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13 +**ONEcount Fulfillment Module**
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15 +Site Licenses — User Guide
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17 += Contents =
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19 +~1. Overview
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21 +2. How Site Licenses Work
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23 +3. Creating a Site License
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25 +4. Managing IP Ranges
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27 +5. Session Management
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29 +6. The User Experience
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31 +7. Monitoring Active Sessions
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33 +8. Reporting
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35 +9. Troubleshooting
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37 +10. Permissions
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39 += 1. Overview =
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41 +Site licenses provide IP-based concurrent access for institutions such as libraries, universities, and corporate offices. An institution purchases a license for N concurrent seats, and anyone accessing gated content from the institution’s IP range gets transparent access — no login required, no forms to fill out — up to the concurrent seat limit.
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43 +Key characteristics:
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45 +* Access is determined by IP address, not by individual user accounts
46 +* Concurrent sessions are limited to the purchased seat count
47 +* Sessions are maintained by a heartbeat mechanism — if a user leaves, their seat is automatically released after a configurable timeout (default: 30 minutes)
48 +* When all seats are occupied, new visitors see a branded “seats full” message
49 +* Each seat is represented by a synthetic OCID for reporting purposes
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51 +[[image:fulfillment-site-licenses_386f6176b5b0bbbe.png||height="430" width="586"]]
52 +
53 +//The Site Licenses list showing three demo institutions with concurrent seat counts and statuses.//
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55 +In this example, Springfield Public Library has 15 concurrent seats (active), Metro University has 50 seats (active), and Horizon Aviation Museum is a cancelled license with 5 seats.
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57 += 2. How Site Licenses Work =
58 +
59 +== 2.1 Access Flow ==
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61 +When a visitor accesses a page with gated content, the following happens:
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63 +* 1. The ONEcount widget (oc.min.js) loads and sends an access check request
64 +* 2. The gating layer checks the visitor’s IP against all active site license IP ranges
65 +* 3. If a match is found, the system checks for available concurrent seats
66 +* 4. If a seat is available, the visitor is silently assigned a synthetic identity and granted access
67 +* 5. The widget starts a heartbeat timer to keep the session alive
68 +* 6. When the visitor leaves (closes browser, navigates away), the seat is released
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70 +== 2.2 Synthetic Identities ==
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72 +Each concurrent seat maps to a pre-created synthetic user in the ONEcount database. These users have names like “Springfield Library, Seat 1” and internal email addresses like “sl-42-seat-1@sitelicense.internal.” They have real subscription records, which means they appear naturally in all standard reports.
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74 +//Synthetic users are created automatically when the site license is created. You do not need to create them manually.//
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76 +== 2.3 Session Lifecycle ==
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78 +Sessions are tracked in Cassandra with a Time-To-Live (TTL). The TTL is set to the session_ttl value on the license (default: 1800 seconds / 30 minutes). Every heartbeat from the widget resets this TTL, keeping the session alive. If no heartbeat arrives within the TTL window, the session automatically expires and the seat becomes available.
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80 +Additionally, when a user closes the browser tab or navigates away, the widget attempts to release the seat immediately using the browser’s sendBeacon API. This provides faster seat turnover in normal usage.
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82 += 3. Creating a Site License =
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84 +Navigate to Fulfillment › Site Licenses. Click the red “Create Site License” button to open the creation modal.
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86 +[[image:fulfillment-site-licenses_8e8e80905336a638.png||height="411" width="586"]]
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88 +//The Create Site License modal with institution name, seat count, product-or-package selection, and initial IP range.//
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90 +|**Field**|**Required**|**Description**
91 +|**Institution name**|Yes|Display name (e.g., “Springfield Public Library”)
92 +|**Purchaser OCID**|Yes|The OCID of the billing contact at the institution
93 +|**Concurrent seats**|Yes|Maximum number of simultaneous users
94 +|**Product or Package**|Yes|Select a product or package from the dropdown (grouped by type)
95 +|**Term**|Yes|Select the term — cascades from the selected product or package
96 +|**Publication**|No|The fulfillment publication (for magazine content)
97 +|**Start date**|Yes|When the license becomes active
98 +|**End date**|No|When the license expires (empty = perpetual)
99 +|**IP range (CIDR)**|No|Initial IP range in CIDR notation. More can be added after creation.
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101 +When you create the license, the system automatically:
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103 +* Creates N synthetic users named “[Institution], Seat 1” through “[Institution], Seat N”
104 +* Creates subscription records for each synthetic user
105 +* Grants product access (user_product entries) so the gating layer recognizes them
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107 += 4. Managing IP Ranges =
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109 +Each site license can have multiple IP ranges. Ranges are specified in CIDR notation:
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111 +|**Format**|**Example**|**Matches**
112 +|**Single IP**|192.168.1.100|Exactly one IP address
113 +|**Subnet /24**|192.168.1.0/24|192.168.1.0 through 192.168.1.255 (256 addresses)
114 +|**Subnet /16**|10.0.0.0/16|10.0.0.0 through 10.0.255.255 (65,536 addresses)
115 +|**Larger subnet**|172.16.0.0/12|172.16.0.0 through 172.31.255.255
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117 +[[image:fulfillment-site-licenses_4a8d67282ca4569a.png||height="430" width="586"]]
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119 +//Springfield Public Library detail page showing IP ranges (Main branch /24, Eastside annex /28), active sessions, and synthetic seats.//
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121 +In this example, Springfield Public Library has two IP ranges configured: 198.51.100.0/24 for the main branch (256 addresses) and 198.51.101.0/28 for the Eastside annex (16 addresses). Each range shows the computed start and end IP and an optional label.
