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A valid license for WhiteSource for Developers
A license key for WhiteSource Advise for IDE, available via one of the following options:
If you do not have direct access to the WhiteSource Application, obtain the license key from your WhiteSource Administrator.
If you have access to the WhiteSource Application, do as follows:
For organization user level activation (Recommended option, provides more features. E.g. Direct fix for transitive vulnerabilities)
Go to the WhiteSource Application.
Open Integrate tab.
Go to Developer Integrations.
Open Advise for IDE.
Copy License Key the Profile page.
In the WhiteSource Advise - IDE Integration section at the bottom, select your organization.
Copy your personal license key to be used later in Activating WhiteSource Advise.
For user organization level activation
Go to the WhiteSource Application.
Open the Profile page.
In the WhiteSource Advise - IDE Integration section at the bottom, select your organization.
Copy your personal license key Integrate tab.
Go to Developer Integrations.
Open Advise for IDE.
Copy License Key to be used later in Activating WhiteSource Advise.
NuGet Package Manager must be installed for .NET projects
A package-lock.json must be present for JavaScript projects
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