Specifying hosts

The broker configuration requires specification of the target setting, which identifies the Perforce service to which commands are to be sent, the listen address, which identifies the address where the broker listens for commands from Helix Server client applications, and the optional altserver alternate server address, which identifies a replica, proxy, or other broker connected to the Perforce service.

The host specification uses the format protocol:host:port, where protocol is the communications protocol (beginning with ssl: for SSL, or tcp: for plaintext), host is the name or IP address of the machine to connect to, and port is the number of the port on the host.

Protocol	Behavior
`<not set>`	If the `net.rfc3484` configurable is set, allow the OS to determine which transport is used. This is applicable only if a host name (either FQDN or unqualified) is used. If an IPv4 literal address (for example, `127.0.0.1`) is used, the transport is always `tcp4`, and if an IPv6 literal address (for example, `::1`) is used, then the transport is always `tcp6`.
`tcp:`	Use `tcp4:` behavior, but if the address is numeric and contains two or more colons, assume `tcp6:`. If the `net.rfc3484` configurable is set, allow the OS to determine which transport is used.
`tcp4:`	Listen on/connect to an IPv4 address/port only.
`tcp6:`	Listen on/connect to an IPv6 address/port only.
`tcp46:`	Attempt to listen on/connect to an IPv4 address/port. If this fails, try IPv6.
`tcp64:`	Attempt to listen on/connect to an IPv6 address/port. If this fails, try IPv4.
`ssl:`	Use `ssl4:` behavior, but if the address is numeric and contains two or more colons, assume `ssl6:`. If the `net.rfc3484` configurable is set, allow the OS to determine which transport is used.
`ssl4:`	Listen on/connect to an IPv4 address/port only, using SSL encryption.
`ssl6:`	Listen on/connect to an IPv6 address/port only, using SSL encryption.
`ssl46:`	Attempt to listen on/connect to an IPv4 address/port. If this fails, try IPv6. After connecting, require SSL encryption.
`ssl64:`	Attempt to listen on/connect to an IPv6 address/port. If this fails, try IPv4. After connecting, require SSL encryption.

The host field can be the hosts' hostname or its IP address; both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses are supported. For the listen setting, you can use the * wildcard to refer to all IP addresses, but only when you are not using CIDR notation.

If you use the * wildcard with an IPv6 address, you must enclose the entire IPv6 address in square brackets. For example, [2001:db8:1:2:*] is equivalent to [2001:db8:1:2::]/64. Best practice is to use CIDR notation, surround IPv6 addresses with square brackets, and to avoid the * wildcard.

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