The corresponding License must be applied before using the GRID driver, while the License needs to be deployed on the License Server. This section introduces the specific operations for building a License Server of the Linux operating system.

Step 1: Create an GCS Instance

Create an GCS instance with Linux operating system as the License Server. You need to pay attention to the following configuration items. Other configuration items can be set according to your own business scenarios.

Instance Specification: Please select an instance specification with a configuration higher than 2vCPU 4GB.

Storage: Please select a system disk higher than 40GiB.

Step 2: Install the Java Operating Environment

Remotely connect to the GCS instance used to build the License Server.
Execute the following command to verify whether the current instance has installed the Java operating environment.

java -version

Install OpenJDK.

sudo apt install default-jdk

Step 3: Install and Operate the Apache Tomcat Server

Use the Linux software package manager to install the required Apache Tomcat software package.

sudo apt install tomcat8

After the installation is complete, execute the following command to set the Tomcat service to initiate automatically at startup.

sudo systemctl enable tomcat8.service

Initiate the Tomcat service.

sudo systemctl start tomcat8.service

Access http://localhost:8080 through the local web browser and verify whether the Tomcat service can be used. If the following content is displayed, it means that the Tomcat service has been installed.

Steps 4: Install the License Server Software

You need to prepare the setup.bin installation file obtained in advance or the .zip compressed package where the file is located.

After obtaining the installation package of License Server from the NVIDIA official website, please execute the following command to decompress the installation package.

unzip installer.zip

Execute the following command to add execution permission to the installer.

chmod +x setup.bin

Install the License Server Software.
Perform the installer as the root user.

sudo ./setup.bin -i console

Step 5: Create the License Server on NVIDIA License

Go to NVIDIA License, and log in with the email address you applied for the License.
On the Dashboard page, click the CREATE LICENSE SERVERbutton in the License Servers area.
In the Entitlements area, there are all the Licenses you currently own.
On theCreate License Server page that is open, fill in the relevant information, and then click CREATE LICENSE SERVER.
After the creation is complete, click the button on the License Servers page to download the License file.

Step 6: Import the License file

Access http://localhost:8080/licserver through the local web browser to enter the License Server management interface.
In theLicense Serverarea of the left navigation bar, click License Management.
On the License Management page, clickSelect Fileafter Upload license file (.bin file), select a local license file, and click Open (O).
ClickUpload.

If the page shows the following information, it indicates that the License file has been imported successfully.

You can click License Feature Usage in theLicense Serverarea of the left navigation bar to view the License quantity and usage.

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