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Manage your licenses with the ILS-CLI¶

Note

The ILS can only be configured from a localhost.

To manage your license for the ILS we provide a command line interface called ils-cli.exe. The tool is added as ils-cli.exe to your machine’s Path environment variables during the installation.

Note

In case the cli tool is not in your Path, you can find it in %PROGRAMDATA%\pdfforge\Internal License Server\ils-cli.exe.

The cli tool has an interactive help feature. To explore all the available commands execute ils-cli.exe help machines, e.g.

Available commands¶

licenses <Verb>

list

Lists all licenses

get <License Key>

Provides a license via the license key

remove <License Key>

Removes a license and also the activation for that license

import <License File Path>

Import a license with a license file


machines <Verb>

list <License Key>

Provides a list of the machines with an activated license

revoke <License Key> <HardwareID>

Revokes the activation for the license key and the MachineID


activation-code

no verb

Provides the activation code for the Internal License Server

Table of Contents
  • PDFCreator
  • PDFCreator Server
  • Internal License Server (ILS)
    • Installation and Quick Guide
    • Configure the ILS Service
    • Manage your licenses with the ILS-CLI
    • Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
  • HotFolder
  • Support PDFCreator
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