Important Notice for ReadyAPI Customers

ReadyAPI has moved to SmartBear License Management and from October 2023, file-based licensing will be retired. As of September 2023, all licenses issued for your subscription term will be ID-based licenses by default. If you are not currently on ID-based licensing, it's time to migrate immediately. File-based licensing will no longer be supported as of October 2023. This means that technical support requests related to file-based licensing will not be accommodated. If you encounter technical issues that you're unable to resolve, it could lead to service interruption. For customers still in the process of migration, we recommend reaching out to your Account Manager to discuss your migration plan. Alternatively, you can log a support request with our Customer Care Team for assistance.

For more details regarding licensing support, please refer to this link.

This topic describes how to consume a floating license from Protection! Licensing Server 5 that is compatible with ReadyAPI 3.3.1 and later. If you use earlier version, see Check out Floating Licenses on Headless Machines (Legacy).

You can apply floating licenses on headless machines by using a command-line license manager.

Requirements

Before checking out a floating license on your machine, you need to install and configure the server on your computer or on some machine in your local network. See Configure License Server 5.x for details.
Your computer must have access to the license server. Make sure the firewalls and proxies in your network do not block the access.
The machine where ReadyAPI is installed should be able to connect to the license server machine by using the IP address for which the license is issued. In most cases, it means that there should not be NATs, load balancers, and other intermediates that remap the IP address of the license server machine.
If you access the floating License Server through a firewall (for example, from a remote server or from home), you will need to open port 443. Ask your system administrator for assistance, if needed.

Apply license

Download the License Manager packaged application from the SmartBear website.

Note: The License Manager requires Java 12. You can use Java shipped with ReadyAPI or download the required version from https://jdk.java.net/archive/.
Run the License Manager .bat (or .sh on Linux and macOS) file with the -s <serverIP>:<Port> option:
- For example, if you use Java shipped with ReadyAPI, perform the following commands:
  
  cd <ReadyAPI directory>\jre\bin
  <path to license manager>\license-manager.bat -s 127.0.0.1:443
- If you use Java 12 installed in your operating system, perform the following command:
  
  license-manager.bat -s 127.0.0.1:443
The License Manager will ask you what license information (ReadyAPI Test, ReadyAPI Performance, ReadyAPI Virtualization, VirtServer or TestEngine) you want to check out. Specify the license by entering the relevant number.

How to automate
How to automateHide steps
To automate this step, do the following:
- Create a text file containing the code of the application whose license you want to consume:
  
  1 ReadyAPI Test
  
  2 ReadyAPI Performance
  
  3 Secure (if you have an old license)
  
  4 ReadyAPI Virtualization
  
  5 VirtServer
  
  6 ReadyAPI Bundle
  
  7 TestEngine
  
  8 SwaggerHub
  
  9 SwaggerHub 2
  
  For example, to activate a ReadyAPI Test license, specify 1.
- Add < file-name after the command line. For example:
  
  license-manager.bat -s 127.0.0.1:1099 < C:\Work\Test.txt

The License Manager will check out the license from the license server and apply it.

1	ReadyAPI Test
2	ReadyAPI Performance
3	Secure (if you have an old license)
4	ReadyAPI Virtualization
5	VirtServer
6	ReadyAPI Bundle
7	TestEngine
8	SwaggerHub
9	SwaggerHub 2

Check out Floating Licenses on Headless Machines

Requirements

Apply license

See Also