You can view all of your machine activations on the InstaLOD License Management web app under Activations. Here, you can also deauthorize your machines.
Once a license has been acquired, InstaLOD is fully operational. Your workstation is now authorized for use with InstaLOD. Make sure to deauthorize your workstation before uninstalling InstaLOD, or you will not be able to authorize another workstation.
¶ Machine Authorization for InstaLOD Studio
If you haven’t used InstaLOD on your computer before, the Manage License window will appear when you start InstaLOD Studio. Enter your license information and press Authorize to request a license for your workstation.
Your workstation is now authorized for use with InstaLOD.
¶ Deauthorization
You can access the Manage License window from the Help menu to deauthorize your workstation.
Please note that deauthorization takes up to 24 hours to complete. Until the deauthorization cycle is fully complete, the seat/node will remain locked and cannot be used to activate another machine.
¶ Machine Authorization for InstaLOD Integrations
Authorizing and deauthorizing InstaLOD can be done in all Integrations by navigating to the Setup tab and entering your license information.
¶ Machine Authorization for InstaLOD Pipeline
To authorize your workstation using InstaLOD Pipeline, cd into the InstaLOD Pipeline directory, execute the following command, and replace the placeholders with your actual license information:
InstaLODCmd -authorize <username or email> <password>
Your workstation is now authorized for use with InstaLOD.
¶ Deauthorization
To deauthorize a machine using InstaLOD Pipeline, cd into the InstaLOD Pipeline directory and use the following command:
InstaLODCmd -deauthorize <username or email> <password>
Please note that deauthorization takes up to 24 hours to complete. Until the deauthorization cycle is fully complete, the seat/node will remain locked and cannot be used to activate another machine.
¶ Offline Authorization (Enterprise)
Enterprise licensees can make use of offline authorization in situations where a machine that needs to be activated has no access to the internet. In these cases, a machine that has an active internet connection can be used to create a license file on behalf of another machine.
¶ InstaLOD Studio
The easiest way to authorize offline machines is to use InstaLOD Studio.
First, it is necessary to acquire the machine key of the target machine. Click Help in Studio's main menu and select Manage License. The machine key will be displayed in the Machine Key panel.
Copy and paste the key to the machine that will fulfill the authorization request. In the Offline Authorization panel in the Manage License window of Studio, click on Activate another machine and insert your Username, Password and Machine Key of the machine that needs to be activated.
InstaLOD Studio will now request a license file for the specified license.
Copy the generated license file to the target machine and ingest it into the InstaLOD licensing system by clicking on Ingest License in the Offline Authorization panel in the Manage License window of Studio.
Your workstation is now fully activated and the
Manage Licensewindow can be closed.
¶ InstaLOD Pipeline
First, it is necessary to acquire the machine key of the target machine by specifying the -machineKey argument:
InstaLODCmd -machineKey
InstaLOD Pipeline will now output the machine key to the console.
IMPORTANT: Please note that you do not require the InstaLOD Pipeline license entitlements to authorize InstaLOD via Pipeline.
Copy and paste the key to the machine that will fulfill the authorization request and specify the machine key together with the authorizeKey argument:
InstaLODCmd -authorizeKey <key> <filename> <username or email> <password>
The <filename> is the name and location in which InstaLOD will generate the license file. An absolute or relative path can be provided.
InstaLOD Pipeline will now request a license file for the specified <key> and write it to the specified <filename> location.
Copy the generated license file to the target machine and ingest it into the InstaLOD licensing system by specifying the -ingestLicense argument:
InstaLODCmd -ingestLicense <filename>
Your workstation is now fully activated.
¶ Need Assistance?
In case you struggle with activating your offline license via InstaLOD Pipeline, please contact your account manager and provide them with the following details, so that they can generate the license file for you:
- Machine key of the machine that needs authorizing. Please read the previous chapter of this article on where to find the machine key.
Your password will be reset in the process. It can be changed after receiving the license file.