
When performing silent installation or managing IntelliJ IDEA installations on multiple machines, you can set the JETBRAINS_LICENSE_SERVER environment variable to point the installation to the Floating License Server URL.Īlternatively, you can set the Floating License Server URL by adding the -DJETBRAINS_LICENSE_SERVER JVM option. Register using the Floating License Server. Select how you want to register IntelliJ IDEA or a plugin that requires a license: If necessary, log in to your JetBrains Account. On the Welcome screen, click Help | Manage License Activate IntelliJ IDEA licenseĭo one of the following to open the Licenses dialog:įrom the main menu, select Help | Register You cannot upgrade to IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate: download and install it separately as described in Install IntelliJ IDEA. IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition and IntelliJ IDEA Edu are free and can be used without any license. A new trial period will be available for the next released version of IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate. Upon the expiration of the trial version, you need to buy and register a license to continue using IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate. Log in to your JetBrains Account on the website and click the Start Trial button in the Licenses dialog to start your trial period. You will be redirected to the JetBrains Account website. In the Licenses dialog that opens when you start IntelliJ IDEA, select the Start trial option and click Log in to JetBrains Account. If you use two-factor authentication for your JetBrains Account, you can specify the generated app password instead of the primary JetBrains Account password.

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