A professional license management system is the backbone of any software publisher’s business. Its goal is to free up your time from routine or menial tasks, provide a reliable source of alerts for you to intervene in person where you have to, and allow you to customize the widest array of factors possible to meet all your customers’ needs. Such a system goes beyond a ‘set and forget’ concept and rather offers a fine-grained degree of personalization at any time. We believe that CodeMeter License Central serves this scope and in this presentation we show you how it can make your life easier. If you're wondering whether license automation may actually mean losing control over how licenses are managed, we have you covered: the entire configuration of CodeMeter License Central is in your hands. You are in charge of the tolerance levels your users are entitled to, you are still in the driving seat of the whole apparatus and the initiator of single or multiple tasks, you can monitor the complete gamut of activities and change the course of action. Beyond the more frequent license management operations, automated processes in CodeMeter License Central can regulate special requests, like the transfer of licenses from one CmContainer to another (PC to PC, or PC to dongle). In such a case, you may find yourself with lost licenses on the move. However, you can set up preventive measures that resolve such incidents automatically. Through the software lifecycle, you will also often find yourself having to distribute updates of your application. This task has top priority and is executed automatically before all other actions. Two additional use cases are push and acknowledgement actions. When you push, you deliver updates to your user without having to demand a license request file back each time. The CmContainer (CmDongle or CmActLicense) has to be registered only once in CodeMeter License Central. Each new license request file automatically triggers the acknowledgment process to keep the license database in CodeMeter License Central up to date. In case of errors, further automated processes can be used to remedy them. Watch the webinar: https://youtu.be/0uosxOODfUU

1. Making your everyday life easier with
license automation
Ruediger Kuegler
VP Sales & Professional Services
Joerg Jans
Professional Services
CodeMeter License Central
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2. UserISV
CodeMeter License Central – Ticket System
Ticket + Fingerprint
4
License
5
Ticket
2
Order
1
E-Commerce
ERP/CRM Software
License Portal
Ticket:
ABCDE-FGHIJ-KLMNO-PQRST-UVWXY
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License
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3. CodeMeter
License Central
Transferring a License into a CmContainer
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Offline PCOnline PC
WibuCmRaC (License request)
WibuCmRaU (License update)
WibuCmRaC (Receipt)
Flash Memory
Device

4. Demo
Automatic Confirmation
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Modified Context Files
Push Updates

5. Automatic Confirmations / Modified Context Files / Push Updates
 Each new Remote Context File (WibuCmRaC) includes all information for
acknowledging already delivered licenses
 In case someone was to use the same (old, outdated) WibuCmRaC again:
 Before CodeMeter License Central 3.20:
Error “Please create a new WibuCmRaC file”
 Since CodeMeter License Central 3.20:
CodeMeter License Central uses a Modified Context File (WibuCmRaM) instead
 Planned: Merge of all open updates into one WibuCmRaU file
 Push Update technology available since CodeMeter License Central 3.20
also for Universal Firm Code
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6. CodeMeter
License Central
Recurring Transfers to the same CmContainer
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Offline PCOnline PC
WibuCmRaC (License request)
WibuCmRaU (License update)
Flash Memory
Device
WibuCmRaC (License request)
WibuCmRaU (License update)

7. CodeMeter
License Central
Recurring Transfers to the same CmContainer (Push)
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Offline PCOnline PC
Flash Memory
Device
WibuCmRaM
WibuCmRaC (License request)
WibuCmRaU (License update)
WibuCmRaU (License update)

8. Demo
Moving Licenses
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Restoring Licenses
Actions in Case of Fraud

9. Moving Licenses
 Global settings
 Deactivation allowed: on | off
 Deactivation type: online | online/offline
“online” affects the ISV interface only
 Configuration of every item
 yes | no | global
 Settings affect only the licenses that are created after the new settings
have been enforced
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10. Restoring Licenses
 Restoring single licenses
 Use case: Dongle lost, computer broken
 Activation Count x+1 and Blocking Period y (Firm Code / Item)
 Restoring a complete CmContainer (CmActLicense)
 Use cases:
 Reactivation at the same computer after hard drive crash
 Resetting a machine with a backup (training lab)
 x restores + one new after y days, z in maximum (CmContainer Type)
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11. Actions in Case of Fraud
 Global settings
 Reactivation behavior: no action | withdraw | blacklist
 Withdrawal available since CodeMeter License Central 3.20
 Use case: Locking or withdrawing old licenses (former generation of
licenses) in case of restoring licenses and CmContainers
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12. Demo
Automatic Updates
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Withdrawing and Replacing Licenses
Recycling CmContainers

13. Automatic Updates
 Vendor assigns a license to the serial of a CmContainer during the creation
of the license
 Initial activation without ticket is possible
 Return and restore according to defined rules is possible
 Automatically in the background, during (before) other actions
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14. Withdrawing and Replacing Licenses
 Withdrawing licenses
 Available since CodeMeter License Central 3.20
 Use case: User ordered / received the wrong license
 Remove (withdraw) a dedicated license from a CmContainer
 License is no longer available after withdrawal
 Similar to Auto Update, processing before Auto Update
 Replacing licenses
 Planned for CodeMeter License Central 3.21
 Use case: Changing an existing license (subscriptions, …)
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15. Recycling CmContainers
 Use cases:
 Reusing a CmDongle after evaluating CodeMeter
 Resetting all licenses in a CmContainer
 Similar to Auto Update
 Old licenses are no longer available after being recycled
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