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Server not serving – activation issue

Posted by Uwe Smidt on October 24, 2026 at 1:36 pm

Hi $folks,

My Omnis Headless server CE is not serving, due to activation issues. It used to serve, with the activation.ticket installed in the correct directory, but without any changes on my behalf, it now says:

× homnis120.service - Omnis Headless App Server Service
     Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/homnis120.service; enabled; preset: enabled)
     Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Sat 2026-10-24 15:27:25 CEST; 985ms ago
   Duration: 2.953s
    Process: 407280 ExecStart=/usr/local/omnis_software/omnis_studio_headless_server_12_44109/homnis (code=exited, status=229/SELINUX_CONTEXT)
   Main PID: 407280 (code=exited, status=229/SELINUX_CONTEXT)
        CPU: 408ms
Oct 24 15:27:22 omnis-on-ionos systemd[1]: Started homnis120.service - Omnis Headless App Server Service.
Oct 24 15:27:24 omnis-on-ionos homnis[407280]:         Cannot initialize: Headless server will not run without a license. Use the dashboard to create an activation ticket, or for offline installs use the dashb>
Oct 24 15:27:25 omnis-on-ionos systemd[1]: homnis120.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=229/SELINUX_CONTEXT
Oct 24 15:27:25 omnis-on-ionos systemd[1]: homnis120.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.

Any ideas why?

Best regards
Uwe

Uwe Smidt replied 1 week, 1 day ago 2 Members · 2 Replies

2 Replies

Mats Olsson

Member
October 25, 2026 at 4:33 pm
Check if the port is free or occupied
- This reply was modified 1 week, 5 days ago by Mats Olsson.
- Uwe Smidt
  
  Member
  October 29, 2026 at 10:24 pm
  
  Hi Mats,
  Thanks for your help!
  
  The problem however was not related to ports, but to the licensing mechanism.
  
  After deleting the ‘license.lic’ file, my activation could be renewed.

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