Good to know:
- License Ticket ID is a special license activation key that is required for the WebSpellChecker application usage.
- There are two types of License Ticket IDs available: 30-day trial and commercial (1 year). Except the validity period, there is no difference between ticket types from the technical perspective.
- WebSpellChecker license is hardware-based.
This guide outlines the main steps that you are required to perform in order to upgrade from the 30-day evaluation license to a permanent one.
1. Stop AppSever
Before you start the license activation process, you are required to stop the Application Server (AppServer) that currently is running with a 30-day trial license. You can do it using one of the options considering the type of the environment where your copy of the application is installed.
Stop AppServer on a Windows server There are three possible options how you can stop AppServer on Windows-based environments. Option A: Go to Windows Start –> All Programs –> WebSpellChecker –> AppServer –> Stop WebSpellChecker Application Server Option B: Open Command Prompt –> Switch to [WebSpellChecker_Installation_Path]/AppServer –> Run AppServerX -stop Option C:
Stop AppServer on a Linux server Run the stop.sh script to stop AppServer using the following command below: Or your can also run the stop.sh script from the AppServer directory:sudo sh <WebSpellChecker_Installation_Path>/WSC/AppServer/stop.sh
/<WebSpellChecker_Installation_Dir>/WSC/AppServer/# sh stop.sh
2. Activate License
As soon as AppServer is stopped, proceed with the license activation process according to one of the guides below.
3. Start AppServer
After you successfully completed all the steps described in the license activation manual, you need to start AppServer.
Start AppServer on Windows There are three possible options how you can start AppServer on Windows-based environments. Option A: Go to Windows Start –> All Programs –> WebSpellChecker –> AppServer –> Start WebSpellChecker Application Server Option B: Open Command Prompt –> Switch to [WebSpellChecker_Installation_Path]/AppServer –> Run AppServerX -start Option C:
Start AppServer on Linux Run the start.sh script to start AppServer using the following command below:sudo sh <WebSpellChecker_Installation_Path>/WSC/AppServer/start.sh
4. Verify License Status
Visit the License Verification guide to the check status of your license.
The one of the logs files (Main.log, Child_0.log, Child_1.log) from the /Logs folder should contain the following license status message for a commercial license:
License status: Successful activation. License term is 365 days.