Once your account has been setup, the system will send an activation email. This will be for your licensing account so you may install licenses using the License Administrator (hkey). Your email address will also receive other notifications from the system such as new license entitlements to be installed, upgrades or extensions to existing licenses. Please ensure that you have licensemanager@sidefx.com whitelisted in your spam settings.

There are a few different options to configure licensing for your lab(s).

1. Setup a central network license server to serve the client computers.

   • Ideal for labs/classrooms.
   • Easier licenses administration.
   • Client computers will need to be configured to look to the license server.
   • Many Operating Systems can be used (apart from Windows Server); see System Requirements for a list.

2. Login-based Licensing. Online installation/access, via SideFX's server.

   • Allows students to access school's licenses from home.
   • More flexible license management by school administration/IT.

3. No central server. License individual workstations.

   • Depending on the size of your lab, this might be more work than setting up a central license server.
   • Each machine will act as both client and server to itself. Ensure to install the License Server component during install.

Houdini instructors with a single Education subscription may license their machines individually.