How to install the QLM License Server on Microsoft Azure

QLM and Windows Azure Integration

Important: If you are using QLM v12 or higher, refer to the instructions here.

You can host the QLM License Server on a Windows Azure portal. The procedure outlined in this section will show you how to build a QLM Azure deployment package, how to create the database on the Azure Portal and finally how to connect QLM to the Azure hosted QLM License Server.

1. Database Creation

To create the QLM database on the Azure portal:

2. Server settings

If you selected to create a new SQL database server on the previous step, you need to configure a user account on the SQL Server.

3. Configure the database

Now that the database is created, we need to create the tables and stored procedures. Follow the steps below:

4. Creating the QLM package

To deploy the QLM License Server to Windows Azure, you must create an Azure package by following the steps oultined below:

5. Cloud Service

Finally, we need to create the Azure Cloud Service and deploy the QLM package to the Azure portal:

This completes the configuration of the Azure site.