SFS license query
Posted: 30 Sep 2010, 00:15
Is there any way to run multiple SFS based game server instances in the cloud and still use SFS's single license ?
It is not possible.
You need a license for every IP (server) running a SFS instance.
There is a license server tool for this situations:
http://www.smartfoxserver.com/labs/licenseServer/
It lacks only one feature:
The license request with a license type instead of license id.
This is required for situation like building a cloud based system which can scale up/down when needed by launching new servers in the cloud when needed.
In a system like this, it is not possible to configure the newly launched server to use a specific license id. It must request a license from the server by sending the license type it wants and then license server will pick one of the available from a pool of that license type and hand it to the newly launched sfs intance.