The Automation Anywhere Control Room provides an automated mechanism for tracking the use of licensed software across multiple Control Room instances and share these entitlements in real-time.

Note: Ensure that you add the static IP address (192.124.249.160) of the Cloud license server to the safe recipients or trusted list to allow your On-Premises Control Room to connect to the Cloud license server.

The Control Room is capable of connecting to the Cloud license server using your network proxy. For more information, see Configure forward proxy settings.

All licenses

Automation Anywhere Control Room administrators can view and manage user license entitlements for your account. Navigate to Administration > License to view a summary of product licenses.

The following image displays licenses information for a Control Room:
Image displaying a sample licenses page for a Control Room

The Licenses page provides the following information:

Field/option Description
1 Indicates whether the Control Room license is a purchased or trial license.
2 Displays when the Licenses page was last updated.
3 Displays the license expiration date and time.
4 Indicates whether the license is available for the specified product.
5

When a license type is available, the link to the license is activated and you can click the link to view the license details.

Displays license details for:

  • Total available: Displays the total number of available licenses.
  • Used in this Control Room: Displays the total number of licenses used in the Control Room where you are viewing the license information.
  • Used in other Control Room: Displays the total number of licenses used in other Control Rooms.
  • Remaining licenses: Displays the number of unassigned licenses.

License Cloud services

To edit and or update the license settings, via the License Cloud service, Click Edit license settings and supply the necessary information on the Edit page.

For more information on this subject, see these resources:

License summaries

The License Summary table details the status of all licenses deployed, or available to be deployed, across any active Control Room. The details displayed are from the point-of-view of the current Control Room to which you are logged into. This real-time access to license information from multiple deployments across the network enable a seamless integration for allocation of needed RPA resources as the need arises.

Updating licenses from a server

To add licenses for users, select the desired method of accessing the license by clicking Install license from server or Install license from file. See Install license from server or Install license from file.

License server connectivity

If the Control Room cannot connect to the license server due to maintenance, network issues, or outages, it will use a local license cache to manage allocation and deallocation. There is a 32-day period (resiliency period) during which the Control Room can continue to operate normally despite connectivity issues with the license server. During this period, operations can continue, but new GUIDs or forced syncs are restricted. After 32 days, the Control Room is locked until connectivity is restored. After connectivity to the license server is restored, the data is synchronized, and over-consumption warnings are issued if necessary. This feature ensures operations continue even if the license server is temporarily not available. See Cloud licensing FAQ.