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Our software licenses must be assigned to a domain in order for them to install properly. If you wish to assign the license to your permanent domain now, and be able to use or install the software somewhere that the DNS is correctly not pointing to, you will need to essentially point the domain to your test server locally on your own computer. To accomplish this, we can alter your local hosts file to point the domain to your development or temporary IP address.

[Windows]

1. Open the following file C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts

2. Add the following to the end of the file where the server IP replaces "1.2.3.4" and "domain.com" is the domain the license is registered to.

1.2.3.4 domain.com

3. Save the file and open your browser and point it to domain.com. The domain should now point to your development or temporary server.

[Mac]

1. Open the following file /etc/hosts

2. Add the following to the end of the file where the server IP replaces "1.2.3.4" and "domain.com" is the domain the license is registered to.

1.2.3.4 domain.com

3. Save the file and open your browser and point it to domain.com. The domain should now point to your development or temporary server.