Install and run IBM SPSS Licensing Manager as a systemctl / systemd service on RHEL / Debian Linux

README.md

• Log in to IBM support - http://www.ibm.com/software/support
• Open a case - SPSS Licensing version 28 - AUTO_RETURN - Paste the authorization code into the message.

wget https://softy.cac.washington.edu/spss/new/spss28/SPSSCLT9.9_-_LicMgrLinuxx86-64_En.gz

• If this does not work, you can get the software here: https://www-112.ibm.com/software/howtobuy/passportadvantage/paocustomer/sdmanextgen/download/preview?siteNumber=0003307575&locale=en-us&productType=image&productId=G00L3EN&imageId=G0169EN&os=all&lang=all&ccId=CC007984

tar xvfz SPSSCLT9.9_-_LicMgrLinuxx86-64_En.gz

mkdir -p /opt/IBM/SPSS/Concurrent_Licensing_Tools/9.9.0/License_Manager

cp -rf sentinallm/* /opt/IBM/SPSS/Concurrent_Licensing_Tools/9.9.0/License_Manager/

nano /etc/systemd/system/lserv.service

• Paste the attached file and save (ctrl+o, enter, ctrl+x)

systemctl daemon-reload

./licenseactivator <authorization code>

systemctl start lserv

systemctl enable lserv

lserv.service

[Unit]
Description=IBM SPSS Lserv
After=network.target
StartLimitIntervalSec=0
[Service]
Type=simple
Restart=always
RestartSec=1
User=root
WorkingDirectory=/opt/IBM/SPSS/Concurrent_Licensing_Tools/9.9.0/License_Manager
ExecStart=/opt/IBM/SPSS/Concurrent_Licensing_Tools/9.9.0/License_Manager/lserv64

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target