Install Dynamsoft License Server on Windows Server

Example Environment

CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo or AMD Athlon 64 X2 5600+
Memory: 2G
OS: Windows Server 2016
Disk Space
- System: 30 GB
- Data: 20 GB

Installation

Run the installer

Download the installer from Dynamsoft-Licensing-Tracking-Server v2.2.19 and unzip it to a proper location. In our case, it’s unzipped to “E:\dynamsoft_dls-win_x64-v2.2.19”.

There are two ways to get the server running:

Run DLS as an application

This can be done simply by executing the batch file “startup.bat”

Run DLS as a service

This can be done with the help of the tool NSSM. The following steps show how it works.

Download NSSM and unzip, in our case, it’s unzipped to “E:\nssm-2.24”
Open cmd, navigate to the directory “E:\nssm-2.24\win64” and run the following command

nssm install dynamsoft-dls

A GUI will open, fill the parameters for the application like this (change the values according to where you put the files)
- Path: E:\dynamsoft_dls-win_x64-v2.2.19\win\bin\dynamsoftdlsx.exe
- Startup directory: E:\dynamsoft_dls-win_x64-v2.2.19
- Arguments: ".\win\jre\bin\dynamsoftdls" --add-opens java.base/jdk.internal.loader=ALL-UNNAMED -jar ".\dls-2.2.19.jar" --server.port=48080 --data.port=50201

nssm-001

Switch to the last tab “Hooks” and choose “Application exit” as the Event and specify the parameter as
- Command: E:\dynamsoft_dls-win_x64-v2.2.19\shutdown.bat

nssm-002

Press the button “Install Service” and you should be able to find dynamsoft-dls as one of the services in the services GUI or in Task Manager -> Service. If it is not started, start it.

Test the server

Once the server is running, you can test it via the URL http://127.0.0.1:48080/page/index.html.

If you changed the port during installation, you should use that port instead.

Upon the first visit, you will be asked to set an admin password. After that, you will land on the home page where you can find the UUID of this DLS .

This UUID is require when activating your licenses.

DLS-HomePage-001

If the above page shows up, then the server is installed correctly and is ready to process requests. However, the requests may not be able to reach it because it only listens on a local IP / Port. Therefore, the next step is to configure the network environment - reverse proxy - for it with the help of IIS . Read more on Configure Reverse Proxy Using IIS.