How to Install OAS License Hub in Windows

How to Install OAS License Hub in Windows

This guide aims to walk you through the installation of the OAS LicenseHub on a Windows machine.

OAS LicenseHub provides centralized license management and distribution for large-scale OAS server deployments. It is especially valuable for Enterprise customers who frequently spin up, move, or redeploy OAS instances across their infrastructure. Rather than managing licenses on each individual machine, the LicenseHub serves as a single control point that monitors all connected nodes and securely distributes license details over TLS—whether on a local network or across the internet.

For containerized environments, the LicenseHub offers a Docker-independent alternative to the License Host. Each OAS server container can reach out to the LicenseHub for activation and feature provisioning, eliminating the need for Docker-specific licensing infrastructure while maintaining full support for dynamic container orchestration.

The only requirement is that each OAS instance can reach the LicenseHub over the network to request a license and periodically report its status back to the Hub to remain activated.

Download and Install LicenseHub

The OAS LicenseHub installer is not publicly available for download.

Enterprise customers will receive an email with download instructions along with their LicenseHub License Key files necessary for operation.

Once you have downloaded the installer:

  1. Run the OASLicenseHubInstaller-x.x.x.exe installer file. The x.x.x portion of the filename will reflect the specific version of the LicenseHub.

  2. Follow the default steps through the installation wizard and the OAS LicenseHub will be installed as a Windows service and started. The default TCP port used by the LicenseHub is 5050. If the service does not start and the installation fails, this network port may not be available on your machine.

  3. While the service is started, it will not be fully functional until the proper license files have been added to the installation.

See this article for more details on Configuring and Monitoring the LicenseHub