Generate trial licenses through the subscription portal

app/controllers/admin/licenses_controller.rb

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ class Admin::LicensesController < Admin::ApplicationController
   end
 
   def new
-    @license = License.new
+    build_license
   end
 
   def create
@@ -66,6 +66,10 @@ class Admin::LicensesController < Admin::ApplicationController
     redirect_to new_admin_license_path
   end
 
+  def build_license
+    @license ||= License.new(data: params[:trial_key])
+  end
+
   def license_params
     license_params = params.require(:license).permit(:data_file, :data)
     license_params.delete(:data) if license_params[:data_file]

app/helpers/license_helper.rb

@@ -59,5 +59,12 @@ module LicenseHelper
     @current_license = License.current
   end
 
+  def new_trial_url
+    uri = URI.parse(Gitlab::SUBSCRIPTIONS_URL)
+    uri.path = '/trials/new'
+    uri.query = "return_to=#{Gitlab.config.gitlab.url}"
+    uri.to_s
+  end
+
   extend self
 end

app/views/admin/licenses/missing.html.haml

@@ -11,4 +11,4 @@
     = custom_icon("missing_license")
     %h4 You do not have a license.
     %p.trial-description You can start a free trial of GitLab Enterprise Edition without any obligation or payment details.
-    = link_to 'Start free trial', new_admin_trials_url, class: "btn btn-new btn-start-trial prepend-top-10"
+    = link_to 'Start free trial', new_trial_url, class: "btn btn-new btn-start-trial prepend-top-10"

app/views/dashboard/projects/_blank_state_ee_trial.html.haml

@@ -12,5 +12,5 @@
         = link_to "Enterprise Edition products", "https://about.gitlab.com/products/", target: "_blank", rel: "noopener noreferrer nofollow"
       You can try these out for free without
       any obligation or payment details.
-    = link_to new_admin_trials_path, class: "btn btn-new" do
+    = link_to new_trial_url, class: "btn btn-new" do
       Start free trial