Advanced Topics

• Activation Pro Setup (local server)
  • Requirements
  • Setting Up Activation Pro
  • Using RLC with HTTPS
  • Securing Self-Hosted Activation Pro (Recommendation)
• Upgrading from an earlier version of Activation Pro
• License Rehosting
  • Rehostable Licenses
  • How to activate with a rehostable hostid
  • If You Don’t Want to Always Use Rehostable Hostids
  • What happens when my customer inadvertently deletes the rehostable hostid data?
  • Rehostable License Example Code
  • Rehostable Hostids on Disconnected Systems
• Activation Database
  • active_users - Active RLC Users
  • audit – Database Audit Trail (v11.2)
  • badhost – Automatic Banned List Data
  • blacklist – Banned List Definitions, One Row Per Banned Host
  • company – Customer Company Information
  • contact – Customer Contact Person Information
  • contact_types – Customer Contact Type Definitions
  • debuglog – License Generator Debug Log
  • defaults – Default Specifications for Products and Activation Keys
  • keyd - Activation Key Definitions, One Row Per Activation Key
  • keyf - Activation Key Fulfillment Information, One Row Per Activation Key
  • licf - License Fulfillment Information, One Row Per Activation
  • prod - Product Definitions, One Row Per Product Definition
  • report_cols – Database Columns Which Appear in Report
  • report_select – Report Selection Definitions
  • report_types – Report Type Definitions
  • setup - RLC Setup Definitions, One Row Per Setup Item
  • stats – Activation Statistics
  • users - Authorized RLC Users
• Redirecting Your Activation Website
• Automatically Banning IP addresses
• How Activation Pro chooses a Hostid
• Using Custom License Generators
• Bulk Loading Customer Data
• Customizing the Customer Data
• Importing Activation Keys to ActPro
• Using Web Services to Access the ActPro Database
• Basic License Enforcement Using Web Services
  • Steps for Using actpro_keyvalid.php
  • Return Status and Description
  • Notes
• Loading Customer Data from your Activation Utility