Licensing

Table of Contents

• Obtaining and Installing a Licence (Quick Start)
• Trial Licences
• OEM Licences

Note

If you would like to try Xentara before purchasing, you can request a free trial licence at try.xentara.io by following the instructions listed under Trial Licences below.

Xentara requires a valid licence to run. You can obtain a licence from embedded ocean GmbH at sales.nosp@m.@xen.nosp@m.tara..nosp@m.io. If you have already obtained a licence or a licence pack, you should have received instructions on how to activate the purchased licences.

A Xentara licence contains general licencing parameters, like the name of the licensee, as well as the terms of the licence. The different possible licencing terms are described under Licensing Terms. The terms may include version restrictions, expiry date, data point limits, and other restrictions.

For a quick guide on obtaining and installing a Xentara licence, follow the quick start guide below. More detailed information on the Xentara licencing schemes can be found here:

• Licensing Terms
• Node Licences
• Skill Licences
• Installing a Xentara Licence
• Floating Licenses

Obtaining and Installing a Licence (Quick Start)

When you acquire a Xentara licence from embedded ocean GmbH, a licence file will generally be provided to you, containing the exact licencing terms of your licence. In order to use that licence on a particular computer, you also need a node licence for that computer.

To obtain and install a Xentara licence on a computer, proceed as follows:

1. If you have not done so already, purchase a licence from embedded ocean GmbH by contacting sales.nosp@m.@xen.nosp@m.tara..nosp@m.io. Your sales representative will provide one or more licence files to you. You may also be given a Xentara customer login, in which case you can download the licence files from the Xentara customer portal.
2. Install Xentara, as described under Installation.
3. Generate a licence ID by running the application xentara-licence-id (Linux) or XentaraLicenceId.exe (Windows) on the computer Xentara will run on. Detailed instructions can be found under Generating a Licence ID.
4. Send the licence ID to embedded ocean GmbH to obtain a node licence file. If you have a Xentara customer login, you can generate node licence files yourself in the Xentara customer portal, up to the limit agreed upon in your contract.
5. Copy the node licence file, together will the licence files from step 1, to /usr/share/xentara/licence (Linux), or C:\ProgramData\Xentara\Licence (Windows) on the target computer. Detailed instructions, as well as alternative install locations, can be found under Installing a Xentara Licence.

Note

If you are using floating licences, skip steps 3 to 5, and follow the instructions described under Floating Licenses instead.

Trial Licences

embedded ocean GmbH offers free trial licences to persons who would like to evaluate Xentara. Trial licences can be requested from try.xentara.io. To request a trial licence for Xentara, proceed as follows:

1. Install Xentara, as described under Installation.
2. Run Xentara using the command xentara (Linux) or Xentara.exe (Windows).
3. Click on the trial licence link printed to the terminal or console, and follow the instructions on the Web Site.

You can also manually generate a licence ID as described under Generating a Licence ID, and request the licence directly at https://try.xentara.io.

OEM Licences

If you acquired Xentara as part of a system sold by an original equipment manufacturer (OEM), Xentara may be licensed using a licencing system or device management system provided by the OEM. Please refer to the system’s documentation, or contact the system manufacturer, for information on how to obtain a Xentara licence. Many OEM systems will also ship with a valid Xentara licence pre-installed.