Hi Ken,   Yes, “Find all updates” is an operational API leveraging FlexNet Operations, also known as the REST Controller APIs, requiring a FNO credentialed account to authenticate. It’s the equivalent to “Search” all updates within FNO’s Producer Portal.   The client APIs are typically more suitable. The operational APIs may have been beneficial where the number of aggregate updates were few and authentication with shared credentials was acceptable.   Below are the types of entitlement checks that can be configured using the client APIs Yes, the software publisher or producer manages the “updateFromPkId” within the updating software or directly within the binary. FNO can configure an update with one to many “froms” to then a corresponding single “to”. For example, a 2020 R4 “Update” would also be defined as the “to”, with an accompanying list of “froms”  e.g. 2019 R1 – R4, 2020 R1- R3, etc.. Typically (not all the time), the software can identify its version, which will be used as the “updateFromPkgId” to query / poll FNO (Notification Server) if there are any updates. Post-update, the “updageFromPkId” will be the version from the last downloaded and successfully installed update (e.g. 2020 R4).   Hope the above makes sense.   Thanks, Eric ... View more

Hi @krubin ,   No, I don't believe you've missed anything. Requesting 1.0/updates or 2.0/signed-updates takes a single parameter and value for updateFromPkgId  , which is t he download package ID the device is updating from.   The Swagger APIs for endpoints / devices are documented as follows -> https://flexXXXX-ns.flexnetoperations.com/uai/documentation/swagger-ui.html#/Updates   ... View more

Hi @wlagriffoul , There are built-in accounts ((i) admin and (ii) producer) for CLS. The admin account requires FNO configuration to add a user (email address and password) to an account with "Portal Admin" permissions. From there, the Portal Admin user is required to logon to the Customer Portal, navigate to their CLS device and Set Password for "admin".   **Update**  With the System Administrator role you can enable the Producer role and set the global Producer password for all Cloud License Server instances via System | Configure | FlexNet Operations | Embedded Device Settings as shown below. ... View more

When a license is fulfilled / generated from a back-office (FNO, LLS or CLS) and if it is persisted to disk (typical instead of processed only into memory), it's immutable.  Operationally (if the back-office is LLS or CLS), the license model policies can be configured for a more security conscious stance . For example, configuring a borrow-interval that requires the endpoint to communicate periodically to update / "refresh" its license rights similar to time to live behavior that is separate from the final license expiry.  ... View more

Hello @jmoleary  Below is an overview of the FlexNet Embedded portfolio. And attached are two architecture diagrams of the Device Kit (Flx) and the XT Kit (Flc). Porting Kit Platform agnostic (C code) implementation with no dependency on the underlying operating system or runtime environment. Developed for hardware manufacturers and intelligent device manufacturers with strenuous system constraints like disk storage space, memory, no clock, etc.. Provided as obfuscated source code. Device Kit Tailored SDK offerings of the Porting Kit for a variety of platform (processor and operating system) combinations like Linux Arm32, HP-UX PARISC 64, etc.. Provided as pre-built or obfuscated source SDK variations of the Porting Kit. XT Kit Framework built around the Porting Kit for commonly used distributed desktop environments, the addition of high-level language interface support (C++, C# and Java), and deeper platform integration including security mechanisms such as tamper resistance and secure anchoring. Provided as pre-built SDKs for Windows 32/64, Linux 32/64 and Mac OS X. CMAPI Transition from native or SDK-driven licensing to a holistic or RESTful interface supporting SaaS and Web Application providers. Provided as secure REST API endpoints that can be consumed from either a FlexNet Embedded Local License Server and/or Cloud Licensing Service (module of FlexNet Operations). ... View more