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#INSTALL PERFORCE HELIX SERVER INSTALL#
#INSTALL PERFORCE HELIX SERVER UPDATE#
#INSTALL PERFORCE HELIX SERVER REGISTRATION#
#INSTALL PERFORCE HELIX SERVER LICENSE#

If you use Perforce on two of your computers then that takes up 2 out of 20.

Each workspace stands for a local connection (elaborated later).

#INSTALL PERFORCE HELIX SERVER REGISTRATION#

These accounts are created by you, unlike GitHub registration done by team members individually.

#INSTALL PERFORCE HELIX SERVER LICENSE#

Perforce is free for 5 accounts and 20 workspaces, beyond that you will need to contact Perforce sales and get a quote, usually starting at $160 per license as the time being.I later found that Vultr's Object Storage can be mounted on your server via network, and you can choose between SSD/HDD as well. Linode has a similar 25GB storage 1TB data plan but also with 10GB per extra dollar.RamNode has HDD servers with slower but larger drives at similar pricing.AWS has a free tier, this document goes over the steps for AWS.

The walkthrough will not include Swarm and will go with the lastest LTS (as of writing, newest is version 22 but Swarm prefers version 20).

If you intend to setup Helix Swarm, check out their compatible Linux distros which should contain a Ubuntu LTS version. As long as you choose Ubuntu LTS 22 the in-server steps should be exactly the same. The exact VPS vendor is not that relevant except for the firewall step.

Linux server, example using Vultr (relatively low pricing + personally more familiar with it).

For brevity, these will be called "Perforce" as we are not using anything else from Perforce.

Helix Server Clients (P4 commandline client, P4V GUI client).

Larger studios typically use Perforce instead of Git.

Optional: Upload the versioned files to the archives folder.

Recommended Optional: Deleting the Feature Stream.

Recommended Optional: Reusing Workspaces.

Optional: Allow Anyone to Register New Account.

#INSTALL PERFORCE HELIX SERVER INSTALL#

Next, go to Install Helix Core Visual Client (P4V). You now have everything you need to get started:Ī tool for managing the Perforce service (p4dctl)Īn operating system user named perforce that is used to run the service. You can now connect to the service, or you can manage the service using the p4dctl utility.įor more information about configure-helix-p4d.sh script, see Post-installation configuration in the Helix Core Server Administrator Guide. Provide information to the configuration script.Īfter the configuration has completed successfully, a summary is displayed with details about what was done, and where settings are stored.

In interactive mode, the configuration script begins by displaying a summary of default settings and those which have optionally been set with a command line argument. $ sudo /opt/perforce/sbin/configure-helix-p4d.sh Install Helix Core using the built-in Ubuntu package manager:Įnter Y to confirm and wait for the installation to complete.Ĭonfigure Perforce service after installationĪfter the helix-p4d package has been installed, additional configuration is required to create a Helix Server:

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Update your machine for the new Perforce repository In the new file, input the following line: $ gpg -n -import -import-options import-show perforce.pubkey | grep -q "E58131C0AEA7B082C6DC4C937123CB760FF18869" & echo "true"Ĭreate a new file for the Perforce repository: Verify the downloaded key matches the authentic Perforce fingerprint: $ gpg -n -import -import-options import-show perforce.pubkey Obtain the fingerprint of the public key: Make sure that you have root access on your machine. If you want a different type of installation, see the Installing the server chapter of Helix Core Server Administrator Guide. These steps are for the Ubuntu package manager for Ubuntu 20.04 (Focal Fossa), a popular version of Linux.