Arcgis License Server Ports



  1. Arcgis Licence Server Port
  2. Arcgis License Server Ports Standalone
  3. Arcgis License Server Ports Command
  4. Arcgis License Server Ports 1.8

The licenses resource lists the current license level of ArcGIS for Server and all authorized extensions. Click the “availability” tab and select “Named User”. Verify if the numbers are right. Next we’ll generate a Portal configuration file. This file communicates to the Portal for ArcGIS on how many ArcGIS Pro licenses are available on the license manager. Go to the Authorization tab and click generate.

Note:

This topic applies to ArcGIS Desktop, ArcGIS Engine, ArcGIS CityEngine, and ArcGIS Pro concurrent use software only. It does not apply to ArcGIS Pro or Premium App named user software using a Portal for ArcGIS or ArcGIS Online.

You can define your license managers by using the <port>@<host> function. This method is not constrained by architecture because a license server defined by <port>@<host> communicates directly to the ARCGIS daemon through the specified TCP/IP port, working around the limitation of architecture-specific license files.

Command

Setting the environment variable ARCGIS_LICENSE_FILE enables the <port>@<host> functionality. This variable is set in a client's environment, not on the server side. The <port> value is found in the SERVER line of the service.txt file in the License Manager installation path. The TCP/IP <port> is indicated at the end of the SERVER line. The <host> value is the name of your license manager.

Additionally, <port>@<host> can be abbreviated as simply @<host> as long as the port number in the license file falls within the range of 27000 through 27009 (inclusive).

Arcgis Licence Server Port

One advantage of using the <port>@<host> method for defining your license server is to get the license service working through firewalls. In certain environments, the firewall may block communication between the license server and the client machine.

See also Procedure for locking License Manager to specific ports.

Arcgis License Server Ports Standalone

Many of today's networks use a firewall for enhanced security from outside threats. Because the license manager uses the TCP/IP protocols, implementing such a firewall can pose problems between the license manager server and the clients connecting to it.

The problem is caused by the firewall often closing or blocking access to the ports the license manager uses to communicate. By default, the lmgrd daemon is set to port 27000. The ARCGIS daemon, on the second line of the file, is not confined to a particular port range. It is dynamic, meaning that it can listen on any available port.

To secure the license management environment and allow you to implement a firewall, you can lock the ARCGIS daemon to a specific port. You can also change the lmgrd daemon from the default 27000 to another port between 27000 and 27009. This range was prespecified for license manager use because of the low traffic in that range.

Procedure

The steps provided require that you briefly stop the license manager. During this time, connections to the license manager may be lost.

Arcgis License Server Ports Command

  1. Click Start > Programs > ArcGIS > License Manager > License Server Administrator.
  2. Click Start/Stop License Server in the table of contents and click Stop.
  3. Open Windows Explorer and navigate to your license manager installation location (C:Program FilesArcGISLicense10.3bin by default), in which you will see a service.txt file.

    The file should look similar to this:

At the end of the SERVER line, you can choose to specify a port number immediately after ANY.

On the VENDOR line, add PORT=####, where #### is a specific port number designated by you, to lock the vendor daemon to that specific port (for example, 1234). After making the changes, your service.txt file should look something like this:

  1. Save the .txt file.
  2. From License Server Administrator, click Start.

    The vendor daemon is now static, locked to the port specified.

  3. These ports can now be saved as exceptions in the firewall to allow communication between the license server and the client.
Note:

With ArcGIS License Manager 10.3-10.3.1, a specific port in the range 27000-27009, must be specified for the lmgrd daemon as a requirement for configuring it for use with a portal. The service.txt file found in the install directory (..Program FilesArcGISLicense10.3bin by default) will now include the port 27000 by default after installing ArcGIS License Manager. If ArcGIS License Manager 10.3 was installed as an upgrade from an earlier version, for example over ArcGIS License Manager 10.2.2 and a port such as 27004 was already specified in the earlier install, this port may not be carried over into the new install. In this case, the port will need to be manually re-entered into the service.txt file. If upgrading from ArcGIS License Manager 10.3 to ArcGIS License Manager 10.3.1, then the port information in the Service.txt file will be retained. The lmgrd daemon port is communicated to the portal as part of the exported portal configuration *.json file.

Arcgis License Server Ports 1.8

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