License Server installation failed - Rocky Linux 8 headless

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Hi!
We would like to install the license server under Rocky Linux 8. The existing server has no desktop environment (headless) and no Qt components installed. I am currently trying to install the server with ‘houdini_launcher’ and then administer it with ‘sesictrl’. Is there a text-only installer or something similar? Or is a GUI mandatory for the installation?
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Martin
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You should be able to invoke the Houdini Launcher without a GUI environment: https://www.sidefx.com/docs/houdini/ref/utils/launcher.html [www.sidefx.com]

Can you tell us exactly which command is failing?
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I have now installed the license server via the "./sesinetd.install" script inside the offline installer. Everything seems to work but sesctrl commands only work partially.

The following commands, for example, do not work:

[root@muc-srv-license001 sesi]# ./sesictrl print-license -h http://muc-srv-license001:1715
Error occurred: Couldn't connect to server

[root@muc-srv-license001 sesi]# ./sesictrl print-server
Error occurred: Couldn't connect to server

[root@muc-srv-license001 sesi]# ./sesictrl print-server -h http://localhost:1715
Error occurred: Couldn't connect to server

Working commands:

[root@muc-srv-license001 sesi]# ./sesictrl ping http://muc-srv-license001:1715
Starting Ping: ‘http://localhost:1715’...
Ping completed for: http://localhost:1715
 Successfully pinged.
 Total time 0.426ms
 Connect time 0.043000000000000003ms

[root@muc-srv-license001 sesi]# ./sesictrl diagnostic
Diagnostic Output:
==================
If you are having licensing problems, please save this information and email it
to support@sidefx.com.

License Administrator output:
=============================
Generated on:                           Tue Jan 28 16:07:17 2025
Local host name:                        muc-srv-license001
Local server code:                      XXXXXXXX
Local ip address:                       10.110.1.25
System:                                 Rocky Linux release 8.10 (Green Obsidian) (linux-x86_64-gcc11.2)
Number of servers:                      1
License server name:                    http://localhost:1715 (muc-srv-license001)
   License server server code:          XXXXXXXX
   Server ip address:                   10.110.1.25
   Reported host name:                  muc-srv-license001
   Reported host ip address:            fe80::526b:8dff:feb1:2a1c
   Running in container:                No
   License server is running:           Yes
   May read licenses from server:       Yes
   Has SERVER license:                  Yes
   License server version:              20.5.445
   May modify server from this machine: Yes
   Redundant Configuration Enabled:     Yes
License Administrator version:          20.5.445
Http NoProxy:                           localhost,127.0.0.1 ()
Http Proxy:                               (none)
Can retrieve https://www.sidefx.com/api/license/: Yes
Using API Keys:                         No
Can Manage Licenses:                    Yes
Login Based Account:                    No
Logged In:                              No
Available Entitlements:
  No entitlements found. This can be caused by hkey not
  updating its entitlements since they have been available.

Installed licenses:
    LicID    Platform   Product                        Ver Avail Expiry
    -----    --------   -------                        --- ----- ------
    XXXXXXXX Generic    Houdini-Master-NonCommercial   20.5  1/1 27-feb-2025
             +.+.+.+         muc-srv-license001 (license known to: localhost)
    XXXXXXXX Generic    Render-NonCommercial           20.5  1/1 27-feb-2025
             +.+.+.+         muc-srv-license001 (license known to: localhost)
    XXXXXXXX Generic    Karma-Render-NonCommercial     20.5  1/1 27-feb-2025
             +.+.+.+         muc-srv-license001 (license known to: localhost)

sesictrl print-license output:
==============================
----- SERVER http://localhost:1715 --------
Lic XXXXXXXX:    1 "Houdini Apprentice 20.5" Generic    27-feb-2025 +.+.+.+ muc-srv-license001
    0 license(s) in use. 1 licenses free. 1 in total.

Lic XXXXXXXX:    1 "Renderer (Indie/Apprentice) 20.5" Generic    27-feb-2025 +.+.+.+ muc-srv-license001
    0 license(s) in use. 1 licenses free. 1 in total.

Lic XXXXXXXX:    1 "Karma Renderer (Indie/Apprentice) 20.5" Generic    27-feb-2025 +.+.+.+ muc-srv-license001
    0 license(s) in use. 1 licenses free. 1 in total.



hserver -l output:
==================
connection problems with server hserver

HTTP(s) Backend Info:
==================
library:                     libcurl/7.79.1 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
SSL Version:                 OpenSSL/1.1.1w
Features:                    AsyncDNS HTTPS-proxy IPv6


licenses file:
==============
/usr/lib/sesi/licenses

SERVER muc-srv-license001 ...
LICENSE Generic Houdini-Master-NonCommercial 20.5 1 27-feb-2025 +.+.+.+ muc-srv-license001 XXXXXXX ...
LICENSE Generic Render-NonCommercial 20.5 1 27-feb-2025 +.+.+.+ muc-srv-license001 XXXXXXX ... 
LICENSE Generic Karma-Render-NonCommercial 20.5 1 27-feb-2025 +.+.+.+ muc-srv-license001 XXXXXX ... 

Can you help us?

Best regards,
Martin
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Please contact support at support@sidefx.com
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I have already contacted support. It's a bug.

Best regards,
Martin
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