I have written some open-source Python software that uses CPLEX via the docplex.mp Python bindings. Once I have installed docplex with pip, I have found that all I have to do to fully activate docplex with my Developer Edition license for IBM ILOG CPLEX Optimization Studio is set the CPLEX_STUDIO_KEY environment variable. I found that I do not actually have to run the IBM ILOG CPLEX Optimization Studio installer. This is very useful because my software is designed to be used on Linux computing clusters on which running the GUI installer would be tedious.

Can academic users with a free Academic Initiative license activate docplex without running the IBM ILOG CPLEX Optimization Studio installer? Do they get a license key or license file that they can put in place?

Here is the draft of the installation instructions for my Python package:

https://dorado-scheduling.readthedocs.io/en/latest/quickstart.html#to-set-up-the-cplex-optimization-engine

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Leo Singer
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Hi Leo,

Note that using api keys, you can only activate full edition for developer license, which cannot be used in production.

On production servers, you still need to use the full installer. Installation on linux without GUI can be done using a response file, as described in https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/icos/20.1.0?topic=2010-silent-installation-cplex-optimization-studio.

Unfortunately, there is no way to activate an academic initiative license version without running the installer.

Best regards,

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Viu Long Kong
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