PostSharp is designed for frictionless use on build servers. PostSharp build-time components are deployed as NuGet packages and are integrated with MSBuild. No component needs to be installed or configured on the build server, and no extra build step is necessary. If you choose not to check in NuGet packages in your source control, read Restoring Packages at Build Time.
Installing a License on the Build Server
There are several ways to install a license on the build server:
Do not install it. A build server does not need a license key unless your projects use PostSharp Logging. This works only when PostSharp detects that the build is unattended; see Investigating Unexpected License Usage for the conditions.
Add your license key to the postsharp.config file and add this file to the source repository as described in Deploying License Keys.
Set an environment variable named
PostSharpLicenseto a semicolon-separated list of your license keys.
Note
An unattended build never uses a license server, so that build servers do not take seats from developers. PostSharp ignores license server URLs in unattended builds. To build projects that use PostSharp Logging on a build server, use a license key, not a license server.
We do not recommend installing the license key on a build server using the user interface.
See Also
Other Resources
Installing Visual Studio Tools for Metalama and PostSharp
Deploying License Keys