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Since version 2410, we are no longer updated the VLMCSD on Floppy disk. Instead, we encourage people to move to Docker container - which is more reliable, and easier to deploy and manage.

Volume License Management Service

Volume License Management Service is a free, open-source software to provide a volume-activation for Windows and Office products.

It is the replacement (or the solution for Linux) of Key Management Services on Windows Server (in term of operation), by provide less infrastructure compared to the Windows Server deployment (even the minimal one), or act as a backup solution in case the main Windows KMS Host fails.

For guide and help (written by the original developers), see here

One-click install for systemd

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Only available when you have installed gcc, git, glibc, and make in your system

curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tfslabs/vlmcsd/refs/heads/master/.systemd/install.sh | sudo bash

Build and developing

With make

make

For advanced build with make, you can use

make help

Build containers

To build, Dockerfile are provided in the .docker folder. Note that the multi-arch may need to include --platform. Currently, vlmcsd supports these following architecture

• linux/amd64
• linux/arm64/v8
• linux/ppc64le
• linux/s390x
• linux/riscv64

For example, the command below supports building vlmcsd for Linux running on AMD64

docker build --platform linux/amd64 -f .docker/Dockerfile -t theflightsims/vlmcsd:linux-amd64 .

With Visual Studio

Since this project is a part of Windows Server Management Tool, you may need to clone the whole repository, before using Visual Studio.