<![CDATA[Qmake: License could not be found using Jenkins as windows service with Qt5.9 where 5.6 does]]>We switched building from Qt5.6 to Qt5.9. This works fine using QtCreator or console on Developer Machines.

Now switching our Build-System based on Jenkins as System Service with 5.9 always fails to find the qt license.

We installed Qt using my credentials and we can install and update fine using the user account. Just the service user cannot find the license, which is a mandatory for running jenkins in this configuration. We already tried placing the .qt-license file to the system home directory but this did not help at all.

How can we achive the system user's qmake calls can find a valid license?

BuildConfig:

echo CD
echo %CD%
echo USERPROFILE
echo %USERPROFILE%
echo USERNAME
echo %USERNAME%
echo.
echo.
echo Content of userprofile directory
echo.
echo.
dir %USERPROFILE%
echo.
echo.
echo --------------- Running QMake ---------------
echo.
mkdir build
cd build
set BUILDDIR=%CD%
call C:\Qt\5.9\msvc2015\bin\qtenv2.bat
cd %BUILDDIR%
qmake.exe ..\source\TestBuild.pro "CONFIG+=release" && nmake qmake_all

BuildLog:

C:\Jenkins\Testbuild>echo CD 
CD

C:\Jenkins\Testbuild>echo C:\Jenkins\Testbuild 
C:\Jenkins\Testbuild

C:\Jenkins\Testbuild>echo USERPROFILE 
USERPROFILE

C:\Jenkins\Testbuild>echo C:\Windows\system32\config\systemprofile 
C:\Windows\system32\config\systemprofile

C:\Jenkins\Testbuild>echo USERNAME 
USERNAME

C:\Jenkins\Testbuild>echo TESTBUILD$ 
TESTBUILD$

C:\Jenkins\Testbuild>echo.


C:\Jenkins\Testbuild>echo.


C:\Jenkins\Testbuild>echo Content of userprofile directory 
Content of userprofile directory

C:\Jenkins\Testbuild>echo.


C:\Jenkins\Testbuild>echo.


C:\Jenkins\Testbuild>dir C:\Windows\system32\config\systemprofile 
 Volume in Laufwerk C: hat keine Bezeichnung.
 Volumeseriennummer: ---------

 Verzeichnis von C:\Windows\system32\config\systemprofile

10.02.2016  16:34    <DIR>          .
10.02.2016  16:34    <DIR>          ..
10.02.2016  15:35    <DIR>          .oracle_jre_usage
10.02.2016  14:35               251 .qt-license
               1 Datei(en),            251 Bytes
               3 Verzeichnis(se), 10.672.287.744 Bytes frei

C:\Jenkins\Testbuild>echo.


C:\Jenkins\Testbuild>exit 0 
[Testbuild] $ cmd /c call C:\Windows\TEMP\hudson3453996140933717738.bat

C:\Jenkins\Testbuild>echo.


C:\Jenkins\Testbuild>echo --------------- Running QMake --------------- 
--------------- Running QMake ---------------

C:\Jenkins\Testbuild>echo.


C:\Jenkins\Testbuild>mkdir build 
Ein Unterverzeichnis oder eine Datei mit dem Namen "build" existiert bereits.

C:\Jenkins\Testbuild>cd build 

C:\Jenkins\Testbuild\build>set BUILDDIR=C:\Jenkins\Testbuild\build 

C:\Jenkins\Testbuild\build>call C:\Qt\5.9\msvc2015\bin\qtenv2.bat 
Setting up environment for Qt usage...
Remember to call vcvarsall.bat to complete environment setup!
Calling vcvarsall.bat now
**********************************************************************
** Visual Studio 2017 Developer Command Prompt v15.0.26430.12
** Copyright (c) 2017 Microsoft Corporation
**********************************************************************
[vcvarsall.bat] Environment initialized for: 'x86'


NOTICE  NOTICE  NOTICE  NOTICE

  You are not licensed to use this version of Qt.

  Please log into your Qt Account at https://account.qt.io/
  to renew your license.

  Refer to Qt Support FAQ for known resolutions in license issues:
  https://wiki.qt.io/index.php?title=KnowledgeBase:SupportFAQ

NOTICE  NOTICE  NOTICE  NOTICE

Project ERROR: License check failed! Giving up ...
Build step 'Windows Batch-Datei ausführen' marked build as failure
Finished: FAILURE
]]>https://forum.qt.io/topic/80839/qmake-license-could-not-be-found-using-jenkins-as-windows-service-with-qt5-9-where-5-6-doesRSS for NodeFri, 15 May 2026 23:44:41 GMTFri, 30 Jun 2017 09:36:09 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Qmake: License could not be found using Jenkins as windows service with Qt5.9 where 5.6 does on Mon, 03 Jul 2017 11:48:42 GMT]]>Thanks for the feedback !

]]>https://forum.qt.io/post/402700https://forum.qt.io/post/402700Mon, 03 Jul 2017 11:48:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Qmake: License could not be found using Jenkins as windows service with Qt5.9 where 5.6 does on Mon, 03 Jul 2017 08:36:16 GMT]]>We've got an answer from the Qt support requesting to setup the QT_LICENSE_FILE environment variable.

We now copied the .qt-licese file from the original installation user directly into the Qt installation directory

C:\Qt\.qt-license

On the begining of every batch block in Jenkins we now manually set this path as the license environment variable

set QT_LICENSE_FILE=C:\Qt\.qt-license
echo.
echo --------------- Running QMake ---------------
echo.
mkdir build
cd build
set BUILDDIR=%CD%
call C:\Qt\5.9\msvc2015\bin\qtenv2.bat
cd %BUILDDIR%
qmake.exe ..\source\TestBuild.pro "CONFIG+=release" && nmake qmake_all

This helped us getting jenkins back to building.

Thanks

]]>https://forum.qt.io/post/402650https://forum.qt.io/post/402650Mon, 03 Jul 2017 08:36:16 GMT