FS Auth– Sentinel network license on cloud server

Problem

You wish to know whether the Sentinel license be hosted on a cloud server rather than a local server.

 

Resolution

Freedom Scientific has provided the following answer to this query:

This should work as long as Port 5093 UDP is open on the server and able to properly broadcast. The LSFORCEHOST variable will need to be used on the clients.

 

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