RHEL7 agileesofd License Server systemd service

agileesof.service

[Unit]
Description=agileesofd License Daemon
After=network.target network.service

[Service]
User=flexlm
WorkingDirectory=/opt/Keysight/flexnet
ExecStart=/opt/Keysight/flexnet/lmgrd -c ./licenses/agileesofd.lic -l ./log/agileesofd.log
Restart=always
RestartSec=30
Type=forking

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

RHEL7 agileesofd License Server systemd service

Requirements

• RHEL7 / CentOS7 / systemd operating system
• flexlm user created
  • Create the user, set directory, UID, GID, shell (Note: GID < 1000 as to not appear on :0 login screen)

    sudo useradd flexlm
    sudo usermod -d /opt flexlm
    sudo usermod -c "Privileged FlexLM User" flexlm
    sudo usermod -u 123 flexlm
    sudo groupmod -g 123 flexlm
    sudo usermod -s /sbin/nologin flexlm
    sudo find $WorkingDirectory -exec chown flexlm {} \;
    sudo find $WorkingDirectory -exec chgrp flexlm {} \;

• License software downloaded from Keysight and unpacked into the WorkingDirectory
• A valid license file
• A valid options file [Optional]

Installation

sudo cp agileesof.service /etc/systemd/system
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable agileesofd.service

Notes

• The first attempt to launch the daemon may fail as the hostname may not yet be resolved.
  • Thus the Restart=always and RestartSec=TIME are important

References

• Keysight License Administrator PDF
• Pin Eins systemd for Administrators, Part III

Thanks for this!

One note: you should copy the unit file to /etc/systemd/system rather than /usr/lib/systemd/system. The latter is meant for distribution-provided systemd units.

@woopla You're very welcome! Thanks for that catch! Updated the instructions with that path.