> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.portainer.io/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.portainer.io/faqs/licensing/is-there-a-way-to-specify-the-license-at-the-command-line.md).

# Is there a way to specify the license at the command line?

You can use the \`PORTAINER\_LICENSE\_KEY\` environment variable.

For example:

<pre><code><strong>docker run -d -p 8000:8000 -p 9443:9443 --name portainer --restart=always -e "PORTAINER_LICENSE_KEY="&#x3C;license key here>" -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock -v portainer_data:/data portainer/portainer-ee:latest
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