Preparing an IDE for tests with the demo environment

JetBrains Marketplace Demo works with Sales Systems Marketplace Demo and runs on the test server. That is why the IDE has to be additionally configured to work with it instead of the production JetBrains Account / Sales System and JetBrains Marketplace.

Please go to Help | Edit Custom Properties... to open the idea.properties file in the editor and add:
jb.service.configuration.url=https://mp.jpf-demo.aws.intellij.net/testservices/JetBrainsAccount.xml
Don't be surprised if you will be asked to purchase/activate your own plugin. You can easily purchase this license via Demo stand to get user experience.
Then use Help | Edit Custom VM Options... to open the IntelliJ IDEA 2018.2.app.vmoptions file (or similar depending on your version) in the editor and add:
-Didea.plugins.host=https://master.demo.marketplace.intellij.net/
To route the IDE requests to the JetBrains Marketplace Demo instance, you are modifying the internal parameters of the IDE. Don't forget to remove these custom VM Options and Properties after testing. Otherwise, your IDE experience could be disrupted at any time.
Instead of editing Custom VM Options, you can add plugins to the IDE from the disk as an alternative:

Last modified: 18 January 2024