Floating Licenses
A floating license is one that can move between machines easily and automatically. You manage a pool of floating licenses using a special server software application.
What is a floating license?
A floating license is one that can move available activations between client machines easily and automatically. Templater can automatically lease a license from a pool of activations. Templater's floating license keys do not directly activate Templater—instead they activate our intermediate server software, Dataclay License Manager (DataclayLM), that you install and configure separately. You will then need to point the machines running Templater to the licensing server.
When After Effects quits, Templater's license is released and returned to the pool of activations. If the machine After Effects is running on is no longer available, DataclayLM will release the license after a user-configurable amount of time. The DataclayLM setup files are available at dataclay.com/downloads/license-manager/.
TIP This configuration is particularly useful when using virtual machines. In contrast, if you use a standard, node-locked license, every time you reboot or spin up a new virtual machine, Templater will need to be deactivated and reactivated manually.
Setting up a Dataclay Licensing Manager server
We have a full guide on installing and using DataclayLM to manage a Templater floating license key.
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