license

The path to a license file or the URL to the TIBCO Activation Service.

The URL to the TIBCO Activation Service may optionally include a fingerprint. If a fingerprint is provided, the EMS server will only connect to the TIBCO Activation Service if the fingerprint matches the public certificate of the TIBCO Activation Service.

Syntax for a license file:

file://pathname

If the pathname contains spaces, the entire value must be enclosed in double quotes.

Syntax for the TIBCO Activation Service:

https://url?[fp=activation service fingerprint]

For example,

Path to a license file:

file:///opt/deployment/license.bin

TIBCO Activation Service URL:

https://activation.service:7070

TIBCO Activation Service URL with fingerprint:

https://activation.service:7070?fp=ed686f46f7c0537751fd99017ea6d3eb754eceeb74198c7aabed77f4ebe42e36

If this parameter is not set, the server will attempt to obtain the license configuration from the following sources, in the listed order of precedence:

  • The -license tibemsd command-line option.
  • The TIBEMS_LICENSE environment variable.
  • The server will attempt to find a license file named tibemslic.bin on its environment's PATH.
  • The server will attempt to contact a license server at the URL
    https://tib-activate:7070.

For more information on the EMS server license requirements and behavior, see Activation.

Note: On Windows, if your user account requires elevated privileges to run the EMS server, you may need to set TIBEMS_LICENSE as a system environment variable in order for it to be accessible to the EMS server.
Note: This parameter is not supported when using FTL stores. The license must be configured through the FTL server YAML configuration and its alternatives when using FTL stores. See the ftlserver.properties Parameters section and Parameters Unsupported for FTL Stores section for more information.