Activation

A Rendezvous daemon requires activation by using a license to start. You can generate licenses at the TIBCO Software Download site (https://www.tibco.com/downloads). For more information about activating TIBCO products, see TIBCO Activation Service documentation at https://docs.tibco.com/products/tibco-activation-service.

Important: A Rendezvous daemon will shut down when you reach the end date of your entitlement to the product, and will not restart until you replace your license file with one that contains a new entitlement end date. It is recommended that you do so well in advance of your entitlement end date to avoid business disruption. For more information about monitoring for the end of your entitlement, see Logging.

There are two options for activating an Rendezvous daemon:

  • In-product Activation (local activation): Copy your license file to the host system where you are running your Rendezvous daemon. Provide the URL for your license file on your host system using the -license command-line parameter or the TIBRV_LICENSE environment variable, for example:

    -license  file:///usr/tmp/tibrv/tibrvlic.bin
    Note: The license file used for In-product Activation must be located on a filesystem that the Rendezvous daemon can access.

  • TIBCO Activation Service (remote activation): Install TIBCO Activation Service software and upload your license file to the running instance before installing Rendezvous. Consult the TIBCO Activation Service documentation at https://docs.tibco.com/products/tibco-activation-service for installation instructions, and to determine the URL for your TIBCO Activation Service instance. Provide the URL for your TIBCO Activation Service instance using the -license command-line parameter or the TIBRV_LICENSE environment variable, for example:

    -license https://activationserver.example.com:7070?fp=98fdb7e7d06fe3aac5841086684d8069d883984b4030ad8edfa97b363bc0620a
Note: If the Rendezvous daemon is not configured with either of the activation options above, the daemon will search the directories in its PATH for a file named tibrvlic.bin. If this search fails, the daemon will attempt to connect to a TIBCO Activation Service instance at https://tib-activate:7070. If the Rendezvous daemon cannot be activated, it will exit.
Note: A Rendezvous daemon started automatically by a client application can be activated using the TIBRV_LICENSE environment variable or by locating a license file in the PATH.

For details on how a Rendezvous daemon manages the expiration of licenses under different conditions, see Appendix: License Caching and Expiration.