Installing the License Manager
The license manager components are automatically installed when installing COMSOL Multiphysics unless otherwise specified on the Products page of the COMSOL Installer; see Products Page. In some cases, the license manager is also automatically configured to run as a service. The checkbox for the license manager components can be found last in the list of software components, as seen in the picture below:
If you do not intend to run the license manager on the computer for which you are installing COMSOL software products, you can clear this checkbox during installation.
If you want to install COMSOL on the same computer as the license manager, first perform a complete COMSOL installation including the license manager software components. When finished, skip the remainder of this section and continue with Starting the License Manager.
To install only the license manager, follow the installation instructions for COMSOL earlier in this document and, on the Products page, clear all checkboxes except the one for the license manager.
If you want to install the license manager on a computer where running the COMSOL Installer is inconvenient, please contact COMSOL Support for access to the files needed for installing only the license manager.
automated license manager installation
The license manager can also be installed via the automated installation process; see Automated Installation. Set licmanager = 1 in the answer file to install the license manager. To automatically configure the license manager to run as a service on Windows, use licmanager.service = 1 in the setupconfig.ini file and provide values for the other licmanager.service.* lines.