Start the Helix Server

After you set p4d's P4PORT and P4ROOT environment variables, start the server by running p4d in the background with the command:

$ p4d &

Although the example shown is sufficient to run p4d, you can specify other flags that control such things as error logging, checkpointing, and journaling.

Example Starting the Helix Server

You can override P4PORT by starting p4d with the -p flag (in this example, listen to port 1818 on IPv6 and IPv4 transports), and P4ROOT by starting p4d with the -r flag. Similarly, you can specify a journal file with the -J flag, and an error log file with the -L flag. A startup command that overrides the environment variables might look like this:

$ p4d -r /usr/local/p4root -J /var/log/journal -L /var/log/p4err -p tcp64:[::]:1818 &

The -r, -J, and -L flags (and others) are discussed in Backup and recovery. To enable SSL support, see SSL encrypted connections. A complete list of flags is provided in the Helix Core Server (p4d) Reference.

For information about the files that have been installed, see Installed files.