Using a Licence Server

[Douwe van Nijnatten]

Hi All,

I am using the Pipelines feature for the Continuous integration of my code base. To compile, I am using the Microchip XC32 compiler. Now I want to upgrade the pipeline to use the PRO compiler. To use this compiler, the pipeline needs to contact a locally hosted licence server. This is where I run into some trouble. How do I contact a licence server from my pipeline?

Best regards,

Douwe

[Kenny MacLeod · Accepted solution]

You would need to make the license server available over the network, either publicly visible or restricted to the IP address range used by the Pipelines build cluster. Youd'd then need to configure the compiler in your build to contact the license server on that "public" address.

Another possibility is to run the license server as a Pipelines service in docker, but I suspect the license server needs to be locked down to a specific environment, rather than being spun up and down on every build.