Applying a license to your application

When you create an application, you can set your application as requiring a license. Setting the application as requiring a license protects your IP so that only licensed users can use the application. After an application is deployed, it is available to all the users. When the application requires a license, only those users with an appropriate license can see and use the application. The users without a license cannot log in to the application or see it in BMC Helix Innovation Studio, and therefore cannot customize it.

Setting a BMC or partner application for unlimited users

When licensing an application, you can set the -DenforceEndUserLicenses parameter in the Maven command to one of the following values:

• True—Individual end user licenses is enforced.
• False—Individual end user licenses is not enforced. 

The default value of the -DenforceEndUserLicenses parameter is True.

Before you begin

Ensure that you have created and customized the application. For more information, see Setting up the environment to develop a code-based application.

To license an application

1. Navigate to the <artifactId> directory that is the parent folder. 

2. Run the following command:

   mvn com.bmc.arsys:rx-sdk-maven-plugin:license -N -DappAuthorType=Number -DenforceEndUserLicenses=true/false

   and specify either of the following values for application AuthorType (-DappAuthorType) and End user Licenses (-DenforceEndUserLicenses) parameters: 

   Application type	Value for -DappAuthorType	Value for -DenforceEndUserLicenses
   BMC application	1	True—If you want the administrator to assign individual licenses to the users. This setting means that end-user licenses are enforced for the application. False—If you do not want the administrator to assign individual licenses to the users. This setting means that end-user licenses are not enforced for the application.
   Partner application	2
   Custom application	3	Not applicable. The combination of the -DappAuthorType 3 and -DenforceEndUserLicenses false is invalid for custom applications.

Where to go from here

Deploying the custom code-based applications to development environments