Configuration file format

p4dctl uses a configuration file, p4dctl.conf, to control the following:

  • service settings for the services started with the p4dctl command.
  • settings for the p4dctl utility itself
  • service processes managed by p4dctl, such as checkpointing and journal rotation

  • the environment in which managed services are running

    The environment is configured using environment variables that can be defined globally or for a specific service. The service type determines which variables must be defined. See Service types and required settings.

A p4dctl configuration file is made up of an environment block and one or more server type blocks. The following sections describe each type in detail.

The configuration file can also contain comments. A comment is designated by starting the comment line with the # sign.

Settings specified outside of a server block are global and are merged into the settings of all services. They take the following form:

setting_name = value

For example:

PATH = /bin:/user/bin