Entering the Zend Server license for IBM i via the User Interface, the web page will hang during the process.
No acknowledgment returned showing the license has been applied successfully.
Step-by-step guide
- Restart the Zend Server and check if the license update completed anyway.
Use the Zend Server Green Screen menu options(update/view):
GO ZENDPHP74/ZSMENU -> select option - > 80. Configurations -> 7. Update Zend Server License
Or jump directly to the Configuration menu:
GO ZENDPHP74/ZSCONFIG
- Other manual license update if needed:
Stop the Zend Server environment - use the green screen menu:
For Zend Server version 8.5 -> GO ZENDSVR6/ZSMENU
For Zend Server version 9.1, 2018.x, 2019.x -> GO ZENDPHP7/ZSMENU
License has to be set in two places:
a) '/usr/local/zendphp74/etc/conf.d/ZendGlobalDirectives.ini
b) '/usr/local/zendphp74/var/db/zsd.db'
a)'/usr/local/zendphp74/php/active/etc/conf.d/ZendGlobalDirectives.ini
b) '/usr/local/zendphp74/var/db/zsd.db'
To register the license, we need to run the below SQLite SQL statements,
to do so please download the following SQLite browser:
http://sqlitebrowser.sourceforge.net/
Once installed on your Windows, map a network drive to the IBM i file system so you can share the IFS files
Fix the license - execute this query on zsd.db using the SQLlite tool :
update ZSD_DIRECTIVES set DISK_VALUE = 'Your_Order#' where NAME = 'zend.user_name';
update ZSD_DIRECTIVES set DISK_VALUE='Your_License_key' where NAME='zend.serial_number';
For Zend Server version 2019.0.x use the following SQLite commands:
update ZSD_ZEND_COMMON_DIRECTIVES set DISK_VALUE = 'Your_Order#' where NAME = 'zend.user_name';
update ZSD_ZEND_COMMON_DIRECTIVES set DISK_VALUE='Your_License_key' where NAME='zend.serial_number'
You can try and use the following script as well, change the following:
$serial_number = 'XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX';
$user_name = 'user_name';
<?php
// set zend license variables to be updated
$serial_number = 'XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX';
$user_name = 'user_name';
// connect to Zend Server database
$sqliteDebug = true;
try {
$sqlite = new SQLite3('/usr/local/zendsvr6/var/db/zsd.db');
//$sqlite = new SQLite3('/usr/local/zendphp7/var/db/zsd.db');
} catch (Exception $exception) {
echo '<p>There was an error connecting to the database!</p>';
if ($sqliteDebug) {
echo $exception->getMessage();
}
}
// perform updates
$query = "update ZSD_DIRECTIVES set DISK_VALUE = '" . $user_name . "' where NAME = 'zend.user_name'";
// for Zend Server 2019.0.x PHP 7.x
//$query = "update ZSD_ZEND_COMMON_DIRECTIVES set DISK_VALUE = '" . $user_name . "' where NAME = 'zend.user_name'";
$sqliteResult = $sqlite->query($query);
if (!$sqliteResult and $sqliteDebug) {
echo "<p>There was an error updating zend.user_name: $query</p>";
echo $sqlite->lastErrorMsg();
} else {
echo "<p>zend.user_name updated successfully: $user_name</p>";
}
$query = "update ZSD_DIRECTIVES set DISK_VALUE = '" . $serial_number . "' where NAME = 'zend.serial_number'";
// for Zend Server 2019.0.x PHP 7.x
// $query = "update ZSD_ZEND_COMMON_DIRECTIVES set DISK_VALUE = '" . $serial_number . "' where NAME = 'zend.serial_number'";
$sqliteResult = $sqlite->query($query);
if (!$sqliteResult and $sqliteDebug) {
echo "<p>There was an error updating zend.serial_number: $query</p>";
echo $sqlite->lastErrorMsg();
} else {
echo "<p>zend.serial_number updated successfully: $serial_number</p>";
}
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