Documentation Center

Manually installing a license file

If you did not have a license file when you installed or upgraded Content Delivery, or if you have a new license file to install, follow this procedure.

About this task

Procedure

  1. Stop your application or service.
    1. If you are using a third-party web application server, stop the application server's service. For example, if you are using Apache Tomcat, stop the Apache Tomcat service.
    2. If you are using the bundled web application server, stop the Content Delivery database.
      • On Windows, stop the ContentDelivery XML Database service.
      • On Linux, log in as the root user, and type the following at a command prompt:

        /etc/init.d/SDL_LiveContent stop

  2. Stop the Content Delivery license service by doing one of the following:
    • On Windows, stop the SDL_License service.
    • On Linux, log in as the root user, and type the following at a command prompt:

      /etc/init.d/SDL_License stop

  3. Copy the new license file to the license directory.
    By default, this is C:\Program Files\XyEnterprise\SDL_License on Windows and /opt/XyEnterprise/SDL_License on Linux. The license file can be named anything, but must have a .lic extension. Make sure there is only one file in this directory with the .lic extension; the license manager loads all files with a .lic extension.
  4. Start the Content Delivery license service by doing one of the following:
    • On Windows, start the SDL_License service.
    • On Linux, log in as the root user, and type the following at a command prompt:

      /etc/init.d/SDL_License start

  5. Start the application or server.
    1. If you are using a third-party web application server, start the application server's service. For example, if you are using Apache Tomcat, start the Apache Tomcat service.
    2. If you are using the bundled web application server, start the Content Delivery database by doing one of the following:
    • On Windows, start the ContentDelivery XML Database service.
    • On Linux, log in as the root user, and type the following at a command prompt:

      /etc/init.d/SDL_LiveContent start