Subscribe and deploy P4 Cloud with a P4 Cloud account

To use P4 Cloud, you must set up a P4 Cloud account and configure your account before deployment.

A subscription term starts on the day of subscription or renewal until the same calendar day of the next month minus one day. For example, if you subscribe on June 28, the term starts that day and ends July 27.

Step 1: Set up a P4 Cloud account

To subscribe to P4 Cloud, you must have a P4 Cloud account.

If you do not already have a P4 Cloud account, see Set up a P4 Cloud account.

Step 2: Configure your account

Before you deploy P4 Cloud, configure your account.

  1. Log in to P4 Cloud.

  2. On the Configuration details page, provide the following information:

    Field Description
    Subscription name Enter a name for your subscription.
    Administrator username Enter a username for the administrator managing the subscription. Some characters, such as @, are reserved for P4 Server and cannot be used. See Limitations on characters in filenames and entities in P4 CLI Reference.
    DNS hostname Enter the hostname to register your instance with. This will be part of the address that users will connect to P4 with. The hostname cannot be changed later. The hostname you enter is appended with .helixcore.io for the complete hostname. For example, if you enter my-instance as the hostname, the full hostname is my-instance.helixcore.io. The hostname must be lowercase, start with a letter, and end with a letter or number. It can only contain letters, numbers, and hyphens. There are some reserved keywords that you cannot use in the hostname. You are prompted to change the hostname if it contains a reserved keyword.
    Host region Geographic region where your instance will be deployed and hosted. Choose a region that is geographically closest to the majority of your users. Available regions are European Union - West, United Kingdom, United States - East, and United States - West. The value cannot be changed later.
    Number of users Enter or select the number of users based on your team requirements. You can add more users at any time after subscribing.
    Use case-insensitive mode Select to set the P4 Server behavior when handling case sensitivity. This option cannot be changed later. Unless you have a specific need to support case-insensitive clients, do not select this option. To learn more, see Case sensitivity and multi-platform development in P4 Server Administration Documentation.
    Additional storage in GiB Move the slider to increase storage based on your team requirements. By default, your subscription includes 64 gibibytes (GiB) of storage and 64 GiB of egress (outbound data transfer) per month. Overages are billed. You can increase storage at any time after subscribing, but you cannot decrease storage. To learn more about updating users and storage after subscribing, see Manage subscriptions | P4 Cloud account administrator.
    Additional features You can add P4 Code Review to your P4 Cloud subscription. To learn more, see Add P4 Code Review to your subscription | P4 Cloud account administrator.

  3. Click Next.

    The Checkout page opens.

Step 3: Enter your payment information

After you configure your P4 Cloud subscription, enter your credit card information.

  1. On the Checkout page, enter your credit card information.

  2. Review the monthly charges for your subscription.

  3. Click Subscribe.

    The Subscription page opens, and P4 Server deployment starts.

    Deployment status is displayed in the P4 Server status area on the Overview page. Deployment typically completes in 10 - 15 minutes. When deployment is complete, the status changes from Deploying to Online. You are now ready to configure P4 for your team.

Where to go next

When deployment is complete, as the P4 Cloud administrator for your team, you need to set up P4 before your team starts versioning files.

Go to Post-deployment setup tasks | P4 Cloud administrators.