Matlab licentie gebruiken van ESAT (onder Linux)

This brief guide provides information on how-to setup a connection that enables the use of the Matlab license from ESAT.

1. Setup two forward ssh tunnels to the license server in ESAT. In Ubuntu this is achieved using the following commands:

ssh -N -L 1710:licserv.esat.kuleuven.be:1710 -l <esat_login> ssh.esat.kuleuven.be
ssh -N -L 1711:licserv.esat.kuleuven.be:1711 -l <esat_login> ssh.esat.kuleuven.be

Using this action we redirect port 1710 en 1711 on our localhost to the license server at ESAT.

2. Now we need to redirect Matlab to look for the license on the localhost on port 1711. This is done by altering the file "network.lic" under <matlab_installation_directory>/licenses. The file needs to contain the following information:

SERVER localhost ANY 1711
USE_SERVER

If you want to revert this operation don't forget to create a backup of the file.

3. That's it! You can now start Matlab.