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wjblazek
Occasional Contributor
8 years ago

Licensing question: Are there any external dependencies on the SoapUI NG Pro license?

We have moved to SoapUI OS largely to avoid licensing issues with other tools where the license is on a remote server.
This creates an external dependency on the tools and therefore adds potential fragility to the tool
if the license server is down or unreachable, rendering the test tool unusable.
From what I read about SoapUI NG Pro, the license file is installed with SoapUI NG Pro itself on the same server so
there should be no external license dependencies.
Is this correct?

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    • wjblazek's avatar
      wjblazek
      Occasional Contributor
      8 years ago

      Yes I have read that page.

      As I described some test tools use a remote license server and

      if that remote server is down or unreachable for any reason,

      the test tool will not run.

      It looks like this should not be an issue with SoapUI NG Pro if the license is installed with the product itself.

      If the license is installed with and part of the product there should not be any external license dependencies.

      Is that correct?

      Thanks.

       

      • YuriPeshekhonov's avatar
        YuriPeshekhonov
        SmartBear Alumni (Retired)
        8 years ago

        Hi,

         

        If you are using a Floating-User license and you have activated it on your license server, then the license is stored on this server. The client machines do not have information about this license, until they connect to the server. The license is not stored on the client machines. I hope this helps.