Understanding licenses

This section explains the structure of the Mudbox license Autodesk sends you. There are two license types:

TipIf you see a line near the top of your license that starts with SERVER, you’re installing networked licenses. Otherwise, you’re installing standalone licenses.

Understanding the license structure is helpful if you manually entered the license into a text file and you’re troubleshooting a typing error. In the following section, the term license can refer to an entire license or to an individual entry of a license, depending on the context.

Standalone licenses

The following figure shows the structure of a standalone license:

Feature Name: The Mudbox product you purchased.
Vendor Daemon: Autodesk specific application responsible for the core application of the licensing.
License Version: The version number of Mudbox.
Expiration: Indicates when the license expires. The word permanent means there is no expiration date. Product pre-release licenses have expiration dates.
License Count: Standalone licenses have the word uncounted in this location, meaning that they do not have a license count.
Password: An encrypted string that authenticates the license.
Vendor String: Indicates you have a special license type attached to a disclaimer. If not present, it means that you have purchased a commercial license.
Host ID: Also known as hardware ID. The ID of the machine to be licensed, the Ethernet address of the machine or your computer’s system ID, obtained either from your Ethernet card or your hardware key.

Network licenses

The following figure shows the structure of a network license:

Server: A placeholder where you must insert your actual server name.
Server Host ID: Also known as hardware ID. This is one of the server’s host ID, the server’s Ethernet address, or the computer’s system ID, obtained either from the MAC Address of your Ethernet card or from a hardware key attached to your machine. Hardware key server host IDs begin with FLEXID.
Port Number: A fixed number that represents the TCP/IP port used internally by the licensing software.
Feature Name: The Mudbox product you purchased.
Vendor String: Indicates you have a special license type attached to a disclaimer. If not present, it means that you have a commercial license.
Vendor Daemon: Autodesk specific application responsible for the core application of the licensing.
License Version: The version number of the software.
Expiration: Indicates when the license expires. The word permanent indicates there is no expiration date. Product pre-release licenses have expiration dates.
License Count: The number of network licenses that can be served at one time.
Password: An encrypted string that authenticates the license.