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Managing HCL Local License Server
After you receive your license entitlements, you must verify the system requirements, perform preinstallation tasks, and then install the HCL Local License Server (LLS) product.
System Requirements
Before you install HCL Local License Server, ensure that your system meets the hardware and software requirements.

HCL Licensing - Overview
You must license your HCLSoftware product to get access to a full-featured version of your HCLSoftware product for an extended duration and HCLSoftware support.
Managing HCL Local License Server
After you receive your license entitlements, you must verify the system requirements, perform preinstallation tasks, and then install the HCL Local License Server (LLS) product.
- System Requirements
  Before you install HCL Local License Server, ensure that your system meets the hardware and software requirements.
- Preinstallation Tasks
  Before you install HCL Local License Server (LLS), you must perform some necessary tasks to prepare your system and environment.
- Installing HCL Local License Server
  After completing the pre-installation tasks, you can begin installing HCL Local License Server (LLS) 5.3 as a new installation. On Windows, you can also use the upgrade feature to update an existing LLS version (5.0, 5.1, or 5.2) to 5.3. Once installed, you can use it to manage HCLSoftware product licenses.
- Version Upgrade Behavior
  On Windows, an existing HCL Local License Server (LLS) installation can be upgraded to a later version, and the licenses, logs, TLS certificate, and port are retained. On Linux, upgrading from an earlier version to 5.3.0 is not supported.
- Backup and Restore
  When HCL Local License Server (LLS) is uninstalled using the uninstall.bat/sh file, the license files, logs, TLS certificate, and port setting are saved to a backup directory. The installer can restore them during the next installation instead of requiring the server to be configured again.
- Post-installation: Generating the license file
  After installing the HCL Local License Server (LLS), you must create deployments in My HCLSoftware (MHS) to manage your entitlements. Each deployment generates a license file that must be copied to the licenses folder on your LLS host machine.
- Verifying HCL Local License Server Installation
  After you have installed HCL Local License Server (LLS), you must verify that the installation completed successfully and that the server is reachable and operational.
- Configuring HCL Local License Server
  You can configure HCL Local License Server (LLS) to update parameters such as the TLS certificate or the port number using the update.bat/sh file provided in the installer package.
- Uninstalling HCL Local License Server
  When you no longer require HCL Local License Server (LLS) on your system, you can remove it by running the uninstall.bat/sh file located in the installation directory.
- Troubleshooting HCL Local License Server
  You can troubleshoot some common issues that you might encounter during the installation or operation of HCL Local License Server (LLS).
Managing HCL Cloud License Server
After you receive your license entitlements, you can set up HCL Cloud License Server (CLS) for your HCLSoftware product license configuration.
Notices
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System Requirements

Before you install HCL Local License Server, ensure that your system meets the hardware and software requirements.

Hardware Requirements


Hardware	Minimum requirement
Disk space	256 GB
RAM	8 GB
Processor	2 GHz - 2 Cores

Note:

The HCL Local License Server 5.3 installation does not require 256 GB of free disk space and can operate with substantially less available storage. However, allocating higher disk capacity is recommended to support log rotation and to ensure sufficient space for long-term log retention.

Software Requirements

From 5.3 onwards, HCL Local License Server does not require any additional software to be installed beforehand.

The installer package includes tlsutil, which removes the earlier OpenSSL requirement:

The utility.bat/sh file generates the certificate and key with the support of tlsutil. See Generating a self-signed TLS certificate.
The install.bat/sh and update.bat/sh files decrypt the TLS private key with the support of tlsutil if an encrypted key is supplied.

Note:

If your organization prefers a certificate signed by a trusted Certificate Authority (CA), you can use one instead of a self-signed certificate. For third-party certificates, contact your local IT team. OpenSSL 3.x or later can still be installed for other purposes, but it is not a prerequisite for HCL Local License Server.

Operating System Requirements

HCL Local License Server supports the following operating systems:


Operating system	CPU Architecture	Versions
Windows	64-bit	Windows Server 2016
		Windows Server 2019
		Windows Server 2022
		Windows 10
		Windows 11
Linux	64-bit	RHEL 8.x
		RHEL 9.x
		CentOS Stream 9
		Ubuntu 20.04

Both IPv4 and IPv6 are supported on Windows and Linux platforms.