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Perforce P4 (formerly Helix Core) is the industry standard for games, media, entertainment, and semiconductor industries--with an unrivaled ability to handle the expanding size and complexity of today's projects. P4 can store and track changes to all of your digital assets--from source code to 3D assets--while enabling your team to collaborate like never before.
Overview
P4(formerly Helix Core) can store and track changes to all of your digital assets--from source code to 3D assets--in one central location. P4 ensures that your remote and global teams always have instant access to the latest version of their working files, while giving your organization the performance and security they need to collaborate efficiently.
Highlights
- A "Single Source of Truth" that stores code, large binary files, IP, and digital assets (including media files) in one central location.
- Delivers high-performance and unmatched scale to enable teams to scale endlessly while performing at lightning speed without slowing down as your teams and projects grow.
- Integrations with other tools and plug-ins, including industry-leading game engines and creative tools.
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Product Deployment 1
Here are the details of what the CloudFormation template launches in the customer environment: P4 instance with 4 volumes and an EIP
This CFT creates an IAM policy which has following components:
EC2Role - To give SNS notifications permission to instance to send notification to user. SNSNotificationAccess - To notify the user if error/problem is detected on the server.
LifecycleRole - To assign DLM policy to be used by lifecycle policy so that lifecycle policy can create daily snapshots. DLMPolicy - To create snapshots of storage volume with the tag 'backup=true'. Also, to delete older snapshots.
There is an optional field called Notification Email on the CFT - This e-mail address will be used to subscribe to an SNS topic and will only be stored in your own AWS account. Perforce does not receive this information.
CloudFormation Template (CFT)
AWS CloudFormation templates are JSON or YAML-formatted text files that simplify provisioning and management on AWS. The templates describe the service or application architecture you want to deploy, and AWS CloudFormation uses those templates to provision and configure the required services (such as Amazon EC2 instances or Amazon RDS DB instances). The deployed application and associated resources are called a "stack."
Version release notes
P4 (Helix Core) 2025.1 Release Notes New Features
Stream Deletion Enhancements
Deleting a stream is now linked to a specific changelist. This improves traceability and makes it easier to review history.
Support has been added to obliterate deleted stream specs, giving administrators better cleanup capabilities.
SCIM User Provisioning
Multiplexing is now supported, enabling multiple identity providers to connect to multiple P4 Servers.
Provisioning workflows have been improved to avoid accidental resets of unrelated fields.
Configuration Options
TOML configuration files are now supported, offering a more modern alternative to .env formats.
SP entity identifiers can now use wildcards for simpler SSO configurations.
Protocol and Security Improvements
Client certificates can be passed via HTTP headers when using reverse proxy TLS termination.
Static admin content is no longer served unless explicitly enabled.
The /status route can be disabled via configuration.
P4V (Visual Client) Updates
Search
Integration with P4 Search provides richer results for submitted changelists.
Reconcile Workflow
File reconciliation now supports parallel execution for faster performance.
Detailed progress indicators are displayed for long-running reconcile operations.
Convenience Features
Diffs can be viewed directly from the Submitted Changelist dialog.
New keyboard shortcuts have been added for file rename/move (F2 on Windows/Linux, Ctrl+Alt+V on macOS).
Context menus can be customized, reordered, and separated.
Default Settings
Parallel server command execution is now enabled by default for new users.
P4 Cloud
Branding
Helix Core Cloud has been rebranded as P4 Cloud.
Documentation
An AI-powered documentation search feature has been added, combining product docs with Knowledge Base articles.
Recent Feature Rollouts
July 2025: Integrated P4 Code Review 2025.2.
June 2025: Added support for the p4 hotfiles command.
April 2025: Backend upgraded to P4 Server 2024.2.
January 2025: Introduced p4 obliterate support and improved dashboard insights.
Platform Support
Linux platforms using glibc < 2.17 are now obsolescent.
These platforms will reach full End-of-Life in November 2025.
Fixed Issues
Corrected SCIM provisioning bug where unrelated user fields were reset.
Improved stability for admin configuration routes.
