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Published: 2020-3-19
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Getting Started with Ansys Elastic Licensing
Introduction:
The document contains instructions developed specifically for a customer license administrator in
charge of installing/configuring the Ansys software to consume Elastic Licensing entitlements. Perform
all steps in the order they are presented for all electronics and non-electronics product installation
directories.
Prior to performing these steps, please have access to the following:
• Have an Ansys product installed. (The minimum Ansys product release supported is 2019 R2.)
• Your Ansys Customer Portal credentials (username and password).
• For systems running Ansys Elastic Licensing with Ansys product release 2019 R2 or R3, access to
the directory where the compressed package containing the elastic licensing client-side
installation files is located. See, Step 1: Install the Elastic Licensing Client-side Executable Files
(2019 R2 & R3 Only) below, for instructions on how to obtain this file and distribute the
contents.
• Verify that your firewall is not blocking this URL: https://laas.fnocc.com.
After completing the steps below, the Ansys applications will consume the available local licenses (if a
local License Manager is configured) before consuming Ansys Elastic Units from the Cloud License
Server.
Note: For both Windows and Linux, repeat the procedures below on all electronics and non-electronics
product installation directories that require access to elastic licensing.
Step 1: Install the Elastic Licensing Client-side Executable Files (2019 R2 &
R3 Only)
This step is only required when the latest product release version you are running with Ansys Elastic
Licensing is 2019 R2 or R3. The client-side executable files are included with 2020 R1 or newer
installations. If you have installed Ansys product release 2020 R1 or newer in the same directory as
your release 2019 installation you can ignore this step continue with "Step 2 Configure the Ansys
License Client" below.
