Licensing

An upgrade to IDOL version 23.2 from a previous major version, such as IDOL 12.x or IDOL 11.x, requires a new license. Please contact OpenText and request a new license key.

IMPORTANT: You must update your License Server to version 23.2 or later to license components with the upgraded license.

Versionkey.dat

IDOL 23.2 and later builds require you to include a new supplementary versionkey.dat for licensing.

You can obtain the versionkey.dat from the Software Licenses and Downloads portal (SLD), in the License Server package or as a standalone download package.

IMPORTANT: Software downloads from other locations (for example, Docker images from docker hub) do not include the versionkey.dat. You can obtain it only from the central SLD portal.

If IDOL cannot find the version key, or if it is invalid, IDOL does not start. In this case, details are provided in the license.log.

To use the version key:

  • For a standard License Server deployment, place the versionkey.dat alongside your licensekey.dat file when you run License Server.

  • For IDOL OEM deployments, deploy the versionkey.dat alongside the licensekey.dat with the component.

  • For the Eduction SDK, concatenate the contents of the versionkey.dat to your license key with a semicolon (;). For example, if your license key is ABC123 and the version key XYZ999, then the final license value is ABC123;XYZ999.

  • For the edktool command-line tool, add versionkey.dat file to the same directory that you supply in the licensefile parameter.