In VERDE 8.2 a new licensing model is being introduced to improve the security of licenses and make it easier for customers and partners to manage license keys.

The registration and licensing for VERDE 8.2 follows the techniques implemented in NComputings management portal for vSpace Pro. In order to acquire a VERDE license key, the administrator must have or create a registered user account in the NComputing Management portal. This is a free account and can be obtained by registering a username, domain, and password at:

https://www.ncomputing.com/en/user/login?destination=frontpage-en

Alternatively, the user can create an account or login to the management portal directly from within VERDE during the installation process.

During VERDE installation the administrator will be asked to redeem and download one or more license keys. VERDE can hold multiple license keys with different numbers of seats and different expiration dates. All licenses installed in VERDE that are not expired will be aggregated and used as the total number of concurrent user sessions (“seats”) allowed for an individual VERDE instance (single server or cluster). If a customer had multiple VERDE instances licensed seat can be allocated, reallocated and redeemed for use on different VERDE instances.

A trial license for VERDE seats is automatically generated by the Management Portal upon registration. Trial licenses permit full VERDE functionality – no limitations. The trial license parameters (i.e., quantity and term) is defined in the Management Portal.

A license key for additional seats/term can be redeemed in the Management Portal and allocated to registered VERDE installations. It is not necessary to remove the trial license when adding purchased licenses. The trial licenses will continue to be counted in the total number of available seats until the expiration of the term of the trial.

Once a license key is obtained that key will be emailed to the person who purchased the key and that key will be used in the VERDE license management tab to redeem it. Once redeemed, the purchased seats will be added to the available licensed seat count.

VERDE licenses can also be returned to the management portal as available unredeemed seats either by de-registering a server instance, or by releasing licensed seats back to the Management Portal for subsequent reallocation.

The use of the Refresh button will retrieve and list updated licensing information from the Management Portal.

Editing General Settings

Configurationparameters for the VERDE environment and virtual sessions can be defined or adjusted after installation. From the VERDE Management Console, select General Settings> General Settings.

The following advanced settings are available:

• Dynamic Network Configuration. Enables Dynamic Network Configuration by importing a netcfg.csv file.
• Web Server Certificates. Enables updating of signed certificates to the VERDE Server. Perform the following steps to update certificates:
  1. Select "Export CSR." A CSR is generated from $CERT_DIR on the VERDE Server.
  2. Outside of the VERDE Management Console, have the CSR signed with a certificate authority.
  3. In the VERDE Management Console, select "Import Certificates."
  4. In the Import Certificates dialog, browse to select the signed certificate file and the Root/Chain certificate file.
  5. Select "Apply Certificates to the Cluster."
  6. Restart the VERDE Server and connect with HTTPS.

The Branch Cluster Settings screen lists the branch clusters in the VERDE system and enables adding a user-friendly name to the cluster. If there are multiple branch servers in the environment, the fully-qualified domain name of the cluster master is listed. This name represents the cluster, not individual servers in the cluster.

To assign a name to a cluster, select "EDIT," then enter a name, and select "Save."

To delete a branch cluster, each branch server must first be deleted from the Reporting screen.

Resources are identification tags that enable resource assignment in a clustered environment. In multi-tenant environments, resource tags can be associated with specific servers to limit one or more servers to use only those hardware devices. Isolation of servers is one of the advantages of multi-tenancy. These settings are managed in the Organizations panel.

1. Select "Resources" from the General Settings menu.
2. The Resources screen will open. Select "CREATE NEW."

   

3. The Create New Resource window will appear. Enter a name for the resource and an optional description.

   

4. Select "SAVE" to save your new resource.