Authorizing your software

After the installation is complete, the CityEngine 2014 Administrator wizard is displayed. You can also start this wizard to select or change a product at a later time by selecting the CityEngine 2014 Administrator from Start > All Programs > Esri > CityEngine 2014 .

The CityEngine 2014 Administrator assists you in configuring Esri CityEngine. You will have two product types to select from: Concurrent Use or Single Use.

Types of licensing

There are two ways to license Esri CityEngine, which includes the following:

Concurrent Use

Concurrent Use products use a centrally or locally installed 10.2.2 License Server. The following steps are based on the ArcGIS Administrator Wizard image provided above to complete the Concurrent Use product authorization.

1. Select Advanced Concurrent Use.
2. Define a license manager. The License Manager defined must be a 10.2.2 License Manager. Once the License Manager is defined for concurrent-use products, the application is ready to use. To install the License Manager and authorize it, see the License Manager Reference Guide.

Single Use

Single Use products require authorization for use on individual machines. You will need the authorization codes sent from Esri Customer Service to the contact email address referenced in the sales order during the authorization process. This email includes the authorization codes issued for each license in the order. In addition to finding the information in the email, if you already have an Esri Global Account, you can log in to the Esri Customer Care site, click on Authorization & Provisioning, then click on a product name to obtain its authorization code. If you do not yet have an Esri Global Account, you can create one at customers.esri.com and click on Create Account. You will receive an email confirmation and have access to Authorization & Provisioning on the Customer Care site.

For Esri CityEngine Single Use, the authorization code starts with the letters ESU or EVA, followed by nine numeric digits, for example, ESU123456789. The following steps are based on the ArcGIS Administrator Wizard image provided above to complete the Single Use product authorization. (Contact information can be found at www.esri.com/about-esri/contact.)

1. Select one of the two single-use products.
2. Click Authorize Now to launch the Software Authorization Wizard.

The wizard will walk you through the online or offline authorization process.

Types of authorization process

There are two types of authorization processes provided. They include the following:

Online authorization

With online authorization, the Software Authorization Wizard connects directly to the Esri authorization site using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) from the deployed machine. Online authorization can be used if the machine on which the software has been installed is connected to the Internet and is able to connect to service.esri.com. Online authorization can be performed by directly entering the authorization code in the Software Authorization Wizard or by creating a provisioning file (.prvc) at Esri Customer Care (customers.esri.com).

For more information on Provisioning Files, refer to the License Manager Reference Guide.

Offline authorization

Offline authorization is used if the machine where Esri CityEngine is installed does not have Internet connectivity. In this case, the authorization process creates a text file that can be uploaded to the Esri authorization server from an Internet-connected machine or can be sent in an email to Esri Customer Service to obtain an authorization response file (.respc). This authorization response file can be copied to the machine where Esri CityEngine is installed and used to authorize Esri CityEngine without a direct Internet connection.

Software Authorization Wizard

The following steps will guide you through the Software Authorization Wizard dialog box.

1. Upon launching the Software Authorization Wizard, you will be provided with two authorization options:
   • I have installed my software and need to authorize it.

     Select this option to proceed with the authorization process by entering the authorization code you received from Esri Customer Service.

   • I have received an authorization file from Esri and am now ready to finish the authorization process.

     Select this option if you have a provisioning file created from Esri Customer Care.

   Select the appropriate option and click Next.

   

2. In the Authorization Method dialog box shown below, select the authorization method you want to use (online or offline authorization, or single-use licensing from a local license server).

   

3. Provide your contact information and details in the next two dialog boxes. If you are using a provisioning file (online authorization only), this information will be automatically populated from the file.
4. Enter your Esri CityEngine authorization code starting with ESU or EVA followed by nine digits.
5. Depending on the type of authorization process selected, follow the appropriate process below.
   • Online Authorization

     Use the online authorization and click Next to connect to the Esri activation site. Upon completion, you will receive a message that authorization is successful and the applications will be ready for use.

   • Offline Authorization

     Follow these remaining steps to complete the offline authorization process.

     1. You will be requested to save your authorization information to disk as a file named authorize.txt. Then you can do one of the following:
        • Upload the text file and an authorization response file (*.respc) will be generated to download.
        • Send an email with the text file attached and you will receive a return email from Esri with the authorization response (*.respc) file.
     2. After receiving the response file, start CityEngine 2014 Administrator from Start > All Programs > Esri > CityEngine 2014 > CityEngine 2014 Administrator to complete the authorization process.
     3. In CityEngine 2014 Administrator, click the CityEngine folder, select the appropriate single-use product, and click Authorize Now.
     4. In the Authorization Options dialog box of the Software Authorization Wizard, select the option I have received an authorization file from Esri and am now ready to finish the authorization process and browse to the authorization response (*.respc) file received in step 2.
     5. Click Next so the application will be authorized and ready for use.