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diff --git a/doc/user/admin_area/license.md b/doc/user/admin_area/license.md index 45f986d480f..49959a9daef 100644 --- a/doc/user/admin_area/license.md +++ b/doc/user/admin_area/license.md @@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ To activate all GitLab Enterprise Edition (EE) functionality, you need to upload a license. Once you've received your license from GitLab Inc., you can upload it -by **signing into your GitLab instance as an admin**. +by **signing into your GitLab instance as an admin** or add it at +installation time. The license has the form of a base64 encoded ASCII text with a `.gitlab-license` extension and can be obtained when you [purchase one][pricing] or when you sign @@ -42,6 +43,36 @@ Otherwise, you can: "Enter license key" option, copy the license, paste it into the "License key" field and click **Upload license**. +## Add your license at install time + +The license may be automatically injected during installation using one of +two methods. + +The first requires a license file named `Gitlab.gitlab-release`. + +Place it in the `config/` directory if installing from source or in the +`/etc/gitlab/` directory if installing Omnibus. + +The second allows the administrator to configure the location and +filename of the license. + +Source installations should set the `GITLAB_LICENSE_FILE` environment +variable with the path to a valid GitLab Enterprise Edition license. + +```sh +export GITLAB_LICENSE_FILE="/path/to/license/file" +``` + +Omnibus installations should add this entry to `gitlab.rb`: + +```ruby +gitlab_rails['license_file'] = "/path/to/license/file" +``` + +CAUTION:: **Caution:** +These methods will only add a license at the time of installation. Use the +admin area in the web ui to renew or upgrade licenses. + --- Once the license is uploaded, all GitLab Enterprise Edition functionality |