Licensing
This category covers all things related to Understand licensing. All the information you could want to know with some additional information you probably don’t.
Starting with build 1258, Understand can be used at no cost for projects whose source lives in a public git repository — no license key, account, or manual ...
Fri, 31 Jul, 2026 at 10:13 AM
Allows users to configure licensing entirely through environment variables, without touching the License.ini file. Useful for CI/CD pipelines, containers, a...
Tue, 19 May, 2026 at 1:45 PM
We offer a free educational license for students and teachers for non-commercial use. This license can be renewed each year and allows full access to all of...
Thu, 5 Feb, 2026 at 4:09 PM
System Requirements Icarus must be set up by a user with admin privileges. Launching an instance of Icarus will require opening two ports ( 80 and 443 ...
Thu, 7 May, 2026 at 9:02 AM
These are the Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) tools used to build Understand. A huge Thank You to the volunteers that created these tools! LibraryVe...
Thu, 14 Dec, 2023 at 2:46 PM
If you finish using Understand in Offline mode before the expiration date you can check the license back into the Licensing Portal so it can be used on othe...
Thu, 14 Oct, 2021 at 11:09 AM
During normal operation, Understand communicates with our license server, Helios (licensing.scitools.com) on a regular basis. This information is secured us...
Fri, 1 Oct, 2021 at 11:49 AM
A node locked license is a license for Understand that will work for all users of a given machine. A node locked license will only work for users physical...
Thu, 18 Sep, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Understand’s license can be completely accessed from the command line or on a headless server using Und. First, navigate to your Und installation, then use ...
Thu, 5 Jun, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Icarus is our Understand license server that you can set up on your internal network. It’s great for closed labs and other environments that cannot access ...
Fri, 26 Sep, 2025 at 9:25 AM
