Updating the Sentinel LDK-EMS Catalog

Using HL Keys for Licensing

When you create a Product in the Sentinel LDK-EMS catalog, the Product is assigned the locking type HL. As a result, the Product can only be licensing using HL keys.

Vendors who planned to use only HL keys for licensing most likely accepted the default locking type. As a result, they cannot issue SL keys to license the Product.

NOTE   Starting with Sentinel LDK 8.4, the default locking type for new Products will be HL or SL (AdminMode or UserMode). Vendors who accept the default locking type when defining new Products in Sentinel LDK 8.4 or later will be able to use either HL key or SL keys to distribute licenses for their protected applications.

Using SL Keys for Licensing

To enable the use of SL keys when your Products have been defined with the HL locking type, do the following:

>For Sentinel LDK 8.4 and later:

You can change the locking type of existing Products in the Catalog to HL or SL (AdminMode or UserMode. There is no need to create new Products.

>For Sentinel LDK 8.3 and earlier:

a.In the Catalog tab, create copies of the relevant Products.

b.In each copied Product, assign the locking type HL or SL (AdminMode or UserMode.

Use the new Products when fulfilling orders for new customers.

Using Cloud Licensing

To use cloud licensing to license your applications, you set up your own license server machine and install an SL key for each customer organization. You provide client identities for each end user or you enable the customer organization to set up second-level license servers to provide licenses for the end users.

When you use Sentinel LDK-EMS to create or update the SL keys, ensure that the Sentinel LDK-EMS configuration parameter Cloud Licensing is enabled.