IBM License

This section deals with licenses issued by IBM.

The AppScan® installation includes a default license that allows you to scan the custom designed AppScan testing website (demo.testfire.net), but no other sites. In order to scan your own site you must install a valid license. Until this is done AppScan will load and save scans and scan templates, but it will not run new scans on your site. There are three types of license:
"Floating" licenses
These are installed onto the IBM® Rational® License Key Server (which can be the same as the machine on which AppScan runs). Any server on which AppScan is used must have a network connection with the license key server. Each time a user opens AppScan a licence is checked out, and when AppScan is closed the license is checked back in.
"Token" licenses
These are installed onto the IBM Rational License Key Server (which can be the same as the machine on which AppScan runs). Any server on which AppScan is used must have a network connection with the license key server. Each time a user opens AppScan the required number of tokens are checked out, and when AppScan is closed they are checked back in.
"Node-locked" licenses
These are installed locally onto the machine on which AppScan runs. Each license is assigned to a single machine.

License status

To view and edit AppScan licenses, click Help > License. There are three options:

Open AppScan Standard License Manager Opens the list of currently loaded licenses, and lets you:
  • Add or remove node-locked licenses
  • Set the license key server(s) for floating or token licenses
Add AppScan Enterprise License If your organization has an AppScan Enterprise license that allows scanning additional sites to those allowed by your local AppScan Standard license, you can import these permissions to use on your local machine in addition to your existing license.
Note: This option is available only when a full AppScan Standard license (not a demo license) is loaded.
See Importing AppScan Enterprise license permissions.
View License Agreement Click here to see the license agreement.
Note: You can refresh the license information displayed in the dialog box by clicking the Refresh icon
Note: If a floating or token license has been verified, but the license key server later becomes unavailable, AppScan can run in "Disconnected Mode" for up to three days. During this time you can scan your application as usual.

See also:

License troubleshooting

Importing AppScan Enterprise license permissions