ParaCrux

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Licence a computer with no internet

Carry two signed files between an offline computer and a connected one, so an air-gapped workstation can hold a seat.

Video in production

Until it is ready, this is the running order. Each step is also written out below, and you can try it in the simulator.

  1. Request

    Offline computer; This computer has no internet; Create request file; copy to USB.

  2. Issue

    Connected computer; paracrux.com/offline; upload; Days; Issue licence and download.

  3. Import

    Back on the offline computer; Import licence file; borrowed seat valid until.

  4. Return

    Return seat to a file; the confirm; upload the return file.

You need

  • The desktop app on the offline computer
  • A second computer with internet, and your My account sign-in
  • Removable media to carry two small files
  • An active subscription with a free seat

You'll come away with

  • Create a request and import a licence
  • Renew it before it ends
  • Free the seat with a return file

Step by step

  1. Know which offline you need

    Check out for offline use borrows an online seat for 1 to 30 days and needs a connection to start and end. Offline licence files are for a computer that is never online.

  2. Create the request

    On the offline computer, open Licensing and expand This computer has no internet. Choose Create request file and save paracrux-offline-request.json. Copy it to a computer with internet. A request is valid for 7 days and works once, and a new one replaces an unanswered one.

  3. Issue the licence

    On the connected computer, sign in at paracrux.com/offline. Under Issue an offline licence, upload the request, set Days and choose Issue licence and download. The licence ends after those days, or at the end of your billing period if that is sooner.

  4. Import it

    Copy the licence file back. In Licensing, choose Import licence file. The card shows a borrowed seat and the date it is valid until. A licence works only on the computer that made the request, and only once.

  5. Renew or return

    Before it ends, make a new request and repeat. To free the seat sooner, choose Return seat to a file, confirm, and upload paracrux-offline-return.json under Return an offline seat on paracrux.com/offline.

Try it here.

The labels, file names and messages are the app's and the website's own. The computer, dates and days are examples.

Offline computer · Licensing, and paracrux.com/offline simulated · step 1 of 5

  1. This computer has no internet

    Buttons
    Create request file · Import licence file · Return seat to a file

    Runs the product's own code

What it won't do

  • CueCrux Credits, the hosted design matrix, support requests and app updates need internet, so they don't work on an offline-licensed computer. A local model can run the Agent there.
  • The seat stays in use for your company until the licence ends or its return file is uploaded.
  • Each request and each return file works once.
  • Days are capped at the maximum the page offers, 30 unless your licensing is set otherwise.

If you see a message

Covers: Offline licence files. See the full index