Enhanced performance of large reconcile operations in P4V.
Known Issues
Stream obliteration requires admin permissions and may affect downstream workflows if used without planning.
P4V search integration requires P4 Search with Elasticsearch; without it, results are limited.
Some legacy Linux distributions may continue to function but are no longer officially supported.
Upgrade Notes
Customers should prepare for the EOL of glibc < 2.17 platforms before November 2025.
Admins are encouraged to migrate configuration files to TOML format for future-proofing.
It is recommended to enable new security features such as /status route control and TLS header certificate forwarding for improved protection.
Additional details
Usage instructions
To get started, you will need to download the Helix Visual Client (P4V): https://www.perforce.com/downloads/helix-visual-client-p4v .
To connect to the server, connection is "ssl:IP:1666" (IP is the "Public IPv4 address"), username is "perforce" and password is the "Instance Id" (ex: i-a123456789). Operating system username is "rocky".
Sensitive Data Storage
P4 Depot Volume- Any files submitted to P4 are stored in this volume.
P4 Metadata Volume- The Metadata is the database backend for P4.
Data Encryption- P4 itself does not encrypt any data and no operating system level encryption is implemented. The P4 Depot and Metadata volumes use EBS encryption.
P4 SSL Certificate Rotation
The Perforce P4 deployment provides a self-signed certificate out of the box. This certificate is used to encrypt all client <-> server communication. This certificate will expire 2 years after initial deployment.
Please see our guide on issuing a new certificate:
Additional Documentation:
https://www.perforce.com/products/helix-core/install-enhanced-studio-pack-aws#p4vÂ
https://www.perforce.com/products/helix-core/install-enhanced-studio-pack-aws#outputsÂ
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Sadaf R.
Helix Core
Reviewed on Aug 30, 2023
Review provided by G2
What do you like best about the product?
Easy to track changelists and file history.
What do you dislike about the product?
Managing multiples workspaces is very difficulty.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Heliz Core makes easy to track changelists and file history. We can identify the code changes snap very easily.
Vincent B.
P4V
Reviewed on May 24, 2022
Review provided by G2
What do you like best about the product?
Nothing special, I am just used to it and I find it pretty easy to use now
What do you dislike about the product?
When he fails to rename/move and when it freezes
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Not typing p4 commamd
Paul B.
Great product, especially with Swarm
Reviewed on Feb 26, 2022
Review provided by G2
What do you like best about the product?
The upgrade service cost next to nothing and the upgrade to latest version, with Swarm added, is much more stable than my previous version.
What do you dislike about the product?
I could not be more happy with how the upgrade was run so professionally and with all questions answered as we went along. The gentleman that helped me was superb.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Stability and addition of Swarm. Great products
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Great product, at least give it a test drive
Mechanical or Industrial Engineering
Couldn't do it without Helix Core
Reviewed on Aug 12, 2021
Review provided by G2
What do you like best about the product?
The easy and quick access to files is most helpful
What do you dislike about the product?
It needs to be debugged occasionally. We have ran across minor glitching
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
The benefits are that we can have multiple users, especially with cloud supported integration.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
The product was great for team use. A multi-user interface helps make our integration process faster.
HC provides good access to cloud-based files.
HC has an excellent support team. Available when you need it. Help with fixing bugs.
The price is semi fair, but maintenance costs are a bit high. The cost is per license (per person).
HC provides good access to cloud-based files.
HC has an excellent support team. Available when you need it. Help with fixing bugs.
The price is semi fair, but maintenance costs are a bit high. The cost is per license (per person).
Daniel H.
Good standard enterprise-level version control
Reviewed on Aug 12, 2021
Review provided by G2
What do you like best about the product?
P4 Helix Core is a battle-tested solution that supports large file systems. All of the standard and advanced features are here including branching, merging, diffing, file locking and more.
What do you dislike about the product?
GUI Client is too basic and won't detect local file changes automatically. This makes missing file checkins or misunderstandings about latest version vs. local version very confusing, especially for non-engineers.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Complete and reliable file version control solution for our software project that supports small and large teams.