License Files, Options Files, and Configuration File

A new license file, accurev.lic, replaces the traditional keys.txt license file. Like keys.txt, accurev.lic is a simple text file that you receive from AccuRev when you purchase your licenses.

For general information about the contents of this file, please see the Reprise, Inc. documentation referenced in the next section.

For information about where to place the file and any edits that you may need to make to it, please see the AccuRev installation documentation and the documentation that you receive with the license file.

Note that the acserver.cnf LICENSE_PORT (default value 2375) specifier introduced with the Reprise License Manager differs from the existing AccuRev PORT value (default value 5050) which clients use to connect to the AccuRev host. The proprietary “keys.txt” license file specifies the AccuRev PORT. The Reprise “accurev.lic” license file specifies the LICENSE_PORT value at the end of the HOST line.

If you need to change the Reprise LICENSE_PORT value, you must make that change not only to the HOST line in accurev.lic, but also to the acserver.cnf configuration file on the server as well. Then you need to restart the AccuRev and Reprise license manager servers.

If you need to change the AccuRev PORT value under the Reprise license manager (which under the proprietary license manager requires a new “keys.txt” file), you just need to edit the PORT line in acserver.cnf, restart the server, and update your clients to connect to the new port.

ISV options and accurev.opt

Reprise provides the ability to define an “ISV options” file that allows you to tweak certain parameters, such as extending the idle time allowed before a license gets checked back in, or maintaining a list of users who are prevented from obtaining a license. By default, AccuRev installs an ISV options files named accurev.opt in the same folder as the Reprise license manager (rlm.exe), typically <ac_install>/bin. This file has a timeout setting line “TIMEOUT 120”, to enable automatic idle license check-in.

A common modification of this file is to reserve licenses for specific users so that they stay checked out beyond the usual expiration period.

For example, if you are an administrator and a principal developer with the user name “jsmith” is working on an important project and requires special access to a dedicated license, you can specify a RESERVE line in the accurev.opt file such as:

RESERVE 1 accurev-ent user jsmith

Make sure not to accidentally modify the existing “TIMEOUT 120” when you edit accurev.opt.

For more information about ISV files, see the Reprise documentation listed in the next section.