License Server Installation

Installing the License Server on Windows

Double-click on the appropriate .msi file to invoke the installer, e.g. Pixar_License-la_[version]_Win32.vc8-SSE2.msi. This must be done on the machine that you intend to use as your license server. The installer will take you through the installation process, step-by-step.

By default, the license server is installed in C:\Program Files\Pixar\license-[version] and contains the following components and scripts:

* PixarLicenseServer.exe

* pxmlshared.tcl

* queryAvailablePRMan.tcl

* queryPRMan.py

* queryUsersPRMan.tcl

* startPixarLicenseServer.sh

* stopPixarLicenseServer.tcl

* visualizeLicenseSharing.py

Near the end of the installation the licensing application, LicenseApp.exe, will be invoked. It will ask you for an "Entitlement Serial Number" and your Support Forum login and password. Enter the information in the appropriate fields (if you use a proxy server, your proxy information should be added as host:port, e.g. foo.mydomain.com:8080) and click on the Get License button.

The application will contact Pixar's servers and download your license to the appropriate location. Once that is finished, quit LicenseApp and the license server installer will run to completion.

Eventually, you will need to start the license server. This can be done via the Windows Services panel (Start-> Control Panel-> Administrative Tools->Services), or you can run the executable via the Command Prompt (the -help option will give you a rundown of the optional flags for running the license server, including -v:X for debug output and -log filename for logging).

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Installing the License Server on Macintosh OS X

1. Download and unzip the appropriate .tgz file.
2. Double-click on the .pkg to start the installer. The installer will take you through the installation process step by step.

3. The license server is installed, by default, in /Applications/Pixar/PixarLicense-<version> and contains the following components and scripts:
   • PixarLicenseServer
   • LicenseApp (for "LA" versions only)
   • pxmlshared.tcl
   • queryAvailablePRMan.tcl
   • queryPRMan.py
   • queryUsersPRMan.tcl
   • startPixarLicenseServer.sh
   • stopPixarLicenseServer.tcl
   • visualizeLicenseSharing.py
   • legal.txt

4. Your license file, pixar.license (as provided by Pixar) should be saved in this directory. LicenseApp (on OS X) will automatically connect to our servers and download your license file to this location.

5. To start the license server, run the following command from a Terminal window:

   ./startPixarLicenseServer.sh

   To stop the license server, run the following command from a Terminal window:

   ./stopPixarLicenseServer.tcl

   Please note that each of these scripts can be edited to accommodate your site's configuration. Also, the Start/Stop button in the License Server window of the installers for the software packages is not, currently, functional.

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Installing the License Server on Linux

Download the appropriate installer based upon your system's current gcc/glibc configuration.

To install the license server to the default location, in a root shell, navigate (cd) to the directory where the rpm file was downloaded to and type, for example:

> rpm -i PixarLicense-8.0-linuxRHEL5_gcc41icc111.x86_64.rpm

Note that there are different rpm packages for each flavor of Linux that is supported.

To install the packages to a different location, the /opt prefix of the default path can be replaced. For example, to install to /usr/local/pixar/PixarLicense-8.0, from a root shell type:

> rpm -i --prefix /usr/local PixarLicense-8.0-linuxRHEL5_gcc41icc111.x86_64.rpm

The installation includes the following components and scripts:

• PixarLicenseServer
• pxmlshared.tcl
• queryAvailablePRMan.tcl
• queryPRMan.py
• queryUsersPRMan.tcl
• startPixarLicenseServer.sh
• stopPixarLicenseServer.tcl
• visualizeLicenseSharing.py

After installing the license server you will need a valid license file. There is currently no LicenseApp program available for Linux, however the license can be retrieved using a standard web browser.

To generate your license, Pixar will need the license server's unique hostid number. To determine the hostid, you must run a utility that is part of the license server installation. If you have installed to the default directory, run:

> /opt/pixar/PixarLicense-8.0/PixarLicenseServer -hostid

This will print out information similar to the following:

Pixar RenderMan host identifier: honda 0d4ys54s6ey

This script returns both the hostname and the hostid. In this example the hostname is "honda", while the hostid is "0d4ys54s6ey".

To retrieve a license, point a web browser to:

https://renderman.pixar.com/forum/entitlement.php

1. Click Next to get to the license entry form.
2. Enter your forum login and password, along with the Entitlement serial number received from Pixar.
3. Enter the hostname and hostid as determined above.
4. Click the "License Server" checkbox.
5. Click on "Next" to download pixar.license to your computer.
6. Copy the pixar.license file to your license server directory.

After installing your license, you will need to start a license server daemon on the license server host. The license server daemon can be manually started on a host by using the shell script /opt/pixarPixarLicense-8.0/startPixarLicenseServer.sh and stopped with /opt/pixar/PixarLicense-8.0/stopPixarLicenseServer.tcl. The script may be invoked interactively by any user or from the system startup. The license manager needs no special privileges to run.

In order to have the license server be started automatically, you may want to install an rc.d script. For example:

#!/bin/sh
#
#
# description: start/stop control for Pixar License Server
# processname: PixarLicenseServer
# source function library.
. /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions

LICENSE_DIR=/opt/pixar/PixarLicense-7.0
LICENSE_FILE="$LICENSE_DIR/pixar.license"
SU="/bin/su nobody -c"

case "$1" in
  start)
    echo "Starting Pixar License Server Daemon for RenderMan software"
      if [ -x "$LICENSE_DIR/PixarLicenseServer" ]; then
        if [ -f "$LICENSE_FILE" ] ; then
          cd "$LICENSE_DIR"
          $SU startPixarLicenseServer.sh
          echo
        else
          echo "ERROR Cannot run Pixar Licensing daemon: PixarLicenseServer"
          echo "$LICENSE_FILE does not exist."
        fi
      else
        echo "ERROR Cannot run Pixar Licensing daemon: PixarLicenseServer"
        echo "$LICENSE_DIR/PixarLicenseServer does not exist or is not executable"
      fi
      ;;
    stop)
      echo "Shutting Down Pixar License Server Daemon for RenderMan software"
      cd "$LICENSE_DIR" /usr/bin/tclsh stopPixarLicenseServer.tcl
      echo
      ;;
    *)
      echo "Usage: pixarlicenseserver {start|stop}"
      exit 1
    esac

    exit 0