I want to set up a test environment

[jenuine]

I am planning to build two BigFix environment.
First is the test environment and then a production.
The hostnames will be the same.

Can I reuse the installer file and license file to the production environment that I used in the test environment?

[MatthiasW]

In my personal opinion I would use 2 different hostnames and license / masthead files to avoid confusion and mistakes.

[jenuine]

Does it mean that I can’t also reuse the license.crt file created from the testing environment on the production env?

[SLB]

You can only use the masthead on 1 server. Don’t use your existing licnse on a another server as you could cause mayhem in your current production environmnet (client resets due to epoch date changes against the existing FQDN).

To have a DEV/PROD setup you can use the licnesing centre to reallocate licneses to a new masthead, eg say move 10 or 20 from your existing serial number, create an new serial then allocate those spare licneses to that and create a new masthead/activation key. You can then build a standalone DEV server with that masthead so you have an enviromnent you can use for testing and test endpoint can be switched to use the new test environment .