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Unity Licensing Server
  • Introduction
  • What's new
  • Requirements
  • Getting started
  • Server setup (quick start)
  • Server setup (advanced)
  • Server administration
  • Server migration
  • Client configuration
  • License checkout to work offline
  • Troubleshooting (server)
  • Troubleshooting (client)
  1. Unity Licensing Server

What's new

Learn what's new and changed in the recent versions of the Unity Licensing Server.
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Summary of changes in Unity Licensing Server.

Version 2.4.1

The main updates in this release include:

Added

  • Exposed historical data through the server plug-in API.
  • Added Self-Hosted Deployment support in the Licensing Server.

Changed

  • Secured certificate password storage in server configuration.
  • Improved consistency for historical lease retrieval.

Fixed

  • Fixed issues with the Editor closing when floating licenses expired.

Version 2.1.0

The main updates in this release include:

Added

  • Added a feature to collect server analytics. These analytics help Unity provide support and develop performance improvements. For more information, refer to Server analytics.

Changed

  • Improved the performance of the Overview graph on the Licensing Server Dashboard.
  • Improved the performance of lease management and periodic archiving.
  • Streamlined transactions to improve server traffic.

Fixed

  • Fixed an issue where warnings about expiring licenses weren't shown in the license grid of the Licensing Server Dashboard.
  • Fixed an issue where duplicate entries for Access Control Lists were written to the server log file.
  • Fixed an issue where the archiving service wasn't batching leases properly.
  • Fixed an issue on the Overview page of the Licensing Server Dashboard, to include rotated log files in the download archive.
  • Other fixes and server performance improvements.

Version 2.0.2

The main updates in this release include:

Fixed

  • Fixed an issue when running server migration on historical data.

Version 2.0.1

The main updates in this release include:

Added

  • Added license checkout. After enabling this feature, floating licensing users can work offline for up to 99 days. For more information, refer to License checkout to work offline.
  • Added the administration dashboard. Use this browser-based interface to monitor the status of your licensing server, and get real-time and historical data about Unity license usage. For more information, refer to Licensing Server Dashboard.
  • Added simple access control. You can add a configuration file key to allow or deny license access, based on user name, machine name, or both. For more information, refer to
    accessControlList
    in Advanced configuration keys.
  • Added a disk space warning configuration key. The server status displays as degraded when the disk space on your licensing server falls below a configurable threshold. For more information, refer to
    diskSpaceWarningThresholdMegabytes
    in Advanced configuration keys.

Changed

  • Changed the location of most folders and files for the licensing server. For more information, refer to Server paths.

Removed

  • Removed
    useLsd
    from the services configuration file (
    services-config.json
    ). This client configuration key is no longer used.

Fixed

  • Fixed a permissions setting for server files on Linux to ensure recursive application.
  • Fixed an issue associated with loading outdated configurations.
  • Improved logic to detect older versions, to facilitate server migration.
  • Fixed a concurrency issue where a client computer reserved more than one floating license.
  • Fixed an issue that prevented serving a floating license from the next available toolset if the default toolset was invalid.
  • Fixed issues related to persisting server configurations across multiple server setup instances, which included server update scenarios.
  • Fixed an issue to remove log entries when there are no leases to recycle.
  • Fixed an issue that used older server paths during the migration process.
  • Improved user permission validation during license import.

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    • Version 2.4.1

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    • Version 2.1.0

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    • Version 2.0.2

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    • Version 2.0.1

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