If you intend to use token licensing with Mobile Foundation, make sure that you go through the following preliminary steps in this order. Installation overview for token licensing For more information about declaring the application type, see Setting the application license information. If you need to test a non-production application on a production server with token licensing enabled, you can declare the application as non-production. For more information about the retrieval of tokens during operations, see Token license validation.
OperationsĪfter you install and configure MobileFirst Server for token licensing, the server validates licenses during various scenarios. The Rational Common Licensing client library is to be installed in your application server, and you define the location of the Rational License Key Server.
The MobileFirst Server is not functional before you complete this manual configuration. For more information, see the following topics in this section. For more information about the instructions for enabling token licensing, see Installation overview for token licensing.Īfter MobileFirst Server is installed, you must manually configure the server for token licensing. You need to activate token licensing when you run the IBM Installation Manager at installation time.
To configure the ports so that they use static values, see How to serve a license key to client machines through a firewall.
The topologies that are supported by token licensing is listed at Constraints on MobileFirst Server administration service, MobileFirst Server live update service and MobileFirst runtime. The native libraries for the Rational Common Licensing client might not available for the platform or not supported. The MobileFirst Server running on a platform that is not listed might not be possible to install and configure for token licensing. The list of platforms that support token licensing is listed at Limitations of supported platforms for token licensing. Here are the technical restrictions for the use of token licensing: Supported Platforms: If the token licensing is purchased for MobileFirst Server, you have extra steps to consider in the installation planning. Troubleshooting token licensing problems.Limitations of supported platforms for token licensing.Connecting MobileFirst Server installed on WebSphere Application Server to the Rational License Key Server.Connecting MobileFirst Server installed on WebSphere Application Server Liberty profile to the Rational License Key Server.
Connecting MobileFirst Server installed on Apache Tomcat to the Rational License Key Server.Installation overview for token licensing.Planning for the use of token licensing.The following topics describe the installation overview, the manual installation of Rational Common Licensing library, the configuration of the application server, and the platform limitations for token licensing. If you plan to use token licensing for MobileFirst Server, you must install the Rational Common Licensing library and configure your application server to connect MobileFirst Server to the Rational License Key Server. Installing and configuring for token licensing improve this page | report issue Mobile Foundation in IBM Cloud Pak for Applications.Installing MobileFirst Analytics Receiver Server.Installing MobileFirst Analytics Server.