From 24ab23045b14845096efa78ec0f4546190dbd87e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Henry Heino <46334387+personalizedrefrigerator@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2026 03:24:48 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Chore: Build: Add build-time `LICENSE_REQUIRED` config flag
 to Joplin Server (#15913)

---
 .dockerignore                       | 2 ++
 Dockerfile.server                   | 3 +++
 packages/server/.gitignore          | 1 +
 packages/tools/buildServerDocker.ts | 7 +++++++
 4 files changed, 13 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index 7e3c5df80c..89c4c25edc 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -17,4 +17,6 @@ packages/server/db-*.sqlite
 packages/server/dist/
 packages/server/logs/
 packages/server/temp/
+packages/server/assets/license/signingKey.private.*.pem
+packages/server/readme/
 packages/transcribe/.env
diff --git a/Dockerfile.server b/Dockerfile.server
index 041cac9c2a..f8901b9b98 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.server
+++ b/Dockerfile.server
@@ -89,6 +89,9 @@ RUN pm2 install https://registry.npmjs.org/pm2-logrotate/-/pm2-logrotate-3.0.0.t
 	&& pm2 set pm2-logrotate:retain 5 \
 	&& pm2 set pm2-logrotate:compress true
 
+ARG LICENSE_REQUIRED="0"
+ENV LICENSE_REQUIRED=${LICENSE_REQUIRED}
+
 ENV NODE_ENV=production
 ENV RUNNING_IN_DOCKER=1
 EXPOSE ${APP_PORT}
diff --git a/packages/server/.gitignore b/packages/server/.gitignore
index fa0aefa3a6..8b4753176a 100644
--- a/packages/server/.gitignore
+++ b/packages/server/.gitignore
@@ -8,4 +8,5 @@ logs/
 tests/temp/
 temp/
 resource/
+assets/license/signingKey.private.prod.pem
 .env
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/tools/buildServerDocker.ts b/packages/tools/buildServerDocker.ts
index 0c996b8f11..2a74b9ac15 100644
--- a/packages/tools/buildServerDocker.ts
+++ b/packages/tools/buildServerDocker.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ interface Argv {
 	repository?: string;
 	imageName?: string;
 	tagName?: string;
+	licenseRequired?: boolean;
 	platform?: string;
 	source?: string;
 	addLatestTag?: boolean;
@@ -42,6 +43,11 @@ function parseArgv(): Argv {
 			type: 'boolean',
 			default: false,
 		})
+		.option('licenseRequired', {
+			describe: 'Whether a license key is required to use the built image.',
+			type: 'boolean',
+			default: false,
+		})
 		.option('platform', {
 			describe: 'Comma separated list of target image platforms. E.g. `linux/amd64` or `linux/amd64,linux/arm64`',
 			type: 'string',
@@ -111,6 +117,7 @@ async function main() {
 	}
 
 	const buildArgs = [];
+	buildArgs.push(`LICENSE_REQUIRED="${argv.licenseRequired ? 1 : 0}"`);
 	buildArgs.push(`BUILD_DATE="${buildDate}"`);
 	buildArgs.push(`REVISION="${revision}"`);
 	buildArgs.push(`VERSION="${imageVersion}"`);