About Apama license files
Your Apama sales contact or an authorized Apama reseller must supply you with an Apama license file. There are instructions in the installation guide for copying the license file to the correct location.
It is possible to run Apama for a limited time without a license file or with an expired license. Apama behavior with regard to the Apama license file is as follows:
You can start a correlator without specifying the
-l license.txt option. When you start the correlator without specifying a license file, the correlator runs for 30 minutes in a constrained mode that accepts connections from only the local host (
127.0.0.1).
A running correlator does not shut down when its license expires. It continues operation for seven days beyond expiration. The correlator logs periodic warning messages until it reaches the end of the seven days or until you replace the expired license.
Removing the license file from a running correlator does not cause it to shut down. It continues operation for seven days after the license file is removed. The correlator logs periodic warning messages until it reaches the end of the seven days or until you restore the license.
You can start a correlator with an expired license if it is less than seven days beyond expiration.
You can use the Management and Monitoring console to start a correlator without first sending a license, but only on the same host as the console. Also, you must configure the component’s host as
localhost.
Refer to the licencing terms specified in your software contract for any additional legal restrictions that may be imposed on your use of Apama.
If you obtain a license after you have been running Apama, copy the license.txt file to the license directory in your APAMA_WORK directory, which is typically in your home directory, for example: C:\Users\tcohen\SoftwareAG\ApamaWork_5.3\license\license.txt.