Public api

The public api of the library can be found in include/licensecc/licensecc.h that is the only file you should include when you want to use the library.

Print hardware identifier

bool identify_pc(LCC_API_HW_IDENTIFICATION_STRATEGY hw_id_method, char *identifier_out, size_t *buf_size, ExecutionEnvironmentInfo *execution_environment_info)

Calculates the hardware identifier associated with a specific pc.

The caller, when it doesn’t find a valid license (see acquire_license below) should show to the user the calculated identifier. The user should report the pc_identifier to the software editor that will in turn use it to issue a license.

pc_id_method = STRATEGY_DEFAULT is usually the best choice.

First call this method with identifier_out = nullptr and buf_size = 0 , it will return the requested buffer size in buf_size parameter.

Then allocate the necessary memory, and call the method again.

Return

true if successful, false if failure (because it is not possible to identify or buffer too small).

Parameters

• hw_id_method[in]: specifies a preferred identification method. Usually STRATEGY_DEFAULT works well. See the wiki for more informations.

• identifier_out[out]: buffer where the identification string will be placed.

• buf_size[in-out]: size of the buffer where the identification string will be placed.

• execution_environment_info[out]: if not null will contain the informations about the execution environment.

enum LCC_API_HW_IDENTIFICATION_STRATEGY

This enum list all the possible pc identification strategy. It is to be used as a parameter of identify_pc

STRATEGY_DEFAULT Should be used in most cases.

Values:

enumerator STRATEGY_DEFAULT

Default strategy.

This strategy first checks the content of the environment variable IDENTIFICATION_STRATEGY. If the variable is defined it will use the strategy specified in there, if not defined it will try to detect which virtual environment the software is running in.

• If no virtual environment is detected it will try the strategies defined in LCC_BARE_TO_METAL_STRATEGIES

• If it detects the software is running in a virtual machine it will use LCC_VM_STRATEGIES

• If it detects the software is running in a docker or in an LXC it will use ::LCC_DOCKER_STRATEGIES or ::LCC_DOCKER_STRATEGIES

• If it detects the software is running in a virtual machine in the cloud it will use LCC_CLOUD_STRATEGIES

enumerator STRATEGY_ETHERNET

enumerator STRATEGY_IP_ADDRESS

enumerator STRATEGY_DISK

enumerator STRATEGY_CPU_SIZE

Not yet implemented

enumerator STRATEGY_HOST_NAME

Not yet implemented

enumerator STRATEGY_NONE

LCC_BARE_TO_METAL_STRATEGIES

List the strategies used when no virtual envrionment is detected

LCC_VM_STRATEGIES

List the strategies used when the software is executing in a virtual machine

LCC_LXC_STRATEGIES

LCC_DOCKER_STRATEGIES

LCC_CLOUD_STRATEGIES

List the strategies used when it’s detected an execution in the cloud

Verify a license

LCC_EVENT_TYPE acquire_license(const CallerInformations *callerInformation, const LicenseLocation *licenseLocation, LicenseInfo *license_out)

This method is used to request the use of one license for a product. In case of local license it’s used to check if the product is licensed.

Return

LCC_EVENT_TYPE::LICENSE_OK(0) if successful. Other values if there are errors.

Parameters

• callerInformation[in]: optional, can be NULL. contains informations on the software that is requesting the license verification. Let the software specify its version or request verification for features that need to be enabled separately.

• licenseLocation[in]: optional, can be NULL. licenseLocation, either the name of the file or the name of the environment variable should be !=’\0’

• license_out[out]: optional, can be NULL, if set it will return extra informations about the license.

struct CallerInformations

Informations about the software requesting the license verification (eg, software version, feature to verify).

Public Members

char version[LCC_API_VERSION_LENGTH + 1]

software version in format xxxx[.xxxx.xxxx] NOT IMPLEMENTED pass ‘\0’

char feature_name[LCC_API_FEATURE_NAME_SIZE + 1]

Name of the feature you want to verify. If empty (‘\0’) the ‘default’ feature will be verified. (every project has a default feature that is equal to the project name). Every feature has a separate section in the license file:

unsigned int magic

this number passed in by the application must correspond to the magic number used when compiling the library. See cmake parameter -DLCC_PROJECT_MAGIC_NUM and licensecc_properties.h macro VERIFY_MAGIC

struct LicenseLocation

This structure contains informations on the raw license data. Software authors can specify the location of the license file or its full content.

Can be NULL, in this case OpenLicenseManager will try to figure out the license file location on its own.

struct LicenseInfo

Public Members

AuditEvent status[LCC_API_AUDIT_EVENT_NUM]

Detailed reason of success/failure. Reasons for a failure can be multiple (for instance, license expired and signature not verified). Only the last AUDIT_EVENT_NUM are reported.

char expiry_date[LCC_API_EXPIRY_DATE_SIZE + 1]

Eventual expiration date of the software, can be ‘\0’ if the software don’t expire