
Installation,
configuration, and management of Helix Server (p4d
) by a:
- System administrator - install and configure, ensure uptime and data integrity
- Helix Server administrator - users, depot access, and authentication

Use this Guide with the P4 Command Reference and Solutions Overview: Helix Version Control System
What's new
Following is a summary of new information in this release, with links to the most prominent topics. For a complete list, see the Release Notes.
- Failover to a new master server is now an easier process
-
Installation support for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server - see Linux package-based installation
- For a clarification on when trigger-based authentication can fall back to a password request, see Single sign-on and auth-check-sso triggers
-
If you want to write a trigger that requires users to log in with additional security, see Triggering for multi-factor authentication (MFA)
- Multi-factor authentication (MFA) is the current name for a feature that was originally introduced as second-factor authentication (2fa).
- Helix SAML is a new feature for authentication
For information on earlier releases, see What’s new in this guide
Additional help for Helix Core
Command reference
For the Helix Server command-line client, see the P4 Command Reference.
Federated services
For organizations with multiple servers, see the Helix Core Server Administrator Guide: Multi-Site Deployment.