License Administration Guide - norsar

Chapter 16: Licensing in a Cloud-Computing EnvironmentUse Cases for Licensing Software in the Cloud5. To obtain the required hostids listed in Binding Elements Required for Case 1, run the appropriate lmhostidcommand on the AMI instances.See Hostids for Binding for more information about the different lmhostid commands.6. Send the hostids to the software publisher, who then uses this information to generate the license certificate.7. When you receive the license file from the publisher, modify the license certificate to configure serverparameters (like TCP port number, options file, or other parameters.)8. Install the required FlexEnabled components on the AMI instances, using methods similar to on-premisesdeployment.Case 2: Virtual Appliance Licensing in a Public CloudIn this use case, the software publisher sets up a virtual appliance (VA)--that is, a machine instance on which thepublisher pre-installs and pre-configures their FlexEnabled software product and supporting software stack. Thepublisher then makes the complete software setup available to customers in the public cloud. For example, ifFlexera Software were to set up a VA for their product, FlexNet Operations, a machine image containing thesesoftware components is made available to customers:• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0• FlexNet Operations• Oracle databaseBecause the software is already installed and configured to use all these components, the time that the softwareuser requires to get started is significantly reduced.Basic VA Licensing ScenarioThe software publisher advertises the availability of the VA on a pay-as-you-go basis, while the cloud providerhandles the metering and billing of the VA (as it does for any machine instance in the cloud).1. The publisher advertises the availability and the cost of the VA to the customer base and provides a hostid thatallows the customer access to the appliance.2. The customer opens an Amazon account, instantiates the VA, and is billed by Amazon. Except for productsupport, no interaction needs to exist between the customer and the publisher.3. Amazon tracks the usage of the VA and pays the publisher their share of the usage.Binding Element Required for Case 2In this use case, the software publisher handles retrieving the binding element and setting up the licensing on theVA.194 FNP-11111-LAG01 License Administration Guide