Subscribe and deploy P4 with a P4 Cloud direct offer account

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

A subscription term starts on the day of subscription or renewal and ends on 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 direct offer account

To subscribe to P4, you must have a direct offer account.

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

Step 2: Configure your account

Before you can deploy P4, you must configure your direct offer account.

  1. Log in to the portal.

  2. On the Configuration details page, give 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 for your instance. The host name will be included in the address that users will connect to P4 with. The hostname cannot be changed later. The hostname you enter is appended with .helixcore.io to form the complete hostname, for example, my-instance.helixcore.io. The hostname must be lowercase, start with a letter, and end with a letter or number. It can contain only 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. This cannot be changed later.
    Number of users Enter the number of users your team needs. You can add more users at any time after subscribing. When you add or remove users, your total monthly cost updates automatically.
    Use case-insensitive mode Select to set the P4 Server behavior when handling case sensitivity. This 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 direct offer.

  3. Click Next.

    The Checkout page opens.

Step 3: Enter your payment information

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

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

  2. Click I agree to Perforce's Terms of Service.

  3. Click Subscribe.

    The Subscription page opens, and P4 Server deployment starts. Deployment is typically completed in 10 - 15 minutes, but result can vary depending on the environment. Deployment status is displayed under the Server status column. When deployment is completed, the Server status changes from Pending to Online. You are now ready to configure P4 for your team.

Where to go next

When deployment is complete, as the P4 administrator for your team, you need to set up P4 before your team starts versioning files, see Post-deployment setup tasks | Administrators.