Registering a license
When you use Metalama for the first time, it will automatically activate the trial mode, which will work for 45 days. To use Metalama beyond this period, switch to Metalama Free or register a license key.
You can use all features of any preview of Metalama for up to 45 days after its release without registering a license.
Switching to Metalama Free
To transition to the Metalama Free license, follow the steps below:
- Install the Metalama Command Line Tools as detailed in Installing the Metalama Command Line Tool.
Run the following command:
metalama license free
Registering a license key
To register a license key for the current user, perform the following steps:
- Install the Metalama Command Line Tools as outlined in Installing the Metalama Command Line Tool.
Run the following command:
metalama license register <LICENSE KEY>
Registering a license key manually
To manually register a license for the current user, do the following:
- Open the Metalama licensing JSON configuration file
licensing.json
. This file is located in the%appdata%\\.metalama
directory on Windows, and in the~/.metalama
directory on Linux and Mac. Set the license key as the
license
value. If the file doesn't exist, it should contain the following content (where123-ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVXYZ
is a placeholder for the actual license key):{ "license": "123-ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVXYZ" }
Registering a license key using an environment variable or MSBuild
The license key can be stored as the value of the MetalamaLicense
MSBuild property. This allows for the following:
- Storing the license as a value of the
MetalamaLicense
environment variable. - Storing the license in the source code repository using the Directory.Build.props file.
- Storing the license in the
.csproj
project file.