Ascom License Server -- User's Manual

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Ascom License Server – User’ s Manual



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© Ascom. All rights reserved.

TEMS is a trademark of Ascom. All other trademarks are the property of their respective holders.



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Contents

1 Introduction 1 1.1 Overview of Solution Components .............................................................. ...................... 1

2 Installing and Configuring the Ascom License Server 2 2.1 Prerequisites .............................................................. ....................................................... 2 2.2 Installation under Windows 7 (64-bit) .......................................................... ...................... 2

2.2.1 Preparations...................................................................................................................... 2 2.2.2 Installing the License Server ............................................................................................. 5

2.3 Installation under Windows 2003/2008 Server (32-bit) .................................................... . 8 2.3.1 Preparations...................................................................................................................... 8 2.3.2 Installing the License Server ........................................................................................... 10

2.4 Verifying the Ascom License Server Installation ............................................................. 13 2.5 Configuring E-mail Settings for the Ascom License Server Web Application .................. 14

3 Using the Ascom License Server Web Application 15 3.1 Logging In to the Ascom License Server ........................................................................ 15 3.2 Managing TEMS Product Users................................. ..................................................... 15 3.3 Generating Reports on License Usage ........................................................................... 16

3.3.1 Requesting a User to Release a License ....................................................................... 17 3.4 Changing the Login Password ........................................................................................ 18



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1 Introduction Ascom offers a customized Sentinel HASP license server and client solution formanaging TEMS product licenses. The solution constitutes an alternative to licensemanagement from the HASP Admin Control Center, described in the TEMSInvestigation Getting Started Manual. This document covers installation and use of the

Ascom License Server . The client is dealt with in another document, “ Ascom LicenseClient – User’s Manual”.

The intended readers of this document are the staff administering TEMS Investigationlicense usage within the customer’s organization. Such persons are referred tocollectively in this document by the term “administrator”.

1.1 Overview of Solution Components

The solution consists of the following components:

The Ascom License Server , a Web application used by the administrator tomanage users, approve users’ registration requests, edit user data, generatereports on current license usage, and request users to return existing licenses.

The Ascom License Client , used by TEMS product end users to register with the Ascom License Server. After the registration has been approved by theadministrator, end users are able to detach licenses from the server and install(attach) them on their PCs, and later to release these licenses, returning them tothe server.



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2 Installing and Configuring the AscomLicense Server

2.1 Prerequisites

Requirements on the machine where the Ascom License Server is to be installed:

Windows 2003/2008 Server (32-bit) or Windows 7 (64-bit)

IIS and ASP .NET version 2.0

Incoming Internet connection on port 80 (HTTP).

2.2 Installation under Windows 7 (64-bit)

2.2.1 Preparations

1. First you need to enable IIS (Internet Information Services) in Windows if thisfeature is not already active. In the Control Panel, navigate to Programs → Programs and Features → Turn Windows features on or off . Click the boxindicated in the screenshot below. This causes the checkbox to be filled, meaningthat a predefined subset of subordinate features is turned on.

2. Under IIS 6 Management Compatibility , turn on “IIS Metabase and IIS 6configuration compatibility ”.



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3. Under World Wide Web Services → Common HTTP Features , verify that “StaticContent ” is checked.

4. Under World Wide Web Services → Application Development Features , check ASP.NET support. Then click OK.



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5. Open IIS Manager and go to Connections → Application Pools . Right-clickApplication Pools and from the context menu choose Add Application Pool .Under Name , enter “ MyPool ”.

6. Right-click the application pool “ MyPool ” just created and choose AdvancedSettings . Set Enable 32-Bit Applications to True. Then click OK.



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2.2.2 Installing the License Server

1. Run the installer Ascom License Server Setup.msi . You should be logged in asadministrator on the PC when doing this.

Go to the Start menu, and in the “Search Programs and Files ” box type cmd .

In the list of search hits that appears, right-click the item “ cmd.exe ” and selectRun as administrator .

At the command prompt, type:msiexec /i Ascom License Server Setup.msi and press Enter.

2. When the installer appears, follow the on-screen instructions to install the AscomLicense Server. On the Select Installation address screen, in the ApplicationPools combo box, select “MyPool ”, then click Next. The installation follows.



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3. After the installation has completed, IIS Manager (under Default Web Site ) shouldhave both HaspSrmCloudDetachServer andHaspSrmCloudDetachWebApplication installed.

4. After installing the Ascom License Server, we need to add write permission to the App_Data folder. Go to the Start menu, and in the “Search Programs and Files ” boxtype C:\inetpub\wwwroot\HaspSrmCloudDetachServer and press Enter. AnExplorer window appears:



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5. In the right-hand panel, right-click the App_Data folder and select Properties. Clickthe Security tab. In the top panel, select “IIS_IUSRS …”, and click the Edit button.

6. In the Permissions panel, check the Allow box for Write . Then click OK to closethe Permissions dialog. Click OK once more to close the Properties dialog.



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2.3 Installation under Windows 2003/2008 Server (32-bit)

2.3.1 Preparations1. First you need to enable IIS (Internet Information Services) in Windows if it is not

already enabled. From the Start menu, select Manage Your Server .

2. Click Add or remove a role .



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3. The Configure Your Server wizard appears. Click Next.

4. On the Server Role screen, select Application server (IIS, ASP.NET) , then clickNext.

5. On the Application Server Options screen, check Enable ASP.NET and clickNext.



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6. Click Next, then click Finish to complete the wizard.

7. To register ASP.NET, go to the Start menu, choose Run, and type cmd.exe . In theCommand Prompt window:

Type cd C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727 and press Enter.

Type aspnet_regiis /I and press Enter.

