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    What does a valid Aleph license look like?

    • Article Type: Q&A
    • Product: Aleph
    • Product Version: 20
    • Relevant for Installation Type: Dedicated-Direct; Direct; Local;

    Question

    What should a valid Aleph license look like? What lines should it contain?

    Answer

    An Aleph license should have the following lines (e.g.):

    JJYUUK996D
    D8JM5VE20K
    KSLO8787ND
    8T4VN41UCO
    LOP06TN934
    ALEPH-VERSION 22
    MAX-WEB-USERS 999
    MAX-GUI-USERS 999
    MAX-Z39-USERS 999
    MAX-NO-LIBS 999
    MAX-DOC-NUMBER 9999999
    MAX-WWW-X-USERS 999
    ISSUE-DATE YYYYMM
    EXPIRATION-DATE YYYYMM
    MAX-SLNP-SERVERS 999
    MAX-SC-SERVERS 999
    MAX-OCLC-SERVERS 999
    MAX-NCIP-SERVERS 999
    IP-ADDRESS 111.222.333.444
    IP-ADDRESS 111.222.333.555
    GUI-ALL Y


    Note: The first five lines are unique checksums per license.

    There can be up to nine IP addresses in an Aleph license.

    For a full description of each variable within the license, refer to Additional Info section below.


    The license.www_x looks as follows (e.g.):
    JJYUUK996D
    D8JM5VE20K
    KSLO8787ND
    8T4VN41UCO
    LOP06TN934
    ALEPH-VERSION 22
    ISSUE-DATE YYYYMM
    EXPIRATION-DATE YYYYMM
    IP-ADDRESS 111.222.333.444
    IP-ADDRESS 111.222.333.555
    ALL-SERVICES Y

    Again, five checksum lines appear at the top of the x-license.
    These checksums are different from the checksums in the Aleph license, and are unique to each license.
    In an x-license, up to 20 IP addresses can be included.
    For a full description of each variable within the license, refer to Additional Info section below.

    NOTE - customers who have upgraded from v19 Aleph or lower:
    In v19 and lower there was an additional "license.www_x.SERVICES".
    In v20 and higher the "ALL_SERVICES" variable in the x-license covers all license.www_x functions, including ILL.
    Only license and license_www.x are relevant.

    Additional Information

    See Article 000044923 (How to Apply a New Server License) for complete instructions on applying a new Aleph license to the server.

    See the attached document for a full description of all possible fields in an Aleph license and in a license.www_x.

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    • Article last edited: 10/8/2013