Preinstallation Setup
Note to FastX Users
Note FastX ships its own license server in the installation. You only need to continue installing a license server if you want to centrally manage all licenses of FastX on one system that doesn’t also have FastX installed.
Before You Begin
- Before installing, identify a server computer that will be able to host the Reprise License Manager (RLM) server.
- This computer needs to be reached by all the computers in your organization that may need to check out licenses.
- The computer must remain running at all times (or a license checkout will fail).
- The MAC address must not change (or the license files will become invalid).
- The load imposed on the server from RLM is extremely light meaning a dedicated server is not required. A VM is acceptable.
- Once this server has been chosen it can be used by other products that use RLM, even if those are not StarNet products.
Opening ports in your Firewall
Your firewall needs to be configured to let license server traffic from your X-Win32 users or FastX servers through. RLM uses 2 ports to communicate, one for the license server, and one specifically for StarNet. Additionally the (optional) web interface runs on an additional port.
Open up the following ports:
TCP: 5053 — RLM server port
TCP: 57889 — StarNet ISV port
TCP: 5054 — Web server port — This is only needed for license management. It doesn’t have to be opened in the firewall if the browser will run on the same system
Ports are specified in the license file. You can change the default listening ports by modifying the port numbers in the license file
HOST hostname 023402380fc 5053
ISV starnet port=57889
LICENSE=…
Windows License Server Installation
Supported Platforms
Windows 10 and later (64-bit)
Windows Server 2016 and later (64-bit)
Download the RLM License Server package
Go to https://reprisesoftware.com/customer-support/license-administrators
- Agree to the license agreement and click “Access Downloads”.
- Download the version for for your operating system.
Install in the suggested location C:\RLM. (It can be any location of your choosing.)
The installation file will have something like …Users…\Documents\Reprise\rlm.v17.1BL1-x64_w4.admin as the default directory, but this is difficult to remember, so we suggest installing to C:\RLM instead.
Download the “starnet.set” file into the C:\RLM directory.
The “starnet.set” file, and the license files (below), must be in the same directory as “rlm.exe” that was installed in the previous step.
Register and obtain license file
Save your license file(s) (*.lic) into the C:\RLM directory.
If you really want your license files in a different directory, this is possible by using the RLM_LICENSE environment variable, but it’s much easier to put everything in a single directory.
Install the RLM service
Note: The log file argument is required, but can be located in a different directory, if desired. The “+” in front of the log filename means to append to the log instead of overwriting it.
Run the following command:
rlm -install_service -dlog +C:\RLM\rlm.log
Linux License Server Installation
Supported Platform
Linux x86 (64-bit)
Linux ARM (64-bit)
Download the RLM License Server package
RLM License Server package available:
- Fedora/RedHat (x86 64)
- Debian/Ubuntu (amd64)
- Fedora/RedHat (aarch64)
- Debian/Ubuntu (arm64)
Install the “rlm” package
Run the appropriate command for your Linux system:
sudo dnf install https://www.starnet.com/files/private/RLM/rlm-17.1.1.x86_64.rpm
wget https://www.starnet.com/files/private/RLM/rlm_17.1.1_amd64.deb
sudo apt install ./rlm_17.1.1_amd64.deb
sudo dnf install https://www.starnet.com/files/private/RLM/rlm-17.1.1.aarch64.rpm
wget https://www.starnet.com/files/private/RLM/rlm_17.1.1_arm64.deb
sudo apt install ./rlm_17.1.1_arm64.deb
Register and obtain license file
Obtain the host of the license server’s hostid with the following command:
/opt/rlm/rlmutil rlmhostid ether
Copy the license file into /opt/rlm directory
Reread the license file(s)
Use the following command to reread the license files:
/opt/rlm/rlmutil rlmreread