Require Authentication Licensing

This is a new currently beta feature. This is production ready but some rougher edges then we like currently exist and as such is listed as beta.

In some cases studios may want to require all users to be authenticated. This section describes the setup process.

Change the automatically generated self signed certificate that sesinetd creates on first install. The default file names for the SSL information is auth.priv for the private key file and auth.cert for the certificate file.
Setup a custom secret key. Each sesinetd generates its own secret key on first startup but for security reasons its strongly advised to use your own secret key. The variable name for the secret key is secretKey and it requires the string to be a-zA-Z0-9 (no special characters are allowed).
Set requireAuthenticatedAccess=1 in sesinetd ini file to require all communication to the server to be over HTTPS and the user to be logged in to access the server.

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Launcher

The Houdini Launcher downloads, installs, upgrades, and uninstall Houdini and its components.
Sesinetd (Houdini License Server)

The Houdini license server. This program runs in the background managing Houdini licenses.
Hserver (Houdini Server)

Houdini communicates through this proxy server to the sesinetd licensing daemon.
Hkey (Houdini License Administrator)

Opens a graphical user interface for viewing and managing licenses and license server options.
Sesictrl (Non-Graphical License Administrator)

Sets Houdini license server options from the command line.