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Getting started
This section provides a short tour of basic product features and procedures, including using the wizard to set up a scan.
HCL License
HCL manages software downloads and licensing through the My HCLSoftware (MHS) portal.
Set up a node-locked license
You can set up a node-locked license using the local license file on your machine.

Welcome
Welcome to the documentation for HCL AppScan Standard version 10.8.0
Getting started
This section provides a short tour of basic product features and procedures, including using the wizard to set up a scan.
- Overview
- What's new
  This section describes new AppScan Standard product features and enhancements in this release, as well as deprecations and anticipated changes, where relevant.
- System requirements
  A summary of the minimum hardware and software required for the machine that runs AppScan Standard.
- Installing
  The installation wizard guides you through the fast and simple process.
- HCL License
  HCL manages software downloads and licensing through the My HCLSoftware (MHS) portal.
  - Set up floating license using Cloud or Local License Server
    Your floating license server can be on the cloud. But if your machine doesn't have internet access, or if you want your own license server, it can be local on a machine in your network.
  - Set up a node-locked license
    You can set up a node-locked license using the local license file on your machine.
- How an automatic scan works
  This topic explains the difference between the "stages" and "phases" of a scan.
- Exploration methods for web applications and APIs
  This topic explains the different methods available for exploring sites, before AppScan tests them.
- Web application automatic scan workflow
  Provides a simple workflow of an automatic scan of a web application.
- Web API automatic scan workflow
  Provides a simple workflow of an automatic scan of a web API.
- Home screen
  Describes the options available from the home screen that opens when you load AppScan Standard.
- Tour of the main screens
  Describes the components of the AppScan main screen (Issues view), and all menus and toolbars.
- Tutorial
  This simple tutorial goes through the steps of configuring a simple application scan using the Scan Configuration wizard, running the scan, and reviewing the results.
- Sample files
  The sample files can help give you a feel for using AppScan and what scan results look like.
Configuration
You configure a scan by choosing settings that best describe your application, and the kind of testing you want.
Manual exploring
Manual exploring enables you to explore specific parts of your application, filling in fields and forms as you go. This can be a way of ensuring that particular areas of the site are covered, and that AppScan has the information needed to complete forms correctly.
Scanning
Learn how to start a scan, and what happens during the scan; how to manually manipulate the Explore stage, and how to export the results of a scan.
Data
Data view is populated with information about the structure of the site during the Explore stage of the scan.
Issues
Issues view provides access to the results of a scan. You can view results at a high level or select specific tests or objects and access more details. These details include how to fix, requests/responses, and differences between the test variants that resulted in issues. You can manipulate the severity of issues, resend tests (with or without modifications), and create reports based on Issues.
Reports
Tools
This section explains how to use additional tools provided with HCL AppScan Standard.
Integrations
This section describes integrations of other applications with AppScan Standard:
Best practices
This section contains some best practices and use cases for advanced users.
FAQ & Troubleshooting
CLI
This section describes the syntax and options available using the Command line interface.
References
Menus and toolbar summaries, and glossary

Set up a node-locked license

You can set up a node-locked license using the local license file on your machine.

Procedure

Obtain the Local Host ID for the machine running AppScan Standard:
1. In AppScan Standard, click Help > License.
2. Click Configure license.
3. Select License file.
4. Click the copy icon next to Host ID fingerprint.
  The ID is saved to your clipboard. You will need it later.
Log in to My HCLSoftware (MHS) using the email address that appears in your invitation. If this is your first login, you must create your HCLSoftware ID by using the Register for HCLSoftware ID link on the Sign In page.
Create a deployment:
1. On the navigation bar click Deployments.
2. On the Add deployment dialog, enter a unique name for your deployment and select the deployment type, HCL AppScan Standard/Source from the drop-down list and then click the Add Deployment button.
3. Based on your account, all your entitlements are listed.
  Important: Only licenses with Product Name: “AppScan Standard Authorized User” are valid for use with the node-locked device.
Assign license to server:
1. In the Authorized user licenses section, in the Allocated column, type the number of licenses you want to allocate.
2. Click Save all changes.
3. Click the Assign License button.
4. Enter a name, up to 50 characters long.
5. In the Fingerprint field, paste the Host ID fingerprint you copied in step 1d.
6. Select the entitlement you allocated from the drop-down list.
7. Click Assign.
The license is assigned and is displayed as shown in the following image.
Download the license file:
1. Under the license column, click the download icon. The file is saved to your machine.
Configure the Local License File in AppScan Standard:
1. In AppScan Standard, in the Configure license dialog you opened in Step 1b, click Browse, and import the license verification file you saved in Step 5.
2. Click Save.
The license is verified by a green check-mark and confirmation message "License configured successfully".

Note: The *expiry date on AppScan licenses follows UTC date and time. *expiry date: In case of multiple entitlements, the expiry date displayed is the one that expires first.

Node-locked license - tutorial

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Video tutorial on setting up a node-locked license server.