Advanced configuration with properties files

If a client should only be able to access specific Sentinel license servers, you have to restrict the access on the client computer accordingly. You can also configure a sequence according to which a client should connect to servers.

Note:
We recommend you close all PLA 3.0 applications during the configuration process.

Location

%ProgramData%\Stegmann Systems\PLA 3.0

Important:
You need write permissions to the %ProgramData%\Stegmann Systems\PLA 3.0 folder.

Encoding

The encoding is ISO 8859-1 (Latin-1). You have to enter all non-Latin-1 characters using \ as an escape character. Examples: Enter the special character : as \: and the special character \ as \\.

Editing

To edit the properties file, you can use any standard text editor. Use key=value pairs to configure the settings. You can add a new key=value pair, or modify an existing pair if you require.
Important:
We recommend you edit the properties file only for advanced configuration tasks such as the setup of restrictions. Use PLA 3.0 for standard configurations such as the creation and deletion of configuration profiles.

Add one value to configure a specific server, or a semicolon-separated list to configure a sequence of servers.

Important:
The key=value pairs you define here filter the list of Sentinel license servers configured in the PLA License Control Center. You cannot add additional servers.

Available keys

Server access can be configured with the following keys:

com.stegmannsystems.edp.license.HaspTargetHostnames

Restricts the access of a client to a license server based on the hostname of the server.

Specify the computer name only, do not add the domain. Add one value to configure a specific server, or a semicolon-separated list to configure a sequence of servers. The sequence of the entries determines their priority. Entries listed first take precedence.

Example: com.stegmannsystems.edp.license.HaspTargetHostnames=WJKA03;WDO02;EMS7

Note:
If you configure hostnames and IP addresses, hostnames take precedence.
com.stegmannsystems.edp.license.HaspTargetIPs

Restricts the access of a client to a license server based on the IP address of the server.

Add one value to configure a specific server, or a semicolon-separated list to configure a sequence of servers. The sequence of the entries determines their priority. Entries listed first take precedence.

Example: com.stegmannsystems.edp.license.HaspTargetIPs=192.168.1.111;192.20.100.20

com.stegmannsystems.edp.license.Providers

Restricts the access of a client to a license server based on the provider of the protection key.

Valid values are hasp for Sentinel software and hardware protection keys and hardlock for hardlock keys.

Example: com.stegmannsystems.edp.license.Providers=hasp