from https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/docs/programmable/683472/21-4/specifying-the-license-for-the-software.html
The Questa*-Intel® FPGA Edition software supports licenses using the Siemens EDA* license daemon mgcld.6
- You can find the mgcld daemon in the following directories:
- Windows* :
<Questa - Intel FPGA Edition system directory>\
- Windows* :
- Before starting the Questa*-Intel® FPGA Edition software, set the MGLS_LICENSE_FILE environment variable to the location and file name of the Questa*-Intel® FPGA Edition license file.For example:
MGLS_LICENSE_FILE (<Questa installation directory>/licenses/eda/license.dat)
, orMGLS_LICENSE_FILE
<port>@<hostname> .