Running the License Server

The License Server can either be run as a standalone application or as a system service, both on Windows and Linux systems.

Available server commands

The License Server can be started with a set of different serve commands. For more information about how to configure these commands, see Configuration options.

The License Server uses by default port 22022 (TCP) for handling license requests and port 22023 (TCP) for an additional admin API, which mainly provides metrics.

The following commands are available:

mlips

This is a convenience shortcut to run the mlips serve all command.

mlips serve all

When invoked, the server is started and will listen on two ports after initialization:

• The licenses interface of the server is used for license requests from HALCON instances.
• The admin interface exposes metrics about the server state.

mlips serve licenses

This command is similar to the serve all command, but the server will only listen on the licenses interface.