Licensing Eggplant Functional
To run Eggplant Functional on your machine, you need to enter a valid license. If you need to purchase licenses, contact your account manager or ep-sales@keysight.com. You can also request a free trial license by visiting the Keysight website.
Licensing Options
There are several options for licenses for Eggplant Functional. Different license types determine how many instances of Eggplant Functional can run at once, and whether users can create and debug scripts or solely run those scripts.
When you launch Eggplant Functional for the first time after installation, you are required to agree to the Keysight EULA.
Team Licenses
Eggplant Functional uses a team license
, also known as a floating license
. A team license lets you run multiple instances of Eggplant Functional concurrently in a flexible "team" environment. This model is useful for large testing teams and for when users might need to use Eggplant Functional from different machines periodically.
If you have obtained a floating license, you may install one or more copies of the Software on any computer, instrument, or machine within your internal computer network or on dedicated server resources provided by a third party for your internal business use, provided the total number of users who are accessing or using any of the Software at the same time does not exceed the maximum number of licenses.
The license is issued for a specified number of users and tracked on a Reprise License Manager (RLM) license server. Every time an instance of Eggplant Functional launches, it checks the RLM server for available licenses, and issues those licenses (if available). For information about setting up and using RLM, see Using RLM for Team License Management.
With floating licenses, it's possible for users to roam
those licenses for up to seven days. This capability means that the license remains checked out to a particular machine for a set amount of time. See Roaming Licenses for more information.
If you are unable to run the RLM license server in your environment, contact your account manager for information about single-user node-locked licenses
, which are tied to a specific workstation.
Node-Locked Licenses
If you have obtained a Node Locked license, you may install one copy of the Software on one computer, instrument, or machine and use the Software only on that computer, instrument, or machine for your internal business use. You may not display or access the Software on a separate computer.