XF 2.3 Dev site warning

[QuackieMackie]

Hiya, I'm in the process of moving my local dev site to a sub domain, like dev.example.com but I am getting this warning:

I'm not looking to go against the license, so just wanted to confirm am I okay here? Or should I buy a license for my dev site as well?

The dev site is behind cloudflares zero trust, so it's limited in who can access it.

 

[chillibear]

From the licence:

You may create additional test installations for the purpose of testing the Software. Any test installation of this kind must be password protected, installed at a URL that makes the testing purpose clear, not used for production purposes and access to it must be limited to You and Your website staff.

So you're good for a test site.

 

[QuackieMackie]

From the licence:

So you're good for a test site.

Thank you, is there a way to remove the warning?
I'd prefer to not have it if possible.

 

[Sim]

If not using a local (non-routable) domain, your dev site needs to be a subdomain (or subfolder) of your licensed domain.

So you can't have your main site on www.mysite.com and your dev site on dev.mydevstuff.com ... it needs to be dev.mysite.com (where mysite.com is what is registered for your board URL).

You also need to make sure it's password protected.

Reference: https://xenforo.com/community/threads/what-to-enter-for-my-domain-in-the-registration.159012/

Also, if you own multiple XenForo licenses, make sure you're using the correct install that matches your registered URL - the license is embedded in your downloaded install code. Won't matter for local non-routable domains, but it will for online routable domains.