Patch the server

To ensure you have the latest fixes, we recommend that you install the latest patch available for your release at the Software Release Index. Patch installation is quick, but does involve Helix Core Server being stopped briefly.

See the instructions below for your type of installation.

Linux package

No need to manually stop and restart the Helix Core Server.

Version management

If the server has been installed using a package, and you want to prevent unintended upgrades to a higher version, consider pinning or locking the version:

APT policy with Pin 
more /etc/apt/preferences.d/p4d
Package: helix-p4d
Pin: version 2019.2.*
Pin-Priority: 1000
Yum with versionlock

See https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/centos-redhat-fedora-yum-lock-package-version-command/

The --exclude directive allows for wildcards, whereas the yum versionlock command will not allow patch upgrades.

Alternatively, you can install a specific base package in a way that allows the package manager to automatically install the latest patch. For example,

apt-get install helix-p4d-base-r19.2
sudo update-alternatives --config helix-p4d

If you want to allow for version differences between the p4d servers running on the same Linux host, you can use Helix Core Server Control (p4dctl) and set the version for each specific server. For example,

  • on server1, you might update the execute parameter in the p4dctl config to point to /opt/perforce/sbin/p4d.23.1
  • on server2, you might update the execute parameter in the p4dctl config to point to /opt/perforce/sbin/p4d.22.2

Use apt update, then apt upgrade, and the server will restart with the latest patch.

Linux (or macOS) manual installation

Download the patched version of the P4D executable from the Perforce filehost server.

Stop Helix Core Server.

Overwrite the existing P4D executable with the patch version.

Start Helix Core Server.

Windows

Stop Helix Core Server.

Go to the filehost server for Perforce and do one of the following:

  • download the installer, then run it

  • download the patched version of the P4D executable, overwrite the existing P4D executable and copy that to p4s.exe

Start the Helix Core Server.

Perforce Workshop Server Deployment Package (SDP)

See the SDP project.