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Pdftools OCR Service licensing

In its default configuration, the Pdftools OCR Service requires a network connection to validate the license key using the Pdftools Licensing Service.

You can also configure the Pdftools OCR Service to:

  • Use a partially offline mode called connected mode. For more information, review Connected mode.
  • Use full offline mode. For more information, review Full offline mode.

Configuration in connected mode and full offline mode​

After configuring the LGS with the Pdftools OCR Service using the connected mode or full offline mode, follow these steps:

  1. Find your worker node’s appsetings.json. The following is the default path of the worker configuration file: 
    C:\Program Files\Pdftools\Pdftools OCR Service\PdftoolsOcrWorker\appsettings.json
  2. Edit the LgsURL parameter value to point to the machine where you configured the LGS. The default value is: 
    "LgsURL": "http://localhost:9999"

For more references, review Default appsettings.json in the Pdftools OCR Service documentation.