Developing a Matlab docker container which can run Matlab 2012 versions

Hello folks,

I currently manage a Jupyter Data Science workbench (JupyterHub) for students. I am planning to add support for Matlab container as well. We currently have access to Matlab locally using network licence manager (for Matlab 2012 ish versions). But while using matlab containers ( which all were 2020+ versions ) this caused incompatibility with current network licence managers.

Error

License checkout from 27000@server_name failed. For more details, see https://github.com/mathworks/matlab-proxy/blob/main/MATLAB-Licensing-Info.md.

Error logs:

License checkout failed.

License Manager Error -114

This release requires a network license manager update and a new license file from the License Center.

Troubleshoot this issue by visiting:

https://www.mathworks.com/support/lme/114

Is there any way I can build a Matlab 2012 container in order to make this work? Is there any way to run Matlab latest versions (2024) with network liscence manager of older versions

Ref : https://github.com/mathworks-ref-arch/matlab-integration-for-jupyter/issues/12

[Walter Roberson]

Is there any way to run Matlab latest versions (2024) with network liscence manager of older versions

No, that is not possible.

[Walter Roberson]

Question: Are you trying to run the 32 bit Linux version of MATLAB? That was available only up to R2012a. https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/110330-is-the-network-license-manager-available-for-32-bit-linux-machines#answer_118984

[Walter Roberson]

The R2013b license manager is available for download through http://web.archive.org/web/20131109042411/https://www.mathworks.com/support/install/license_manager_files.html . Unfortunately R2013b introduced a new version of the license manager; it should be backwards compatible but might not work for your purposes.

Answer 1

[Nick Choi]

Based on the info in the post, it sounds like you are planning to add MATLAB Integration for Jupyter to your JupyterHub - is that correct? If so, the Requirements section of the README for the integration states that it requires MATLAB R2020b or later, so it would not work with R2012a or R2012b.

As the error message suggests, the network license manager and license file would need to be updated in order to support the latest release of MATLAB. If you contact MathWorks Technical Support, they should be able to help walk through the update process.