ARES Kudo Server - Offline Licensing Instructions
Pre-requisites:
ARES Kudo Server will be installed on the Windows environment for these instructions.
We assume the user has been assigned an ARES Kudo Server license following these instructions (in English), and already has a Graebert account.
Offline activation still requires access to the Graebert portal in order to generate a license file to be copied to the offline computer running ARES Kudo server.
ARES Kudo Partner Documentation full guide (in English): ARES Kudo Partner Documentation
Step 1 - Install ARES Commander
In order to generate a license file from the Graebert portal for offline licensing, it is required to enter the Host ID from the computer that has no internet connection. This can be done by installing ARES Commander.
After retrieving the Host ID code from ARES Commander, you can uninstall the program as it won’t be longer needed.
Latest download link: Download – ARES Commander
Download ARES Commander, install and then open the program.
The following welcome dialog window will appear.
From the list of options, click on Activate Permission Key
Next, click on Alternative Activation Methods
Next, click on Activate Offline
Select the Host ID code with your mouse (clicking and dragging), with the format disksn=XXXXXXXXXX___XXXX_XXXX, then press [Ctrl] + [C] to copy. You can then open Notepad for example, and paste it there for later use.
This Host ID code it will be required to obtain an offline activation license file to be used for ARES Kudo Server.
In this example, the Host ID is disksn=2SHSWNGA0C4509
Step 2 - Obtain offline license file
Note: You will need internet connection on a different computer or device to generate and download the offline activation license file.
Visit: https://customer-portal.graebert.com/licenses
If you are not already signed in, use your Graebert account’s email address and password to log in. Signing in will take you to the main home page. You can access your licenses clicking the Permissions menu option Products, or clicking again the link above after signing in.
Click on ARES Kudo Server to expand.
Next, click on Activate for offline use.
Acknowledge that activation the software offline may lock your license on one computer and prevent from using on other machines, and that there is no way to remove an offline license from a device using the customer portal, click Consent
Then, copy and paste the Host ID supplied from ARES Commander, in this example:
disksn=2SHSWNGA0C4509
Then click on the Activation yellow button.
The license now will be activated, click the Download license file link.
After the file is downloaded, go to your Downloads folder (or the folder where this file was downloaded), and rename it to kudo-enterprise.lic
Example, from ARES_Kudo_Server_20240215.offlic to kudo-enterprise.lic
You will now have to move or copy the file to the computer offline in which ARES Kudo Server will be installed.
Next, go to C:\ProgramData\Xenon\ (if the folder does not exist, please create the folder)
Move the downloaded file to C:\ProgramData\Xenon\
In the end, the Xenon folder should look like this:
Step 3 - Download and install ARES Kudo Server.
Download ARES Kudo Server here. (ARES Kudo Server Licensing Tool not required):
https://graebert.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/KUDOPARTNER/pages/1180107228
ARES Kudo Server Direct Download Link:
https://www.graebert.com/areskudoserver_win_x64
Step 3 - Install ARES Kudo Server
Run the ARES Kudo Server installer, then select language (only English and German available), click OK.
Click Next to install ARES Kudo Server:
Read the End User License Agreement, then click ‘I agree’
Click Next, leaving the default installation folder as it is:
Set the parameters, HTTP address, Port and Deploy path if applicable (leave as default if unsure), then click Install.
Click here for more details about how these parameters can be set up.
The installer might ask to install missing Visual Studio C++ components, click Yes in that case.
After installation, click the Finish button.
You can now open files in ARES Kudo via the web browser.
Example: http://localhost/?fileUrl=file:///C:\Users\DANI\Documents\ARES Drawings\test.dwg
More details about opening files: Opening local files
