Activating a Server License via Email
If you want to set up a license server on a machine that does not have access to the Internet, you can activate your license by email. To do this, you can use License Wizard to generate an activate request, then use a computer that is connected to the Internet to send this activation request to the Toon Boom licensing department. If the request is valid, they will send you a license file that you can use to activate your product without an Internet connection.
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Launch License Wizard—see Starting the License Wizard.
The License Wizard launches and displays the Welcome Screen.
- Click on Activate License.
The Activation Options screen appears.
- Click on Alternative Activation.
The Email Activation screen appears.
- Click on Email Activation.
The Email Activation Options screen appears.
- Click on Network License.
The Email Activation - Network License screen appears.
- In the Product Code field, enter the product code for the product you purchased.
- In the License Count field, enter the exact number of seats that were purchased with your license.
- Click on Generate Activation Request to generate the activation request.
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Click on Save Activation Request to save the activation request in a file that can be sent to the Toon Boom licensing department.
A Save dialog appears.
- In the Save dialog, browse to the location where you want to save your license request, then click on Save.
- Click on Finish to close License Wizard.
- You will now need to send the license request file to Toon Boom by email. If your machine has no internet access, use a removable storage device to move the request file to a machine that has internet access.
- In an email client, write a new email and add the activation request to it as an attachment. Then, send the email to desk@toonboom.com.
- Wait for the response. You will typically receive your response within one business day.
- The response will have a license file attached. Download this license file.
- If your product is on a different machine than the one you use to send and receive email, use a removable storage device to move the license file to the machine on which the product is installed.
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Launch License Wizard again.
The Welcome screen appears. This time, it will prompt you to follow up on the email activation.
- Click on Input Response File.
The Complete License Activation screen appears.
- Click on Select License File.
The Select License File window opens.
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Browse to and select the responseXML.xml file you received by email, then click on Open.
The Complete License Activation screen appears.
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Click Activate to process the response file and activate your product.
Congratulations! Your Toon Boom product is now activated on your computer.
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A prompt to install the license server daemon appears. Click on Install License Server to install the license server daemon. The license server daemon will launch on boot and will allow your license server to respond to client requests.
Your license is successfully set up.
- Click Finish to close the License Wizard.
You can also activate a server license by email using the command line. This can be useful if you want to activate your server license on a headless machine or if you want to script the product activation.
- Open a Command Prompt with administrator privileges.
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In the command prompt, type in the following command to install the license validation (anchor) service:
> C:\Program Files (x86)\Toon Boom Animation\Toon Boom [Product Name] [Version] [Edition]\win64\bin\LicenseWizard.exe --console --install-anchor-win
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Type in the following command to generate your activation request:
> C:\Program Files (x86)\Toon Boom Animation\Toon Boom [Product Name] [Version] [Edition]\win64\bin\ServerActivation.exe -batch -served -entitlementID <product code> -gen <request filename.xml>
- Replace <product code> with the full product code for your product, including the dashes
- Replace <request filename.xml> with the path and name of the XML file in which you want to save your activation request.
The utility will generate a license request file in XML format, in the specified location and with the specified file name.
- You will now need to send the license request file to Toon Boom by email. If your machine has no internet access, use a removable storage device to move the request file to a machine that has internet access.
- In an email client, write a new email and add the activation request to it as an attachment. Then, send the email to desk@toonboom.com.
- Wait for the response. You will typically receive your response within one business day.
- The response will have a license file attached. Download this license file.
- If your product is on a different machine than the one you use to send and receive email, use a removable storage device to move the license file to the machine on which the product is installed.
- Open a Command Prompt with administrator privileges.
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In the command prompt, type in the following command:
> C:\Program Files (x86)\Toon Boom Animation\Toon Boom [Product Name] [Version] [Edition]\win64\bin\ServerActivation.exe -batch -process <response file.xml>
Replace <response file.xml> with the path and name of the XML response file you received by email.
If successful, the utility will output the message ACTIVATION REQUEST SUCCESSFULLY PROCESSED followed by the name and version of the product, the fulfilment ID and the expiration date of the activated license.
- Open a Terminal.
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In the terminal, type in the following command to install the license validation (anchor) service:
> sudo /Applications/Toon Boom [Product Name] [Version] [Edition]/[Product Name].app/Contents/Tools/LicenseWizard.app/Contents/MacOS/LicenseWizard --console --install-anchor
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Type in the following command to generate your activation request:
$ /Applications/Toon Boom [Product Name] [Version] [Edition]/[Product Name].app/Contents/tba/macosx/bin/ServerActivation.app/Contents/MacOS/ServerActivation -batch -served -entitlementID <product code> -gen <request filename.xml>
- Replace <product code> with the full product code for your product, including the dashes
- Replace <request filename.xml> with the path and name of the XML file in which you want to save your activation request.
The utility will generate a license request file in XML format, in the specified location and with the specified file name.
- You will now need to send the license request file to Toon Boom by email. If your machine has no internet access, use a removable storage device to move the request file to a machine that has internet access.
- In an email client, write a new email and add the activation request to it as an attachment. Then, send the email to desk@toonboom.com.
- Wait for the response. You will typically receive your response within one business day.
- The response will have a license file attached. Download this license file.
- If your product is on a different machine than the one you use to send and receive email, use a removable storage device to move the license file to the machine on which the product is installed.
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In a terminal, type in the following command:
$ sudo /Applications/Toon Boom [Product Name] [Version] [Edition]/[Product Name].app/Contents/tba/macosx/bin/ServerActivation.app/Contents/MacOS/ServerActivation -batch -process <response file.xml>
Replace <response file.xml> with the path and name of the XML response file you received by email.
If successful, the utility will output the message ACTIVATION REQUEST SUCCESSFULLY PROCESSED followed by the name and version of the product, the fulfilment ID and the expiration date of the activated license.
- Open a Terminal.
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In the terminal, type in the following command to install the license validation (anchor) service:
> sudo /usr/local/ToonBoomAnimation/harmony[Edition]_[Version]/lnx86_64/bin/LicenseWizard --console --install-anchor
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Type in the following command to generate your activation request:
$ /usr/local/ToonBoomAnimation/harmony[Edition]_[Version]/lnx86_64/bin/ServerActivation -batch -served -entitlementID <product code> -gen <request filename.xml>
- Replace <product code> with the full product code for your product, including the dashes
- Replace <request filename.xml> with the path and name of the XML file in which you want to save your activation request.
The utility will generate a license request file in XML format, in the specified location and with the specified file name.
- You will now need to send the license request file to Toon Boom by email. If your machine has no internet access, use a removable storage device to move the request file to a machine that has internet access.
- In an email client, write a new email and add the activation request to it as an attachment. Then, send the email to desk@toonboom.com.
- Wait for the response. You will typically receive your response within one business day.
- The response will have a license file attached. Download this license file.
- If your product is on a different machine than the one you use to send and receive email, use a removable storage device to move the license file to the machine on which the product is installed.
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In a terminal, type in the following command:
$ sudo /usr/local/ToonBoomAnimation/harmony[Edition]_[Version]/lnx86_64/bin/ServerActivation -batch -process <response file.xml>
Replace <response file.xml> with the path and name of the XML response file you received by email.
If successful, the utility will output the message ACTIVATION REQUEST SUCCESSFULLY PROCESSED followed by the name and version of the product, the fulfilment ID and the expiration date of the activated license.