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123 +IP ranges are managed from the site license detail page. Click the “+ Add” button to add a new range, or the × button to remove an existing one.
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125 +//If an IP matches multiple site licenses, the system uses the most specific match (narrowest IP range).//
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127 += 5. Session Management =
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129 +== 5.1 Heartbeat Configuration ==
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131 +The detail page header shows the heartbeat and session TTL values for the license. In the Springfield Public Library example:
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133 +* Heartbeat interval: 120 seconds — the widget pings every 2 minutes
134 +* Session TTL: 1800 seconds (30 minutes) — sessions expire after 30 minutes without a heartbeat
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136 +|**Parameter**|**Default**|**Description**
137 +|**heartbeat_interval**|120 seconds|How often the widget pings to keep the session alive
138 +|**session_ttl**|1800 seconds (30 min)|How long a session persists without a heartbeat before auto-expiry
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140 +These values are set per-license and can be adjusted based on the institution’s needs. A shorter session_ttl frees seats faster but may cause disruptions for slow readers. A longer interval reduces server load but delays seat release for idle users.
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142 +== 5.2 Seats Full Message ==
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144 +When all concurrent seats are occupied, new visitors see a full-screen overlay with a customizable message. The default message is:
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146 +“//All N seats for [Institution Name] are currently in use. Please try again later.”//
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148 +You can customize this message per-license via the seats_full_message field. The page auto-retries every 30 seconds.
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150 += 6. The User Experience =
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152 +The site license experience is designed to be completely transparent to the end user:
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154 +* No login form is displayed
155 +* No registration is required
156 +* No ONEcount branding is shown
157 +* Content loads normally as if it were unprotected
158 +* The only user-visible moment is when seats are full — a branded overlay appears
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160 +Behind the scenes, the widget sets session cookies (~_~_oc_sl_session, ~_~_oc_sl_id, ~_~_oc_sl_hb) to maintain the session. These are automatically managed and do not require user interaction.
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162 += 7. Monitoring Active Sessions =
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164 +The site license detail page shows active sessions in real-time (visible in the “Active Sessions” card). For each session, you can see:
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166 +* Seat number
167 +* Synthetic OCID
168 +* Visitor’s IP address
169 +* Session start time
170 +* Last heartbeat time
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172 +You can force-release a session from this page if needed (e.g., if a session appears stuck). Click the “Release” button next to the session. The “Refresh” button updates the session list.
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174 += 8. Reporting =
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176 +Site license seats are represented by synthetic OCIDs with real subscriptions. They flow through all standard fulfillment reports:
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178 +* RPT-01 (Circulation) — Synthetic OCIDs are counted in their classification bucket
179 +* RPT-09 (Adds & Removals) — Reason codes SITE_LICENSE_NEW, SITE_LICENSE_EXPIRED, SITE_LICENSE_CANCELLED track lifecycle events
180 +* RPT-19 (Mail File) — Site license seats typically do not receive mail (no physical address), but they appear in the serve log for audit purposes
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182 +The subscription_source field on the serve log is tagged as “site_license” for these OCIDs, enabling easy filtering in custom reports.
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184 += 9. Troubleshooting =
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186 +|**Symptom**|**Likely Cause**|**Resolution**
187 +|**Users see login form instead of transparent access**|IP range not configured or doesn’t match the visitor’s IP|Check the IP ranges on the license detail page. Verify the visitor’s public IP matches a configured range.
188 +|**Seats fill up faster than expected**|session_ttl too long; idle sessions holding seats|Reduce session_ttl (e.g., to 900 seconds / 15 min)
189 +|**Sessions don’t release when users leave**|Browser doesn’t support sendBeacon or blocks it|Normal — sessions will auto-expire after session_ttl. Consider reducing the TTL.
190 +|“**Seats full” when seats should be available**|Stale sessions in Cassandra|Force-release sessions from the admin detail page. Sessions also auto-expire.
191 +|**Synthetic users not appearing in reports**|Migration not applied|Apply fulfillment/sql/034_site_license.sql and fulfillment/cql/010_site_license_session.cql
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193 += 10. Permissions =
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195 +Site license management requires the FULFILLMENT_SITE_LICENSE_MANAGE permission module. Creating site licenses additionally requires FULFILLMENT_SETUP. Superadmin users automatically have access to all functions.
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197 += Appendix: Navigation =
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199 +All three subscription model features are accessible from the Fulfillment section of the admin sidebar:
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201 +[[image:fulfillment-site-licenses_737296447e02486d.png||height="430" width="586"]]
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203 +//The Fulfillment sidebar menu showing Gift Subscriptions, Group Licenses, and Site Licenses navigation entries.//
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