Setting Up Your License Key in CI/CD Environment

This article describes how to set up and activate your Telerik UI for ASP.NET MVC license key across a few popular CI/CD services by using environment variables.

The deployment articles in this documentation provide general guidance and fundamentals. Telerik does not provide technical support for setting up CI/CD environments or application publishing infrastructure, except for questions about using Telerik license keys.

Basics

When working with CI/CD platforms, always add the Telerik.Licensing NuGet package as a project dependency. This package activates the UI for ASP.NET MVC components at build time by using the provided license key.

The license activation process in a CI/CD environment involves the following steps:

1. Add the Telerik.Licensing NuGet package as a dependency to all projects that reference Telerik UI for ASP.NET MVC or Telerik Document Processing:
   Razor

   <PackageReference Include="Telerik.Licensing" Version="1.*" />

2. Go to the License Keys page in your Telerik account and get your license key.
3. Set your license key value as an environment variable with a name TELERIK_LICENSE.

Creating Environment Variables

The recommended way to provide your license key to the Telerik.Licensing NuGet package in CI/CD environment is to use environment variables. Each CI/CD platform has a different process for setting environment variables. This article lists only some of the most popular examples.

Azure Pipelines (YAML)

1. Create a new user-defined variable named TELERIK_LICENSE.
2. Paste the contents of the license key file as a value.

Azure Pipelines (Classic)

1. Create a new user-defined variable named TELERIK_LICENSE.
2. Paste the contents of the license key file as a value.

GitHub Actions

1. Create a new Repository Secret or an Organization Secret.
2. Set the name of the secret to TELERIK_LICENSE and paste the contents of the license file as a value.
3. After running npm install or yarn, add a build step to activate the license:
   Razor

   env:
       TELERIK_LICENSE: ${{ secrets.Telerik_License_Key }}

Next Steps

• Restore Telerik NuGet Packages in CI/CD Workflows

See Also

• Licensing FAQ

• CI, CD, Build Server

• Getting Started with Telerik UI for ASP.NET MVC