The Settings options provide you with tools to view and configure Elastic license server settings associated with Ansys Licensing Portal accounts.
Clicking the Licensing Portal Access option displays a list of contacts and related roles for each. The roles available are "Viewer" and "Administrator".
To add a contact:
Click the Licensing Portal Access option.
Click Add Contact.
A new row is added to the contact list.
Enter the contact email address in the Contact field.
From the Role field drop-down menu, choose Licensing Portal Administrator or Licensing Portal Viewer.
Click Save to add the new contact to the list.
To remove a contact, click the Remove option to the right of the appropriate contact.
Clicking the Elastic Credentials option displays details relating to the current Elastic License Server configuration. The Elastic server license Id and pin are displayed. Note that a PIN is needed to enable communications from the Ansys application to the Elastic License Server.
From this page, you can
Change the Elastic server pin: To change a license Elastic server pin, enter the new 6 digit pin number and click the Change Pin button. An alert is displayed, verifying that you wish to change the pin. Click OK to change the pin. Click Cancel to revert to the last saved pin number.
Export the Elastic server information: Clicking the Export the CLS ID and CLS PIN button creates a json file containing the Elastic server ID and pin number. This information should be added to the ansyslmd.ini file to allow application to server communications. For instructions on manually updating the ansyslmd.ini file, see the Ansys Licensing Portal User's Guide.
Clicking the Elastic IP Settings option displays the IP address access rules that are defined for this Elastic license server. You should add a rule for each IP address you want to give access to the Elastic license server.
Note: If there are no rules defined, Elastic Licensing will accept traffic from any address.
To add a rule for an IP address:
Click the Add Rule button.
Enter a Rule Name in the appropriate field.
Enter the corresponding IP Address in the appropriate field.
Click Save.
Note: After adding a rule, only IP addresses defined with a rule will have access to the server.