Activate a FactoryTalk Optix Runtime entitlement on Ubuntu 22.04 devices
The
FactoryTalk® Optix™
Runtime Tools Ubuntu 22.04 package consists of the FactoryTalk® Optix™
Application Update Service and the FactoryTalk® Optix™
Entitlement Manager CLI program (FTOptixEntitlementCli.sh).
NOTE:
A runtime device running Ubuntu can have multiple licenses. Each runtime device is associated with one of the available entitlements.
- Download theFTOptixEntitlementCli.Ubuntu_22_x64.[version].shfile as described in the Set up Runtime Tools on Ubuntu 22.04 devices procedure.
- Enter the following commands:
- chmod +x FTOptixEntitlementCli.Ubuntu_22_x64.[version].sh
- sudo ./FTOptixEntitlementCli.Ubuntu_22_x64.[version].sh
- Restart Ubuntu and proceed with the entitlement activation.
TIP:
Runtime entitlements are currently perpetual. Rockwell Automation recommends installing an entitlement that is one size larger than the recommended size in the Sizing Tool.
NOTE:
To prevent the
FTOptixEntitlementCli.sh
file from requiring any root privileges, add a --noRoot
command-line switch to the FTOptixEntitlementCli.sh
file.A Runtime entitlement on an Ubuntu 22.04 device can be:
- Activated online
- Activated offline
- RehostedNOTE: See Rehost a Runtime entitlement on Ubuntu 22.04 devices for further information on this topic.
To view the installed entitlement details, use the
--showDetails
command.To perform the above described actions, use the commands shown below respectively:
- --onlineActivate--onlineActivate (--activationRequestFile <activationRequestFile> --outputEntitlementFile <outputEntitlementFile> | --entitlementKey <entitlementKey>) [--enableVerboseLog]
- --offlineActivate--offlineActivate (--entitlementKey <entitlementKey> --outputActivationRequestFile <activationRequestFile> | --entitlementFile <entitlementFile>) [--enableVerboseLog]
- --showInstalledEntitlement--showInstalledEntitlement [--enableVerboseLog]
- --showDetails--showDetails --entitlementKey <entitlementKey> [--enableVerboseLog]
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