Logging in with a LAC to activate entitlements and manage activated items

What is a LAC?

Logging in with a LAC

Adding additional LACs

Providing a machine name and locking ID

Activating entitlements

Viewing a certificate

Rehosting activated items

Regenerating keys

What is a LAC?

A license authorization code (LAC) identifies one or more entitlements. You can use the LAC to log into Poetic and get direct access to options to:

Logging in with a LAC

From the Poetic welcome page, to log in with a LAC:

  1. Under Log in with a LAC, in the LAC field, type the LAC.
  2. Click Log In.

    The Quick Keys page displays.

Adding additional LACs

To activate entitlements and manage certificates for more than one LAC:

  1. Click Add more LACs.
  2. On the Add LACs form, for each LAC you want to add, type the LAC into one of the LAC fields.
  3. If you run out of LAC fields, click Add Lines to add more fields.
  4. When you're finished, click Save.

Providing a machine name and locking ID

The Quick Keys page can include Machine name and Locking ID fields. The values provided in these fields are used as follows:

Process Locking ID Machine Name
Activation Used for machine activation. Registration activation does not use locking IDs If no machine name is provided, is also used to search for the machine to activate on.

If activating on an existing machine, and there is already a value for the first required locking ID, then this locking ID is not used.

 For machine activation, used as the machine to activate on.

If it doesn't exist, is added to the appropriate company.

For registration activation, the registration certificate is generated and named automatically.
Rehost You can only rehost from a machine, not a registration certificate. Used on the rehost detail. If no machine name is provided, is also used to search for the machine to rehost to.

If rehosting to an existing machine, and there is already a value for the first required locking ID, then this locking ID is not used.

 The machine to rehost to.
View certificate If no machine name is provided, then is used to search for the machine for which to view the certificate. Locking IDs are only on machine certificates. The machine or registration certificate for which to view the certificate
Regenerate keys If no machine name is provided, then is used to search for the machine for which to regenerate the keys. Locking IDS are only on machine certificates. The machine or registration certificate for which to regenerate the keys.

Activating entitlements

To activate entitlements for the LAC or LACs provided, click Activate.

Logging in, registering, or bypassing registration

Depending on the configuration, you may be required to either log in or register as a new user before you can continue with the activation.

To log in:

  1. Type your user name into the Login name field.
  2. Type your password into the Password field.
  3. Click Log in.

To register as a new user:

  1. Type your name into the Name field.
  2. Type your email address into the Email field.
  3. Click Register.
  4. Fill in the registration form, then click Save.

To bypass registration and activate anonymously, click Bypass Registration.

Selecting or creating the activation machine

For machine activation, if you are activating anonymously, or are a new user, then you need to create the activation machine. The form for adding the machine displays automatically.

If you have logged in, then if you did not provide a machine name on the Quick Keys page, you can search for an existing machine. If you provided a locking ID, but not a machine name, the locking ID is used to search for the machine.

For registration activation, the registration certificates are created and named automatically.

See Selecting the activation machine for details on selecting or creating the activation machine.

Completing the activation

For details on providing activation details, see Providing activation details. See Confirming and completing the activation for details on the Confirm and Complete pages of the process.

Viewing a certificate

On the Quick Keys page, to view a certificate, click View Certificate.

Poetic searches for the machines or registration certificates that match the provided LAC, locking ID, or machine name.

If there is only one match, then you are taken directly to the View Certificate page for that machine. See Fields on the View Certificate page.

If there are multiple matches, then the Search Activation Certificates page displays for you to select the machine or registration certificate. See Viewing a machine or registration certificate.

Rehosting activated items

The Quick Keys page includes an option to rehost activated items from machine certificates. For rehosts:

To rehost activated items from the Quick Keys page, click Rehost.

Poetic uses the LAC to search for the machine to rehost from.

If the LAC has only been activated on one machine, then:

If the LAC has been activated on multiple machines, then the Search Machines page displays to select the machine to rehost from. After selecting the machine, then:

See Moving activated items to a different machine.

Regenerating keys

The Quick Keys page includes an option to regenerate keys. For regenerating keys, the LAC, locking ID, and machine name are all used to search for the machine or registration certificate to regenerate keys for.

To regenerate keys on a machine or registration certificate based on the provided criteria, click Regenerate Keys.

If only one machine or registration certificate matches the criteria you provided, then you are taken directly to the next page for the regenerate process.

If there are multiple matches, then the search page displays for you to select the machine or registration certificate. See Regenerating the keys on a machine or registration certificate.