I am facing difficulties activating InDesign CS6 server

Question

I'd like to share with you my frustration about InDesign CS6 Server which tries to do the very same as shown above, but apparenty noone at Adobe did think about the fact that ID Server has NO GUI. So as a customer youre left with an Installation that provides NO means for later offline activation, but provides the very same link at installation, basically guiding you through a process that can not be accomplished with ID Server by any means.
Moreover, the Installer claims there is a 7-day grace period until you MUST have activated your license but even with entering a valid code the Server wont start from second ONE, stating "Adobe InDesign Server is not properly licensed and will now quit". This sort of misdesign is what makes customers furious! And then they wonder why people use circumvention technologies.

Answer 1

Hi Detlef,
    For offline installation scenarios of InDesignserver, if activation is not done while installation, then as a user we need a utility named "Adobe Provisioning Toolkit Enterprise Toolkit (http://www.adobe.com/devnet/creativesuite/enterprisedeployment.html) " for activating InDesignServer.
For usage of Provisioning Toolkit, please refer "http://wwwimages.adobe.com/www.adobe.com/content/dam/Adobe/en/devnet/creativesuite/pdfs/Ad obe_Provisioning_Toolkit_Enterprise_Edition_v5.pdf"
Using the specified utility, 1st generate the Request Code, use this Request code to generate a response code on site "http://www.adobe.com/go/getactivated". Then use that response code in the Provisioning toolkit, to activate InDesignServer.
Please, do follow following steps:-
Now type the following command in that Terminal/Command Prompt window
Set directory to adobe_prtk and type below command
                      adobe_prtk --tool=Type1Exception --generate --serial=1111111111111111111111111 --leid=InDesignServer-CS6-Win\Mac-GM
This will generate a Request Code something like : - YXpex7HpnjTKTG9yK4kK/BE/VmeAKJrh
Now go tohttp://www.adobe.com/go/getactivated on some another online machine.
Ø  Login with your adobe ID and password the click on “Generate Response Code”.
Ø  Now enter Request code and Serial number (using which you have generated Request Code), click “Generate Response Code” button.
Ø  It will give you a Response code, eg: - jnGVmMxU0IkIBv324qhALnT2Yt9RhyCBr8hTtJBAtBs=
Ø  Now type the following command in command prompt/terminal.
                   adobe_prtk --tool=Type1Exception --accept --serial=11111111111111111111 --responsecode=jnGVmMxU0IkIBv324qhALnT2 Yt9RhyCBr8hTtJBAtBs= --leid=InDesignServer-CS6-Mac-GM
you will get the following message:
                Copyright 2012 Adobe Systems Incorporated
                All rights reserved.
                Return Code = 0
It shows that the InDesign Server has been successfully activated
For further details, please do refer :-
http://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/release-note/indesign-server-cs6-release-notes.html