Schrödinger-hosted Licensing Instructions
Schrödinger-hosted licensing provides a managed licensing solution for Schrödinger software. Schrödinger maintains the server, updates licenses, and troubleshoots any server-side issues.
To use Schrödinger-hosted licensing, you need to configure your client machines to access licenses from the hosted server and work with Schrödinger to make the necessary security adjustments for communication between the clients and the server.
Configure Your Network and Firewall
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Firewall: The Schrödinger-hosted license server will be assigned a fixed name and IP address, which Schrödinger will share with you when the server has been deployed. All machines where Schrödinger license checkouts occur must be able to connect to the Schrödinger-hosted license server. The organization's network / firewall must allow access to TCP port 53000 of the Schrödinger-hosted license server for these machines. Only IPv4 is supported.
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Static Exit IP Addresses: Your organization must have a well-defined set of static exit IP addresses. Personal VPNs or home IP addresses are not supported for client machines checking out licenses. The specific setup method depends on your IT infrastructure (cloud, clusters, proxies, or services like Zscaler). Ultimately, configuring this static IP range is your responsibility.
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Provide Exit IP Addresses to Schrödinger: You must provide the exit IP addresses preferably in CIDR notation to Schrödinger for safelisting via help@schrodinger.com.
Determine IP Addresses for Safelisting
Your IT team should provide the list of public/exit IP addresses for machines that will be running Schrödinger software. You can find the public-facing IP address of a specific machine using the following instructions.
Find a machine's public IP address
Windows
In a Schrödinger Command Prompt, enter:
wget ipinfo.io/ip -O - -q
Linux / macOS
In a Terminal, run:
curl ipinfo.io/ip
Web Browser (on the machine where the jobs will be run)
Test Access
After configuring your network and firewall and sending the IP addresses to be safelisted, test that the license server is accessible from a client machine.
Test commands
Windows
In a Schrödinger Command Prompt, enter:
lictool test-server -f MMLIBS <hostname>:53000
(should report "success")
lictool status --licsrv-hostport <hostname>:53000
(should list all features available on server)
Linux / macOS
In a Terminal, run:
$SCHRODINGER/run lictool test-server -f MMLIBS <hostname>:53000
(should report "success")
$SCHRODINGER/run lictool status --licsrv-hostport <hostname>:53000
(should list all features available on server)
Configure the Client Machine
Instructions for configuring individual machines as clients of the license server can be found here: Client Machine Setup .
Note:
This information is for the initial setup at the network and machine level. If something changes with your network security (e.g., new IP addresses, change in VPN that blocks ports), some of these steps might need to be done again.
For any questions or assistance, please contact help@schrodinger.com.