# Update General Configuration Properties

The following configuration settings are available in this section of the page. If this section is closed and the Vendor Daemon Log section is open, click on the General Configuration link to open this section. Click Vendor Daemon Log to close this section and open the Vendor Daemon Log section.

License File or Directory

You can specify any of the following:

| • | A single license file.

| • | A single directory containing multiple licenses files. All files with the .lic file extension are read.

Enter the absolute path or the relative path from the license server root directory to the license file. The server administrator defines the root directory when they start the license server manager (lmadmin).

If the license server root directory is C:\fnplm and you specify “examples\counted.lic” as the license file, then the absolute path of the license file is “C:\fnplm\examples\counted.lic”.

Examples of valid entries for a single license file are:

licenses/counted.lic

C:\examples\uncounted.lic

examples\counted.lic

If the license server root directory is C:\fnplm and you specify “examples” as the directory, then the absolute path of the directory is “C:\fnplm\examples\”.

Examples of valid entries for a directory include the following:

C:\i86_n3\licenses\demo

licenses/demo

licenses\demo

Click Save to save the configuration. After saving the configuration, start and stop the vendor daemon to update the license rights in memory.

Vendor Daemon Location

Enter the location and name of the vendor daemon. This should be the location relative to the license server root directory. The license server root directory is set when you start the license server manager (lmadmin).

An example of a valid entry is: “licenses/demo”. If the license server root directory is C:\fnplm and you specify “licenses/demo” as the Vendor Daemon Location, then the absolute path to the vendor daemon is “C:\fnplm\licenses\demo.exe”.

If you leave this field blank, the license server assumes that the vendor daemon executable is in the license server root directory.

Click Save to save the changes.

Vendor Daemon Port

Define the port number that the vendor daemon uses to listen for communication (lmadmin communication, checkout requests, and so on). If you select Use Default Port, the license server chooses an unused port when it starts. You must specify a specific port number if you are communicating across an Internet firewall. (The port number may be up to 5 digits in length.)

Also, see the note about older license files and vendor daemon port numbers under Import a License File to Add a New Vendor Daemon.

Click Save to save the changes.

Restart Retries

Define the number of times the license server will attempt to start the vendor daemon if it fails to start. (The number of attempts may be up to 3 digits in length.) Click Save to save the changes.

Date-based Versions

Your software publisher will let you know if you need to configure these properties.

If you enable the Enable Date-based Versions property, the license server uses the Feature Version value in the license, rather than the Expiration Date, to identify expiring licenses. You must enable this property before you can configure either of the Date-based version expired or the Date-based version expiring alert (configured on the Alert Configuration tab). The Feature Version value in a license file or trusted storage record is a floating-point number that may be used by the publisher for a variety of purposes. To activate either of these alerts, the Feature Version must specify an expiration date in the format “yyyy.mmdd”.

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