Connect to Self-hosting License Server

If your production environment does not allow internet connection, an alternative option is to host the license server program on your internal server machine so all your devices or end users can connect and get licensed via intranet connection.

To learn security features about the License Server, you can refer to this page.

Set Up DLS

To track the license yourself, you first need to install the Dynamsoft License Server (DLS). Please read one of the following guides

After you have installed DLS on your server and got its UUID, you can proceed to the next step.

Activate the License

On the “Activate License” page, there are a few steps for the activation.

Set an Alias for your license

This step is optional, you can just use the default Alias. Read more on what is an Alias.

Input the UUID of the DLS hosted on your server, the UUID is found on the home page of your DLS.

DLS-HomePage-001

Read more on what is a DLS UUID

Click the “Activate” button.

Once the activation is done, an activated License File will be generated and downloaded automatically, the next step is to import the license.

Read more on what is a License File

Import the License

This step imports the License File into DLS so that you can configure and use the purchased license(s). Please see steps on how to import the License File.

Configure the License

To configure the license is to manage the Handshake Code for the license. For more details, please see how to manage the handshake code.

Read more on what is a Handshake Code

Track the License

For Self-Hosting License Tracking, all usage data is submitted to the DLS hosted by yourself. You can

Read more on the mechanism behind license tracking.