configuring Floating license in Sigasi Studio (FlexNet Client)

In order to use a floating license, Sigasi Studio needs to know how to contact the server. The license server can be configured in Sigasi Studio or using an environment variable.

Configure the license server in Sigasi Studio

In Sigasi Studio, navigate to the License Key preference page via: Window > Preferences > Sigasi > License Key. Next enter <portnumber>@<servername> in the License key path. For example:

27000@myserver.example.com

If you have redundant license servers, enter each of the license servers separated using “,”. It is recommended to specify the primary server first in the list. For example:

27000@myserver1.example.com,27000@myserver2.example.com,27000@myserver3.example.com

If you have multiple, non-redundant license servers, the servers should be separated using “:” on Linux and using “;” on Windows.

If you leave the License key path empty, Sigasi Studio will try to use an environment variable to find the license server.

Configure the license server in an environment variable

You can also set your license server via an environment variable instead of configuring it in Sigasi Studio. Both SIGASI_LM_LICENSE_FILE and LM_LICENSE_FILE are supported. When SIGASI_LM_LICENSE_FILE is set, LM_LICENSE_FILE is ignored.

Note that if you want to use an environment variable, you can not enter a path in the License Key preference page. The value on the License Key preference page has priority over environment variables.

Linux Example:

export SIGASI_LM_LICENSE_FILE=27000@myserver.example.com

For redundant license servers, the servers should be separated using “,”. It is recommended to specify the primary server first in the list. Example:

export SIGASI_LM_LICENSE_FILE="27000@myserver1.example.com,27000@myserver2.example.com,27000@myserver3.example.com"

Floating License options

Release a floating license

You can release a floating license (check a license in) without closing your Sigasi Studio application or Eclipse application. This is useful if you use Eclipse to edit other files than VHDL files, like C or Tcl.

First, make sure that all VHDL and Verilog files are closed and all VHDL and Verilog projects are closed. Next select Help > Sigasi > Floating license > Release Sigasi Floating Licenses

To get the license back (to check the license out), open the license dialog Help > Sigasi > Configure License… and press Apply.

How to block Sigasi Studio from checking out a license?

If you have configured an environment variable with the location of a FlexNet license server, you can instruct Sigasi Studio not to check out a license by setting the Sigasi Studio License key to none.

Checking out and releasing the XPRT license

If you have a license for Sigasi Studio XPRT , this is actually licensed as a com.sigasi.hdt.xl FlexNet feature combined with a com.sigasi.hdt.xl.doc FlexNet feature. The XL license is checked out as described above.

The XPRT license is checked out automatically in the following cases:

  • When you open the Block Diagram view
  • When you open the State Machine view
  • When you open the Class Hierarchy view
  • When you open the VUnit view
  • When you export documentation
  • When you click Help > Sigasi > Floating License > Check out Sigasi Studio XPRT license

The XPRT license can be released via: Help > Sigasi > Floating license > Release Sigasi Studio XPRT Floating Licenses.