Generating Entitlements

This section describes the differences in generating entitlements for HL licensing, SL licensing, and cloud licensing

For HL Licenses

To generate an entitlement for an HL license:

1.The vendor selects the entitlement type Hardware key.

2. The vendor selects a Product that includes the locking type HL and then clicks Burn to burn the license to the connected HL key.

To generate an update to an existing HL license:

1.The vendor selects the entitlement type Protection Key Update

2.The vendor selects the relevant product and then clicks Update to generate an update to the existing HL key.

3.Sentinel LDK-EMS generates an email to deliver the protection key update to the customer.

4.The customer applies the update to the HL key using the Sentinel LDK-EMS Customer Portal.

For SL Licenses

To generate an entitlement for an SL license:

1.The vendor selects the entitlement type Product Key.

2.The vendor selects a Product that includes the locking type SL and then clicks Produce to generate a product key.

3.Sentinel LDK-EMS generates an email to deliver the product key to the customer.

4. The customer uses the product key to log in to Sentinel LDK-EMS Customer Portal update and install the SL key on the license server machine or end user machine.

To generate an update to an existing SL key:

1.The vendor selects the entitlement type Protection Key Update

2.The vendor selects the relevant product and then clicks Update to generate an update to the existing SL key.

3.Sentinel LDK-EMS generates an email to deliver the protection key update to the customer.

4.The customer applies the update to the SL key using the Sentinel LDK-EMS Customer Portal.

NOTE   The update procedure above can also be used to generate a new SL key instead of using a product key.

For Cloud Licenses

The vendor generates an entitlement that automatically creates and installs a cloud-enabled SL key on their license server in a single operation using the Produce & Push option in the Entitlement screen.

After creating the cloud-enabled SL key on the license server machine, the vendor can generate client identities and provide identity strings for end users or allow the customer to detach licenses from the cloud-enabled SL key for second-level license servers at the customer's sites.

Client identities are generated using Admin Control Center (described in Sentinel LDK Software Protection and Licensing Guide) or using Sentinel Admin API (see Managing Client Identities of Cloud Licenses ).