On Mar 22, 2018, at 11:02 AM, Chip Scheide wrote:
> As long as you run on the same physical box (or in/on the same VM), you
> should be able to run 2 or more copies of Server at the same time. You
> will need to run each instance on a different set of ports.
>
> You are still limited to the to the same total number of concurrent
> user licenses across all instances of Server.
>
> Example:
> 1 - Mac Pro (why not)...
> 1 - Production server
> 1 - Test server
> 1 - Dev server
>
> Available user licenses: 50
> Prod server uses 40
> Test server uses 5
> Dev server uses 5
> all is good, next user to log in to any server would get a 'not enough
> licenses' warning.
>
> 4D support (Tim?) can correct me if I am wrong.
That is how I understand it to work. Licenses are assigned to the physical
machine 4D Server is running on, not the 4D Server application. The is why
there is a single “Licenses” folder on the machine. Hence, license sharing
among multiple 4D Server applications on the same machine is allowed and
supported.
I do it all the time when I need to put up a test version of a new structure at
a client’s office. I run a second 4D Server application on their server machine
and use a different set of ports. Then the testers have a special copy of 4D
Client that has the different ports set and they use that to log into the test
version.
It used to be that the first 4D Server that was launched become the “license
manger server”. Any additional 4D Server instances launched on the machine went
through the first 4D Server application to get available license information.
If you tried to quit 4D Server #1 and 4D Server #2 was still running you would
get a message that you could not quit 4D Server #1 until 4D Server #2 was no
longer running. Have not seen that message in a long time, so not sure it still
works that way.
Tim
Tim Nevels
[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
Innovative Solutions
785-749-3444
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