The password you set for the Cloud License Server in the Customer Portal is for the user "admin". Please use "admin" instead of userx@gmail.com to authorize.
You will then need to pass in this token for authentication on subsequent calls. For example if you wish to view the details of the features on the server you would use the following:
License Server REST API details can be found in the FlexNet Embedded 2019 R1 SP1 License Server Producer Guide which can be downloaded from the FlexNet Embedded Documentation section in the Flexera Product and License Center.
Glad to hear you were able to successfully view the features. You definitely need the referenced License Server Producer Guide to get access to the REST API documentation as it has the information you are requesting.
If you look at your response from /features you will see that each licensed feature has an associated id. You can then use that id to see all devices/clients which currently have a license for that feature. To do this send the request to /features/{featureid}/clients. Here's an example request & response for devices which have a license for a feature with id 179837:
The response contains id(s) for all clients with this license feature. To return a license for a given client, you will want to send a DELETE to the /clients/{deviceid} endpoint. Here's an example:
The license for this client is now returned to the server license pool.
Note you have the ability to set a policy on the server to determine how frequently devices can be deleted to prevent "dishonest" users from trying to overuse licenses above their entitled quantity.
In the License Server Producer Guide there is a section on "Set Policies". You use a PUT with the /configuration endpoint to set a particular policy parameter.
So, let's say you want to enforce a 1day period between client deletions. Using curl this would look like:
Notice you cannot use the token obtain by authenticating with admin credentials as you don't want your end customers to be able to modify this policy. It must be sent with the token obtained from authenticating with producer credentials. As I referenced in my last post in this thread, you will need to submit a support ticket to get the Producer password set for your instance. Once you submit the ticket please post the Case# here and I can try to get it expedited.
There are REST APIs available to query the status of either a Cloud or Local License server. Please refer to the FlexNet Embedded License Server Producer Guide. The /features endpoint will give you a list of all features along with how many are currently in use. The /clients/{id} endpoint can be used to delete a served client. This will free up the license currently in use by the device.
Also if you could send the URL for "FlexNet Embedded License Server Producer Guide” or a pdf it would help. I am searching for it and could not find it.
The REST APIs provide an efficient method to satisfy the use case scenario although requires implementation (via the REST APIs). The OOTB visual method is as you eloquently noted below.
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Devices > Select the device
View > View Served Devices
Click on each Served Device > find out "Count"
accumulate the "Counts" and then check against "Qty mapped" for the Server .
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If you or your integrator need assistance with the REST APIs, let us know. And, if this still hasn't helped with your question, please feel free to update.
For the second part of the question. If I need to return a license, preferably from the Customer Portal at FlexNet Operations. (if not from producer portal)
I see the Devices from Devices > View Served Devices but there there is no way to select a served device and return or remove it.
On View Server page there is "Remove Licenses" or "Return Server" selections under Action. But those return the available license to another server or transfer the license back ( my terminology probably not right) But this operation basically removes a license from the CLS.
My use case is as follows. User Starts the application and checks out license (in our case they have ability to checkout up to a week) Then if they quit the application their feature license is not returned. If they go to vacation let's say. They have blocked a license from use. I am trying to find a way to return that license to available licenses pool. Is there a way to do this from FlexNet Operations Portal? Or this also only available from REST API?
Yes, dropping or removing features from a client requires the Producer to manage the desired policy instead of your customer via Customer Portal, which could lead to serious implications of license leakage (intended or unintended overuse).
The 2 API approaches are:
1. API via one of the native (C, .NET or JAVA) SDKs via an API implementation, which is essentially sending an empty capability request (no AddDesiredFeatures) to CLS. This is the equivalent of a return.
2. API via REST. This option is mainly for license administrators. Please see an information snippet about the role, ROLE_DROPCLIENT, which I've attached from the "License Server Administrative Guide".
