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JetBrains Floating License Manager
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Introduction
Open iT supports JetBrains usage reporting through the generic license type format. This will produce the following aggregated data types used for historical and real-time reporting:
- (95) Usergroup License Use v3.0
- (102) OLAP Total Use
The following sections will guide you in setting up the necessary configuration to collect and send the required data to the server.
Apply the configurations in the Open iT client.
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Requirements
- Configured JetBrains License Server
- Valid URL with the port number of the JetBrains API
- The unique token used for JetBrains authentication
- An Open iT Client connected to an Open iT Server or a coexistent Open iT setup
- Activated LicenseAnalyzer collection and license poller
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Configuring Data Collection
These are the required steps to activate and configure collection of JetBrains usage data.
Go to the Components directory, which is by default in
C:\Program Files\OpeniT\Core\Configuration\Components
, and back up thelicpoll.xml
configuration file.Open a command prompt with Administrator level privileges.
Go to the bin directory, which is by default in
C:\Program Files\OpeniT\Core\bin
, run the command:Command Syntaxcd $BIN_DIR
Examplecd C:\Program Files\OpeniT\Core\bin
Once in the directory, copy the object node
genericlicense-sample
, run the command:Command Syntaxopenit_confinit -c "licpoll.license-types.genericlicense-sample=>licpoll.license-types.jetbrains"
Activate the collection of JetBrains data, run the command:
Command Syntaxopenit_confinit -c "licpoll.license-types.jetbrains.active=true"
Set the arguments to the status command, run the command:
Command Syntaxopenit_confinit -c "licpoll.license-types.jetbrains.status-command.arguments=JetBrains <api_url> /token:<token>"
where:
<api_url>
is the corresponding valid URL with the port number of the JetBrains API.
<token>
is a unique token used for authentication.Exampleopenit_confinit -c "licpoll.license-types.jetbrains.status-command.arguments=JetBrains http://localhost:8080 /token:abcdefgh12345678ijklmnop"
Update the configuration file, run the command:
Command Syntaxopenit_confbuilder --client
Make sure that there are no errors encountered.
Refer to the JetBrains Data Collection Configuration table to learn more about JetBrains configuration in licpoll.xml
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Verifying Data Collection
After configuration, you can verify that the data is collected by following these steps:
Open a command prompt with Administrator level privileges.
Go to the bin directory, which is by default in
C:\Program Files\OpeniT\Core\bin
, run the command:Command Syntaxcd $BIN_DIR
Examplecd C:\Program Files\OpeniT\Core\bin
Run the command:
Command Syntaxopenit_licpoll -# 1
Verify that the temp directory, which is by default in
C:\ProgramData\OpeniT\Data\temp
, contains aLicPoll
directory containing.data
andstatus-*.log
files.
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