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Licensing PTC Kepware Products on a Virtual Machine, Cloud or Cluster

Modified: 19-Dec-2025   


Applies To

  • Kepware Server (formerly KEPServerEX) 6.0.2207.0 to 7.0
  • ThingWorx Kepware Server (legacy) 8.0 to 6.18

Description

  • Can KEPServerEX/ThingWorx Industrial Connectivity be licensed on a Virtual Machine?
  • How to license the Server in the Cloud
  • Are multiple licenses required for licensing KEPServerEX/ThingWorx Kepware Server on a Cluster?
  • Can KEPServerEX run on VMWare ESXI?
  • User's licenses are constantly being Broken, even without changes to anything, always scared to restart the machine because more than half the time after that reboots licenses are broken
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