How to configure IntelliJ IDEA to load license server address from a properties file?

Question

My goal is to avoid manual configuration of the license server:

Help > Register > IntelliJ IDEA License Activation Dialog is opened > License server

Answer 1

There is actually a simple way, contrary to the accepted answer. It is just a matter of creating this file (on macOS): $HOME/Library/Preferences/IntelliJIdea<version>/idea.key That path will need to be adjusted for Windows and Linux.

The contents of this file is just a single line pointing to your license server. For example, if your license server is running at http://jetbrains.example.com, then the idea.key file should contain: URL:http://jetbrains.example.com

Answer 2

I asked the same question on the IntelliJ IDEA Help Center and got an answer from JetBrains support employee: https://intellij-support.jetbrains.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/206666999

Seems that there is no IntelliJ configuration property to setup the license server.

The options are either to configure the DNS lookup or to copy an existing key into the config folder.