8. To complete this process you may need to restart IIS. At the command prompt,type iisreset and press Enter.

9. On the Start menu, click Administrative Tools and then Server Manager .10. In the left navigation pane, expand Roles , and then right-click Web Server (IIS)

and select Add Role Services .

11. Scroll down to Management Tools and make sure the checkbox IIS 6Management Compatibility → IIS 6 Metabase Compatibility is checked.

2.3.2 Installing the License Server

1. Run the installer Ascom License Server Setup.msi . You should be logged in asadministrator on the PC when doing this.

Go to the Start menu, and in the “Start Search ” box type cmd . In the list of search hits that appears, right-click the item “ cmd ” and select Run

as administrator .



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At the command prompt, type:msiexec /i Ascom License Server Setup.msi and press Enter.

2. When the installer appears, follow the on-screen instructions to install the AscomLicense Server.

3. After the installation has completed, IIS Manager (under Default Web Site ) shouldhave both HaspSrmCloudDetachServer andHaspSrmCloudDetachWebApplication installed.

4. After installing the Ascom License Server, we need to add write permission to the App_Data folder. Go to the Start menu, and in the “Start Search ” box typeC:\inetpub\wwwroot\HaspSrmCloudDetachServer and press Enter. An Explorerwindow appears:

5. In the right-hand panel, right-click the App_Data folder and select Properties. Clickthe Security tab. In the top panel, select “IIS_IUSRS …”, and click the Edit button.



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6. In the Permissions panel, check the Allow box for Write . Then click OK to closethe Permissions dialog. Click OK once more to close the Properties dialog.



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2.4 Verifying the Ascom License Server Installation

To verify that the Ascom License Server has installed correctly, do as follows:

In your browser, enter the following address:http://localhost/HASPSrmCloudDetachWebApp/Default.aspx . When the Webapplication responds, the following page should be displayed:

Now enter the following address in your browser:http://localhost/HaspSrmCloudDetachServer/Service.asmx . When theDetachManager Web service responds, the following page should be displayed:

Important: Go to the HASP Admin Control Center configuration pagehttp://localhost:1947/_int_/config_detach.html and make sure that the EnableDetaching of Licenses checkbox is checked.

http://localhost/HASPSrmCloudDetachWebApp/Default.aspx


http://localhost/HaspSrmCloudDetachServer/Service.asmx


http://localhost:1947/_int_/config_detach.html







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2.5 Configuring E-mail Settings for the Ascom LicenseServer Web Application

Go to the Start menu, type C:\inetpub\wwwroot\HaspSrmCloudDetachServer , andpress Enter. An Explorer window appears.

Edit the web.config file and set your administrator e-mail settings:

Setting Description

SMTPServerHost Address of the SMTP server

SMTPServerPort Port used by the server to accept SMTP requests.

SMTPUser Valid user name on the SMTP server.

SMTPPassword User’ s password on the SMTP server.

AdminEmail E-mail address to which notifications are sent, for exampleof a new user registering.

An example is shown below.



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3 Using the Ascom License Server WebApplication

3.1 Logging In to the Ascom License Server

While logged in as administrator on the PC, open your browser and go to the URLof the Ascom License Server Web application ( http://<server IP address>/HASPSrmCloudDetachWebApp/default.aspx ). Under User Name , enter “admin” .This user name is hard-coded and cannot be changed. Under Password , enteryour administrator password ( by default, “admin”) , then click the Login button.

3.2 Managing TEMS Product Users

Once you have successfully logged in to the system, the Users Management pageappears:

When a new user has submitted registration details (as described in “ Ascom LicenseClient – User’s Manual”, chapter 3) and is awaiting authorization, the Status column forthat user reads “Pending Registration” .

To authorize the new user, click the Edit link on the table row in question. The EditUser Data screen appears. Click the Status combo box and change the status ofthe user to “Registered”.

In the table at the bottom, in the Detachable column, check the products that thisuser should be allowed to install and use.

To change the default detach duration for this user, edit the Default Detach Period field. When the user detaches a license in the client, this duration will be selectedby default and is the maximum. The user can optionally shorten the detach period.



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If this user should have access to the products for a limited time period only, setEnd Date to a specific date.

The Category 1 and Category 2 fields can be employed to group users in licenseusage reports. See section 3.3. Please note that to obtain meaningful usagestatistics, the Category fields must be employed consistently, users are assigned

Click OK to confirm your settings. The user’s status on the Use rs Managementpage changes to “Registered”, and the user is now able t o detach and installlicenses.

See the example in the screenshot that follows.

The Users Management page also has an Add User link which leads to the samedialog as above, but without any user data entered. This lets you create users fromscratch, as opposed to admitting users who have submitted registration details.

3.3 Generating Reports on License Usage

Clicking the Reports link on the Users Management page brings up a screen whereyou can generate various reports on license usage.

To view each user’s currently detached licenses and their expiry dates, click theUsage Dashboard link. The output has the following format:



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To view license usage statistics for the past quarter, click the Quarter UsageReport link. Detached licenses are broken down by product, by user, and by usercategories according to the Category 1 and Category 2 fields in the user data (seesection 3.2) .

To export the report as a Microsoft Excel CSV file, click the Export to CSV button.

3.3.1 Requesting a User to Release a License

From the Usage Dashboard page, you can also request a user to release a licensethat is currently detached. To this end, click the Request Release link for thatlicense in the listing.

What happens when you click this link is that an e-mail is sent to the user (provided ofcourse that the E-Mail field in that user ’s data contains a valid e -mail address; seesection 3.2) . The contents of the e-mail are shown in the screenshot below.



3.4 Changing the Login Password

To change the administrator login password, click the Change Password link onthe Users Management page. On the screen that appears, type your currentpassword and your desired new password, then click Change .

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