RLM Basics

• Welcome
  • Integrating RLM into your product
  • What sets RLM apart?
• Installing RLM
  • First, Download the kit from the Reprise website
  • Next, unpack the kit and install
  • A note about OpenSSL
  • Building the RLM kit using a cross-compiler
  • RLM kit layout
• Integrating RLM Into Your Product
  • OVERVIEW - Software License Management Basics
  • INTEGRATING RLM Into Your Product - The 6 Steps
  • 1. Decide on your Licensing Strategy
  • 2. Create your Keys (public/private key pair)
  • 3. Add RLM API calls to your application
  • Core API
  • 4. Configure and build your RLM Kit
  • Customizing RLM with rlm_isv_config
  • 5. Package your software for shipment
  • 6. Create licenses for your customers
  • Using RLM with the Visual Studio GUI
  • Using optional RLMID hostids
  • Advanced API Functions
  • Clock Tampering Detection
  • RLM Host IDs
• Best Practices for Integrating RLM
  • Product names
• The License File
  • Comments in license files
  • Order of lines in the license file
  • HOST Line
  • ISV Line
  • LICENSE Line
  • Valid LICENSE Option Configurations
  • UPGRADE Line
  • CUSTOMER line
  • RLM Teams line
  • The License Environment
• Creating Licenses
  • Format of the license file
  • License creation tools
  • rlmsign
  • License creation API - rlm_sign_license()
  • RLM Activation Pro
  • rlmgen – GUI license generator
  • Reserved Product Names
  • Creating Licenses – rlmgen
• The License Server
  • RLM Embedded Web Server
  • RLM startup options
  • Running the RLM server as a service on Windows
  • Starting the RLM server at system boot time on Unix systems
  • License Server Startup Processing
  • Building Your ISV Server
  • ISV Server Open File Limits
  • How Licenses are Pooled by the ISV Server
  • License Server Administration
  • Changing your ISV server name
• End User Installation
• Reprise Software’s Recommended Software Installation steps
  • Overview:
  • Details:
• Pre-Release Checklist