Helix Core Server Administrator Guide: Multi-Site Deployment (2019.1)

P4TARGET

Set P4TARGET to the the fully-qualified domain name or IP address of the master server from which a replica server is to retrieve its data. You can set P4TARGET explicitly, specify it on the p4d command line with the -t protocol:host:port option, or you can use p4 configure to set a P4TARGET for each named replica server. See the table below for the available protocol options.

If you specify a target, p4d examines its configuration for startup.n commands: if no valid p4 pull commands are found, p4d runs and waits for the user to manually start a p4 pull command. If you omit a target, p4d assumes the existence of an external metadata replication source such as p4 replicate. See p4 pull vs. p4 replicate for details.

Protocol Behavior

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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.

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.

P4TARGET 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.