Request Gurobi License

New Users?

# Request license renewal

login @ https://www.gurobi.com/

review licenses under "Licenses" on the left menu. You may need to change the filter to include expired licenses.

https://support.gurobi.com/hc/en-us/articles/360040354272-How-do-I-renew-an-Educational-Institution-Site-license

Select "Get Help" in the user menu on the top right of the page.
This will take you to the Gurobot chatbot, where you can enter something like: "Hi I would like to renew our academic license #XXXXXX"

The result will have a "Create support request" link in the bottom right. Click that to request renewal.

Notes from 2024-08

# Install license

ssh to lmgr from rc-srv-01

install latest gurobi optimizer. it is a tar file to be extracted to /opt

ln -s /opt/gurobi1103 /opt/gurobi

copy new license to /opt/gurobi

stop existing server by "ps -ef | grep gurobi" and kill the process

start new server with "sudo su - gurobi -c "/opt/gurobi/linux64/bin/grb_ts -v""

test by su to gurobi and run /opt/gurobi/linux64/bin/gurobi_cl --license. output will look like:
[gurobi@lmgr bin]$ ./gurobi_cl --license
Set parameter GURO_PAR_SPECIAL
Set parameter TokenServer to value "lmgr.rc.uab.edu"
Set parameter LogFile to value "gurobi.log"
Using license file /opt/gurobi/gurobi.lic

start at boot is in /etc/rc.local

Start with the issue's “New Users?” and “Notes from 2024-08” sections, including the Gurobi renewal link and the lmgr commands. Review the renewal and installation sequence, then verify that the documented license request, server restart, and gurobi_cl check are complete and consistent.