The zshot configuration file ( zshot.toml ) is used to store licensing information. If you have a valid license key, you should store it in the file in the following format:

license = "MY-ZSHOT-LICENSE-KEY"

This file should be readable by the same user that the zshot process is running as. Additionally, if the file is writable, zshot will write back license caching information to the file to prevent frequent re-licensing checks with the zshot licensing server.

You can specify a specific configuration file via the --config flag, which will override the default lookup.

If you do not want to store your license key in a configuration file, you can also provide it via a command line argument --license-key or via the environment variable ZSHOT_LICENSE.