InstaCmCloud: CodeMeter definitions

To protect the GGU software from unauthorised access, each GGU program is equipped with the CodeMeter software protection system from WIBU-Systems. Each GGU program is bound to a so-called CmContainer via a license with the corresponding product code.

To be able to use the GGU licenses in a CmContainer, a runtime environment, the CodeMeter Runtime Kit, must be installed on your computer via driver software. By default, the CodeMeter Runtime Server is installed as a service on your PC and displayed via the Cm-icon

in the right-hand area of your taskbar. You can manage your CmContainer and the GGU licenses activated in it using the CodeMeter Control Center and CodeMeter WebAdmin tools installed with it.

To be simplified, we will refer to your computer with installed CodeMeter Runtime Kit and CmContainer as the CodeMeter license server.

We provide 3 alternative CmContainer types that can be used on your CodeMeter license server:

CmStick
The license for your GGU program is stored in a USB dongle.

CmActLicense (soft license, not for virtual PC/servers)
The license for your GGU program is stored in a license file that is bound to the hardware of a computer.

CmCloudContainer
The license for your GGU program is located on a CmCloud server of WIBU-Systems and is mirrored to your CodeMeter license server.

In the following descriptions, the superordinate term CmContainer may be used to represent all 3 types of containers.

The GGU programs check at start-up and during runtime whether a corresponding license is available on a CmContainer. If the GGU licenses are to be accessed by different clients in the company network, the CodeMeter license server must be set up as a network server (see point 3).

The following shows the architecture when using a CmCloudContainer: