E-Business Server:Error: No license file specified

Error: No license file specified

Technical Articles ID: SDSKB4

Environment E-Business Server 8.x and 7.x

Problem The following error occurs when executing any command after a new installation of E-Business Server

Error: No license file specified.

Cause E-Business Server configuration file (pgp.cfg) is not aware of the license file (EBusSvr.lic).

Solution Update the E-Business Server configuration file with the license file location.

Unix

• At the command prompt type cd ~/.pgp and press ENTER.
  
• Edit pgp.cfg file use your text editro of choice.
  
• Add the following line anywhere in the file:
  

LICENSEFILE = "path to EBusSvr.lic"

Example: If E-Business Server is installed in the directory /usr/local/ebs then the line should read:

LICENSEFILE = "/usr/local/ebs/EBusSvr.lic"

• Save and close pgp.cfg.
  

Windows

• Navigate to Documents/pgp/pgp.cfg

• Edit pgp.cfg

• Add the following line anywhere in the file:
  

LICENSEFILE = "path to EBusSvr.lic"

Example: If E-Business Server is installed in the directory C:\Program Files (x86)\SDS\SDS E-Business Server, then the line should read:

LICENSEFILE = "C:\Program Files (x86)\SDS\SDS E-Business Server\EBusSvr.lic"

z/OS

• Edit hlq.CONFIG where “hlq” is the high level qualifier used install EBS.
• Add the following line anywhere in the file:

LICENSEFILE='hlq.LICENSE' hlq.LICENSE is created when EBS is installed, and the licence file should have been copied there. If not, FTP or COPY/PASTE EbusSvr.lic from wherever EBS was downloaded and unzipped, into hlq.LICENSE.