{"id":252864,"date":"2023-03-07T14:20:46","date_gmt":"2023-03-07T14:20:46","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/forums\/topic\/connecting-ansys-gateway-powered-by-aws-to-your-on-premises-license-server\/"},"modified":"2024-02-16T10:07:03","modified_gmt":"2024-02-16T10:07:03","slug":"connecting-ansys-gateway-powered-by-aws-to-your-on-premises-license-server","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/connecting-ansys-gateway-powered-by-aws-to-your-on-premises-license-server\/","title":{"rendered":"Connecting Ansys Gateway Powered by AWS to your on-premises license server"},"content":{"rendered":"

Connecting Ansys Gateway Powered by AWS to your on-premises license server<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\/<\/span><\/strong> Introduction<\/span><\/p>\n

This article covers the steps required for a customer to set up a connection to an on-premises license server to utilize their floating Ansys software licenses on Ansys Gateway Powered by AWS.<\/span><\/p>\n

\/ <\/span><\/strong>Setting up IP Forwarding<\/span><\/p>\n

IP forwarding mode is a method that involves the relocation of address and\/or port numbers of a packet and sending it to a new destination. IP forwarding is quick and easy to set up. It is a self-service solution and when configured requires no ongoing maintenance. This is the simplest configuration that allows you to run jobs on Ansys Gateway Powered by AWS using your on-premises licenses. An alternative is to configure a VPN for connectivity of your VPC to your on-premises network to allow direct license checkout.<\/span><\/p>\n

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 <\/span>\/ <\/span><\/strong>Prerequisites<\/span><\/p>\n

To set up IP forwarding, you need the following:<\/span><\/p>\n

·         <\/span>An IT administrator with access to your company’s on-premises license server.<\/span><\/p>\n

·         <\/span>The public IP address of the on-premises license server or firewall. The IP address must be static.<\/span><\/p>\n

·         <\/span>A list of associated license and vendor ports:<\/span><\/p>\n

o    <\/span>Ensure that vendor ports are fixed in license files<\/span><\/p>\n

o    <\/span>For Ansys FlexLM licensing these are typically ports 1055,1056, and 2325<\/span><\/p>\n

\/ <\/span><\/strong>Obtain Information, Update Ports and Restart On-Premises License Server<\/span><\/p>\n

This section lists the steps to be followed on your local on-premises workstation where the license server is hosted.<\/span><\/p>\n

\/ <\/span><\/strong>Obtain Port Information<\/span><\/p>\n

Let us first obtain the port (license and the vendor) information from the license file and\/or the license logs. For both FlexLM and RLM there are 2 processes that handle license access:<\/span><\/p>\n