Full offline mode

Use the Pdftools software fully offline with valid license keys for at least three months, depending on your license. Your local network can stay without an internet connection, and the LGS validates the license keys for a set period of time.

Limitations of full offline mode

The full offline mode isn’t available for the free trial license keys created in the Pdftools Portal.

For Docker deployments, review Full offline mode in Docker.

Before you start

Ensure that your license key supports full offline mode. Whether you can use offline mode depends on the order form and quote you accepted from Pdftools. If you require an upgrade to get this feature, contact Pdftools through the Contact form.

How full offline mode works

Full offline mode uses two machines. The offline machine runs the LGS without an internet connection. A machine with internet access exchanges activation tokens with the Pdftools Licensing Service, either in the Pdftools Portal or with the Pdftools Licensing Shell (ptl). You transfer the tokens between the two machines, for example on a USB flash drive.

To use full offline mode:

1. Install the LGS on the offline machine, and configure it for offline use, as described in Set up full offline mode.
2. Activate each license key on the offline machine, as described in Activate license keys offline. The activation is valid for 365 days.
3. Reactivate each license key before the 365-day activation period expires, as described in Reactivate a license key.

To activate one license key on up to 10 offline LGS machines, or on several LGS instances at once, refer to Activate license keys on multiple LGS instances.

The following pages describe each task:

📄️ Set up

Install the Licensing Gateway Service on a machine without internet access, configure it for full offline mode, and install the Pdftools Licensing Shell on a machine with internet access.

📄️ Activate license keys

Activate, deactivate, and reactivate license keys in full offline mode, with the Pdftools Portal or the Pdftools Licensing Shell.

📄️ Multiple LGS instances

Activate one license key on up to 10 offline LGS machines, store LGS endpoints, and activate or deactivate a license key on several LGS instances at once with the batch commands.

Full offline mode with Pdftools OCR Service

If you configured the full offline mode with the Pdftools OCR Service, update your worker nodes configuration. Follow the steps described in Set the Licensing Gateway Service URL.