Set up admin account and stream depot

Follow these instructions to set up your admin account and stream depot.

1. Get your superuser login

If Your Server is on AWS, Azure, or Digital Ocean

If you created your server using the Enhanced Studio Pack on AWS or Azure, or you used our Digital Ocean Droplet, follow those instructions to get your superuser login and password. This will be the login you use to administrate your Helix Core server.

If You Installed Your Server Manually

If you installed your server manually, use the Admin Quick Start Reference to create a superuser and set some initial security and backup settings on your server. These are already configured for you in the Enhanced Studio Pack.

2. Log in and change password

  1. Open P4V and log in to your server.

    1. Enter your server’s IP address as the server.
      Note

      If you use the ESP or Digital Ocean Droplet, put ssl: before the IP address and port :1666 at the end. For example: ssl:243.235.22.10:1666

    2. Enter your username and leave Workspace blank.
    3. Click OK. P4V connects to the specified Helix Server and displays a new instance of its main window.
    4. Enter your password. If this is your first time connecting to the server, agree to trust and save the fingerprint for your server.
  2. In the top menu, go to Connection > Change Password. Enter your current password and change it to something more personalized.

3. Create stream depot

  1. In P4V, navigate to Tools > Administration to open P4Admin. (Alternatively, you could open P4Admin directly.)

  2. Go to the Depots tab and you will see a list of all the depots on your server.

    • The "spec" and "unload" depots are used by the server but you will generally not need to touch them.

    • The "depot" depot is an empty classic depot (“local”), but we won’t be using this one.

  3. Right-click on depot and select Delete Depot ‘depot’.

  4. Create a new depot by going to File > New... > Depot... in the menu. Name your depot and click OK.

    Important

    Your depot name is case-sensitive and cannot be changed later, so choose wisely!

  5. On the next screen, ensure the Depot type is set to stream. Optionally, you can add a description or change the stream depth. Click OK.