Self-Hosted License Setup#

A self-hosted license is one that your organization hosts on a server running a license manager such as Reprise License Management (RLM) or FlexLM. With proper setup, you can check out licenses from your license server to run jobs on CONVERGE Horizon. This happens when:

You create a job with the Self-Hosted license option for CONVERGE. In this case, you will need a self-hosted license for CONVERGE.
You create a job in which CONVERGE is coupled with a third-party application. In this case, you will need a self-hosted license for the third-party application.

To set up a self-hosted license, you must open ports in your license server firewall to the Oracle Cloud or Google Cloud network (choose the cloud provider whose data centers you are using to run jobs; if you run jobs in both providers’ data centers, open ports to both networks). You can limit the attack surface by allowing traffic only from the cloud provider’s IP address ranges:

We recommend working with your IT team to make the necessary changes to your license file and license server firewall. The process will vary depending on your software vendor and license manager, so you should refer to their documentation for configuration details. We’ve included two examples below.

When creating a job that requires a self-hosted license (either for CONVERGE or for another application), users will need to provide the port number and hostname of the appropriate license server.