Manually Activate NCache on Deployed Machine

Once you have access to your deployed VM, you need to activate NCache on that machine. Follow the steps mentioned in this chapter to activate NCache.

  • To activate your machine, you will need an activation key, which you will find on NCache Cloud Portal.

    • Access NCache Cloud Portal.

    • From the Subscription Dashboard, click on the Environment Activation Options button.

    • Under Manual Creation, you will find an activation key that you require to activate NCache on your deployed VM. Copy this key.

  • Once you have the key, go back to your machine that needs to be activated. To activate NCache, open PowerShell and follow these steps:

Online Activation Through PowerShell

Run the following command on the PowerShell window. 

Register-NCache -Key xxxxxxxx-xxxxxx-xxxxxxxx -FirstName John -LastName Smith -Email john@alachisoft.com -Company alachisoft -Environment SaaSCloudEnv -Clients #
Note
  • Provide the same environment name as the one you used while creating an environment through NCache Cloud Portal.
  • Use the -Clients parameter with the number of clients to activate machine in the Client-Server license type.

Here, the key attribute takes the activation key you got from the NCache Cloud Portal.

  • On executing the Register-NCache tool, NCache will be activated on your machine if the provided activation key is accurate.

Offline Activation Through PowerShell

In case you want to activate NCache on your deployed machine , follow these steps:

  • Open PowerShell and run the following Register-NCache cmdlet with the -ManualActivate tag:
Register-NCache -key xxxxxxxx-xxxxxx-xxxxxxxx -ManualActivate -FirstName John -LastName Smith -Email john@alachisoft.com -Company Alachisoft -Environment SaaSCloudEnv -Clients #
Note

Use the -Clients parameter to activate machine with the Client-Server license type.

  • This command will return an activation request code. Copy this code.

  • Go to your Subscription Dashboard through NCache Cloud Portal and click on the Environment Activation Options button.

  • Under the Manual Creation section, click on the Offline Activation link.

NCache Cloud Portal Offline Activation

  • Paste the copied activation request code in the Please paste the Activation Request Code here box and click on Verify.

  • If data is successfully fetched, you will be notified as thus: "Activation details fetched. Please verify activation data."

  • Verify that the fetched data is correct and click on Verify Data & Activate.

  • When verified, you will be provided with an authentication code. Copy this code.

  • Go to PowerShell window and use the copied key in the following command:

Register-NCache -AuthCode <authentication_code> -ManualActivate
  • This command will activate NCache on your deployed machine.

When you have an NCache activated machine, you can configure NCache in it by following the steps mentioned in the next chapter.

See Also

Manually Create VM through Azure Portal
Manually Create VM through AWS Portal
Configure NCache