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Created May 26, 2017 by Mike Bartlett@mydigitalselfContributor

GitLab CE features to work with unlicensed EE instance

Background

As part of making EE the default download on GitLab, we need to allow a GitLab EE instance to function as a free CE instance when it doesn't have a license.

Proposal

  • All GitLab CE features to work on GitLab EE when no license is found
  • No GitLab EE features should work when there isn't a regular or trial license
  • Adding a trial license should activate GitLab EE features for a limited number of days (30)
  • Once the trial license expires, GitLab CE features should continue to work
  • Once a trial license expires, there should be a notification and link to contact sales to purchase a full EE license
  • If a regular license expires, the server should no longer function and require a renewal (this is current EE behaviour)

Out of scope

  • There is a separate issue to generate a trial license inside the product or to purchase a full license https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ee/issues/2501
  • There will be separate issues to promote GitLab EE features when no license is present

Questions for consideration

  • If a trial license expires, what is the behaviour for regular users vs admins?

Design

Admin

Trial license will expire Trial license expires
trial-will-expire trial-expires

Regular user

trial-expires--regular-users

  • When the trial license remains 7 days, there is a message to remind users of this above the header.
  • If the trial license expires, there will be a message to show the status of trial license expires above the header.
  • Once users click X, the message will disappear.

Related issues

  • META Issue
  • GitLab.com subscription license checks
Edited Jun 13, 2017 by Hazel Yang
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