Installing the Content Delivery license file on Content Manager

You need a Content Delivery license file on your Content Manager server to enable publishing; without the license file, users cannot publish content.

Before you begin

You only need to install the Content Delivery server license file if you did not specify a license file during installation.

Procedure

  1. To install the Content Delivery server license file, do one of the following:
    • Add the license file to %TRIDION_HOME%\config\ under the file name cd_licenses.xml.
    • Add the license file to another location and/or change its name.
  2. If you changed the file name, the file location, or both, modify the default information in the Transport Service configuration file. This file is called cd_transport_config.xml and is located in %TRIDION_HOME%\config\. Open this file in a plain-text editor and search for the string "License". The editor finds the following XML fragment:
    <License Location="TRIDION_HOME\config\cd_transport_license.xml" />
    </TransportService>

    where TRIDION_HOME is the value of the %TRIDION_HOME% environment variable.

  3. Edit the value of the Location attribute (the string enclosed in quotation marks) so that it points to the correct location and file name.
  4. Access Windows Services and restart the Windows service called SDL Web Content Distributor Transport Service for the licensing to take effect.