A hostid is used to identify the license server. The license server uses native code, so a number of platforms are supported, beyond those supported in other types of license.
There are two ways to determine the hostid of a system: you can either use the command line tool lmhostid which is included in our license server downloads, or you can use platform-specific commands.
Refer to the FlexNet Publisher Flexnet Publisher License Administration Guide, Hostids for Supported Platforms section for a full description of the lmhostid options.
The following table describes the server Host ID types that DeltaNova supports for license server, when to use them, and how to generate them. These are a subset of those supported by Flexera and listed in its documentation.
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Host ID type |
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Ethernet |
This is the MAC address of the network card. It is a recommended identifier for physical machines. It is specified as a 6-byte quantity with each byte specified as two hex digits. |
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IP Address (INTERNET) |
An IPv4 or IPv6 address. It can be used in Virtual Machines. IPv4 and IPv6 loopback addresses are not permitted. |
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Hostname |
The configured hostname of the system. It can be local or fully qualified. |
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When adding hostids into the License Manager, you must remove the type prefix (the word before the = symbol) such as HOSTNAME= or INTERNET= as the hostid type is specified immediately before the text entry area. However, when using the License CLI, these prefixes are required.