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Get started with Acme licensing🔗

This page is a fast path for new users. It links to the right topics in the documentation to help you install Acme License Engine and Acme License Hub, sign in, and run licensed apps.

Starting paths are below for two roles:

  • End users: People who need to run licensed apps
  • Admins: IT professionals who need to configure a local license server so that end users can run licensed apps using shared licenses

Before you begin🔗

You need

  • Administrator rights on the machine
  • Internet access
  • An Acme account
  • Optional for administrators: one product with sharable seats

Get started🔗

  1. Check system requirements

    Review supported OS versions and network expectations. If your setup is out of scope, fix that first.

  2. Install Acme License Engine and Hub (tutorial)

    When the installer finishes, open Acme License Hub and sign in to confirm access.

  3. First success

    Pick a path based on your role.

    • End users

      1. Use the Hub to activate a license for your app.
      2. Launch a protected app and confirm it starts without a license error.

    • Admins

      1. Set up a basic local server (tutorial).
      2. Connect one client on the same LAN (tutorial).
      3. On the client machine, launch a protected app and confirm it starts without a license error.

  4. Next steps

If you get stuck🔗

Where to go next🔗

Use the sidebar to explore Tutorials, How-to guides, Reference, Explanation, and Troubleshooting.