Installation and Quick Guide¶

System requirements
Operating System	Windows Server 2012 or later - 64 bit ARM not supported
.NET Framework	Not required
Hardware	This depends on the number of PDFCreator installations. Min 1 GB RAM 500 MB free Disk Space, SSD recommended
Supported PDFCreator Version	PDFCreator Business 5.2.0 and above PDFCreator Terminal Server 5.2.0 and above PDFCreator Server 3.2.0 and above

Installation of the Internal License Server (ILS)¶

Attention

Before you start please contact the PDFCreator customer service to get the MSI installer for the Internal License Server.

The PDFCreator customer service must also configure your license to be used with the ILS.

Run the MSI installer. The installer creates and starts the service, which is named pdfforge Internal License Server. Furthermore it installs the ILS-CLI.exe which will be used to import your license in the next step.

Importing your license into the ILS¶

Note

This guide assumes that the ILS-CLI was added as ils-cli.exe to your machine’s environment variables during the installation - please see ILS-CLI for more information.

Open a terminal and run ils-cli.exe activation-code to get the activation code for the internal license server file.
Go to the customer portal find your license and click on the Request internal license server file-button.

Attention

Please contact the PDFCreator customer service if your license does not have the Request internal license server file-button.

Insert the activation code, click on Request license file and download the internal license server file.
Please go back to the terminal and run the following command to import the license:

ils-cli.exe licenses import <PATH-TO-THE-INTERNAL-LICENSE-SERVER-FILE>

How to configure PDFCreator¶

To use PDFCreator with an Internal License Server, you must set the ILS URL during the PDFCreator installation process via parameter.

The URL is the IP address of the machine, that runs the ILS service. By default http is used and the port is 5000. To configure anther port or use https see Configure the ILS Service.

The PDFCreator EXE installer command is:

PDFCreator-EDITION-X_X_X-Setup.exe /LicenseKey=<YOUR-LICENSEKEY>
  /InternalLicenseServerURL=http://<INTERNAL-LICENSE-SERVER-IP-ADDRESS>:<PORT>

Please see Setup Command Line Parameters for more information and parameters.

The PDFCreator MSI installer command is:

PDFCreator-EDITION-X_X_X-setup_x64.msi LICENSEKEY=<YOUR-LICENSEKEY>
  INTERNALLICENSESERVERURL=http://<INTERNAL-LICENSE-SERVER-IP-ADDRESS>:<PORT>

Please see MSI Installer for more information and parameters.