Access license on windows server

Polyspace license is located on `D:\Path\To\License`. I want to access it from a docker image running linux.

currently polyspace is looking at:

`License path: port@licServerName:/home/polyspace/.matlab/R2023a_licenses:/opt/matlab/licenses/license.dat:/opt/matlab/licenses/*.lic`

How can I add `D:\Path\To\License` to the list of paths for licenses?

-Namir

[Walter Roberson]

Is that even possible? To use a Windows path from Linux ? Without coding it as something like

file://localhost/D:\\Path\\To\\License

??

[Anirban]

What kind of license are you using? Is it an individual Designated Computer license or a license that requires a license server setup?

[Walter Roberson]

I'm still stuck on the question of how a Windows path is being used on a Linux system. Unless it were created as a single file in the current directory literally named D:\Path\To\License complete with literal backslash characters in the file name .

[Shree Charan M L]

You may use docker volumes to accss files on the host

Answer 1

[Jacob Mathew]

Hey Namir,

Since you have the license file, it can be copied into the Docker container using the COPY command in docker. You can refer to the official Docker documentation to learn more:

https://docs.docker.com/reference/dockerfile/#copy

You can then point MATLAB License Manager to the license file to manage activation and licensing within the Docker container. An example way to do this would be as follows:

ENV INSTALLATION_PATH = " Your MATLAB and/or Polyspace Docker Installation Directory Here"

COPY license.txt ${INSTALLATION_PATH}

ENV MLM_LICENSE_FILE=${INSTALLATION_PATH}/license.txt

You can refer to the offical GitHub page of MathWork's Docker Image of MATLAB to learn more about the various arguments and parameters within the Dockerfile including MLM_LICENSE_FILE:

https://github.com/mathworks-ref-arch/matlab-dockerfile?tab=readme-ov-file