Top Jenkins interview questions and answers

1. What is Jenkins? Jenkins is an open-source automation server that helps automate various aspects of software development, such as building, testing, and deploying code. It allows developers to set…

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Perforce Proxy aka Helix Proxy Explained!

Perforce aka Helix is built to handle distributed development in a wide range of network topologies. Perforce Proxy (P4P) provides fast, local access to versioned files at remote sites. With…

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Top 10 best Git hosting solutions and services in 2021

In this tutorial we are going to talk about Top 10 Git hosting solutions.   In the software development process, from developers to testers, Git is useful for everyone who…

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Perforce Broker aka Helix Broker defined!

The Perforce Broker (P4Broker) enables you to restrict the commands that can be executed, or redirect specific commands to alternate (replica or edge) Perforce servers. The Perforce Broker is a…

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Helix Server Perforce Trigger Quick Start Guide

What is Perforce Trigger? Helix Server supports triggers which are user-written programs or scripts that are called when certain operations are performed. Examples of operations that might fire a trigger…

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How to monitor Perforce Server (Helix Core Server – p4D)

There are various ways you can monitor Perforce Server (Helix Core Server – p4D). Method 1 – Monitoring the Perforce Server disk space Use the p4 diskspace command to monitor…

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Lets understand about Helix Core in 2 mins!

Helix Core (P4D) is version control system introduced in 1995 and its based on client application and server application communicating over a TCP/IP connection. A full version of Helix Core…

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Lets know about Perforce Company and its product/Services.

Perforce, aka Perforce Software, is a Minneapolis, Minnesota-based developer of software used for Application development. The software is sold under the Helix and Hansoft brand names. In January 2018, the company…

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Advantages of Git over SVN and perforce

What are the advantage of GIT over Subversion and perforce? Code development has its negative and positive sides, but anything that brings more relief and gains time in a project…

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Perforce Central Authorization Server: P4AUTH

Perforce Central Authorization Server: P4AUTH Problem Statement: Prepare a report on Perforce Servers Automation which consists of following requirement. We need to develop a centralized web based tool which will…

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How to Setup p4 in Linux / Unix

How to Setup p4 in Linux / Unix Well many people have these questions to me that they are facing issues setting up p4 client in Linux or Unix. The…

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Perforce Customization To Revert Changelist

Perforce Customization To Revert Changelist Attachech Python File: Download here Perforce Python script to revert Changelist Purpose In Perforce if we check in any change list and in case if we…

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Ways to Pass Password in Triggers file or Script file in Perforce

Option 1 If your Perforce server is set to security level 2 or lower you can have your trigger script run as the same user every time (typically a “background”…

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Perforce Command Line Global Options

<!– .style1 { font-size: 24px; font-weight: bold; } –> Perforce Command Line Global Options Global options for Perforce commands; these options can be supplied on the command line before any Perforce…

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Perforce Command Line

Command Description p4 add Open file(s) in a client workspace for addition to the depot. p4 admin Perform administrative operations on the server. p4 branch Create or edit a branch…

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Perforce Merging Process

Perforce Merging Process In Perforce when we have conflict in files, “?” notion comes with the files which says this need to be resolved. Once you select the file and…

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Basic Perforce Administration

A. User maintenance tasks 1. Resetting passwords 2. Creating users / Deleting users / Setting user access 3. Disabling the automatic creation of users 4. Cleaning up files left open…

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Recovery Procedures in Perforce Server

Recovery Procedures in Perforce Server If the database files become corrupted or lost, either because of disk errors, a hardware failure such as a disk crash, the database can be…

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How to Backup Perforce Server

How to Backup Perforce Server Regular backups of your Perforce data are vital. The key concepts are: Make sure journaling is active Create checkpoints regularly, and Use p4 verify regularly…

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Perforce Server Installation and Configuration

p4d – Perforce Server p4 – Perforce Client p4win – Perforce Windows Client Install P4 Server in Unix Copy p4d & p4 in /usr/local/bin Give permission such as chmod +x…

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