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July 8, 2021
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How to install multiple Standard licenses

  • July 8, 2021
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We have a new AWS Windows server, according to AWS sizing, this server has 4 cores. We want to install ColdFusion 2021 Standard on it. It sounds like we will need two licenses. So how do we do this?

Do we just purchase 2 copies of CF 2021 Standard? Presumably we will end up with 2 serial numbers. How do we get both serial numbers into the install?

Thanks

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Charlie Arehart
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Charlie ArehartCommunity Expert
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July 8, 2021

Yep, Standard is indeed licensed per 2 cores (while Enterprise is licensed per 8 cores), so yes on a 4-core machine you need in effect "2 standard licenses". Prior to CF2021, one could get by legally with buying 2 Standard licensesand using only one (since CF allows only one license key to be entered). That would "covered" the 4 cores.

 

But that won't work in CF2021, since it now has activation of the license (a call back to the Adobe licensing server, which will present the fact that you have 4 cores, but only a single 2-core license).

 

Instead, you would now want to buy a 4-core license for Standard. You would pay the same price as 2 Standards, but it would indeed be just one license.

 

That is my understanding of things.  The activation is indeed new and some aspects are still not widely known/understood. I would recommend that if you don't feel you get the right answer (or readily) from Adobe, you should reach out to a CF reseller. The folks who make the FusionReactor CF monitor also are CF resellers. You can find pricing for CF and contact info for them at https://buy-adobe-software.com. 

 

Hope you'll let us know how things turn out.

/Charlie (troubleshooter, carehart. org)
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default8vn6shtsmaynAuthor
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July 17, 2021

Well, Charlie, it sounds like you called it. I did get a response back from my query to Adobe, which came from a reseller, claiming that CF Standard was not supported on AWS and would I like to talk to them about Enterprise licensing. But I also followed up with the reseller that you suggested, and they confirmed, after conferring with Adobe Sales, that I had, at order time, to order 2 licenses, which should return, hopefully, a single serial number that I could apply to our AWS server. I'll keep you posted on how the actual purchase attempt goes.

 

 

Charlie Arehart
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Charlie ArehartCommunity Expert
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July 17, 2021

Great to hear, and thanks for the update.

 

Could you also go ahead and mark mine as "the answer"? That will help future readers see it more readily. Thx. 

/Charlie (troubleshooter, carehart. org)
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