Add documentation about the license encryption keys

efd74767 · Corinna Wiesner · Suzanne Selhorn · 9005c44b · efd74767
Commit efd74767 authored Apr 22, 2021 by Corinna Wiesner Committed by Suzanne Selhorn Apr 22, 2021
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 More detailed information on how the gem and its commands work is available in the [License Finder README](https://github.com/pivotal/LicenseFinder).

+## Encryption keys
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+If your license was created in your local development or staging environment for Customers Portal or License App, an environment variable called `GITLAB_LICENSE_MODE` with the value `test` needs to be set to use the correct decryption key.
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+Those projects are set to use a test license encryption key by default.
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 ## Additional information

 Please see the [Open Source](https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/open-source/#using-open-source-libraries) page for more information on licensing.