FlexLM-License-Monitor

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FlexLM License Monitor README Author: John Reiser [email protected]

The FlexLM License Monitor will keep an ongoing record of commercial software usage. Software licenses managed with the FlexLM (lmgrd, lmutil) license software can be monitored using this tool.

The current version of this tool requires the following:

• Python -- modules: MySQLdb, rrdtool
• RRDtool The script has been tested on Linux/Apache. For an example of this tool in action, visit: http://gis.rowan.edu/licenses/

Files contained in this project: groups.html - displays usage by groups of computers index.html - dashboard of usage, displays rrdgraphs, current software users LICENSE.txt - GNU Public License, v3 LicMonitor.py - read-only DB connection information, helper functions monitor/ - directory containing components to record and track usage .htaccess - prevent web access to this directory gislicenses.cron - cron file to run monitoring script every 5 minutes record_licenses.py - updates the rrd files rrd - storage for your .rrd files track_users_mysql.py - stores current users in MySQL track_users.py - obsolete, stores files in flatfile using cPickle update_licenses_db.sh - shell file called by the cronjob query_users.py - generates JSON with the tracking/log data raw_user_gen.py - standalone function for producing data for crosstab analysis README.txt - this file refresh.png - "refresh current users" button on index.html render_graphs.py - runs rrdtool on expired graphs, serves graphs to index.html style.css - CSS for the pages users.html - details on a specific user

The FlexLM License Monitor is released under the GPL v3.