OSX: Floating license installation

1. The RLM License Server installer is located in the disk image. Simply run it from there, no need to copy it. If you get an error message saying "RLM License Server cannot be opened because it is from unidentified developer", go to System preferences > Security to change the settings for running applications in your system, and allow Maxwell, or the RLM License Server in case you are installing the licensing server. After they have installed you can put the security settings to default.
2. Reboot your computer after RLM License Server is installed!
   
3. Check that the RLM License Server has been installed and is running by opening a browser window and typing localhost:5054. The RLM License Server interface should appear.
4. Continue with the install & licensing procedures described below.

Uninstalling the RLM Server

Simply delete the folder and file mentioned above.

How to make Maxwell Render work with an existing RLM License server

Many applications use RLM for license management. If you are already running a RLM License Server you do not need to install an additional license server for Maxwell but you can reuse the existing one. In order to do so please follow these steps:

• Download the file nextlimit.set (it's in a zip archive so unzip it after download) and copy it where the existent RLM executable ("rlm.exe" in Windows, just "rlm" in OSX and Linux) is located.
• Copy the maxwell_suite_floating.lic file generated with the license activator to where the rest of the license files are located. 
• Send a reread command to the RLM License Server to load the Maxwell Render license file. You can do this by opening a browser window in the computer that's running the RLM License Server, typing in localhost:5054 and in the RLM interface that appears, press the Reread/Restart servers link from the left hand side, then the Reread/Restart button on the page that appears.

• I want to activate the license on this computer now (needs internet connection). Use this option to activate the license on this particular computer. 
  • Enter your email/password you use for the customer gateway, then the license key which you should have received by email. If you can't find that email please check your spam folder. If you still can't find it please contact us through the "Contact Sales" form in the customer gateway or here and request your license key. If you are connecting your computer through a proxy, you may also enter that proxy here. It is important that any firewalls you may have do not block the license activator from reaching our servers, or the license key can't be validated.

• • The license activator will connect to our servers and validate your license, after which it will store two license files on your computer. One is the actual license file, stored in the folder Users\Shared\NextLimit\rlm_nl\Licenses and named maxwell_suite_floating.lic. The second file is stored in Users\Home\Maxwell and only contains a single line of text, which you can examine in any text editor. It tells Maxwell on which computer the licenser server is running, specified either by computer name or the IP, and which port it should use to connect to it: HOST yourrlmcomputer ANY 5053.

• • Please restart Maxwell to make sure that it is properly licensed (check the Console panel for any red error messages).
  • Enjoy Maxwell Render!

• I want to activate the license on another computer not connected to the internet. Please note that the computer where the activator is running still needs an internet connection. This option simply allows you to license a different computer which doesn't have an internet connection.
  • Host ID. You must specify that computer's Host ID, also known as MAC address. To find it, launch Maxwell Render on that computer, and check in the Console panel for the Host ID:
    
    

• • Enter your email/password you use for the customer gateway, then the license key which you should have received by email. If you can't find that email please check your spam folder. If you still can't find it please contact us through the "Contact Sales" form in the customer gateway or here and request your license key. If you are connecting your computer through a proxy, you may also enter that proxy here. It is important that any firewalls you may have do not block the license activator from reaching our servers, or the license key can't be validated.
  • The license activator will connect to our servers and validate your license, after which a Save dialog pop up will ask you to save a license file. Save this file anywhere on your computer as maxwell_suite_floating.lic. Then move it to the computer you entered the Host ID for, and place it in the folder: /Users/Shared/NextLimit/rlm_nl/licenses. Maxwell Render, Maxwell Studio, and all the plugins will check this location for that .lic file to see if Maxwell Render is licensed or not.
  • Please restart Maxwell to make sure that it is properly licensed (check the Console panel for any red error messages).
  • Enjoy Maxwell Render!

• Name or IP, and Port. Enter the computer name, or the IP, of the computer where the RLM server is running. For the Port, you can leave the default port of 5053 or enter a different port number. Usually you need to change the port if there is an application on the RLM computer that already uses this port. Please see this page for more details on how to change the port number that the RLM server will use to serve licenses to your computers.
• The license activator will try to connect to the RLM license server that is running on the computer you specified. Please make sure any firewalls running on either this computer or the RLM one is set to allow connections to and from Maxwell Render, and the license activator.

• Whether the license activator can connect or not to the RLM computer, it will save a "maxwell_license.lic" file in Users\<username>\Maxwell. This license file is a simple text file which contains only a single line of text:

  HOST computernameorIP ANY portnr

  This lic file tells Maxwell Render on this computer where the RLM license server is running, and what port it should use to connect to it. You can in fact license any other computers by creating this text file yourself with the same line of text, save it as "maxwell_license.lic" and placing it in the folder mentioned above. There is no need to go through the license activator.

Simply choose Next for all the subsequent windows that appear, and finally click Activate. This will create a demo "maxwell_license.lic" file in /Users/<username>/Maxwell. If you later purchase a license, please make sure to first delete this demo license file before running the license activator.