

The script will fully install a perforce server for you! You can copy the code that you need to paste (Ctrl-V) into the shell and then hit enter to run it. If it doesnt load up the first time just try it again. You can simply do that by pressing the Button. Open a terminal with a SSH-Connection to your created server instance. (This can take several minutes to complete after creation of the instance)Įxecution via SSH-Terminal:This is another method that you can use when you allready created your instance. Startup Script: With a Startup Script you can automatically pre-install programs like Perforce Helix Core on your instance (before creating it) without having to use any command-line tool.Įxpand the Management, security, disks, networking, sole tenancy Menu at the very bottom, navigate to Management and scroll down to the Startup script section.Ĭlick here to copy the code that you need to paste (Ctr-V) into the text-box underneath.Īnd thats it, when you hit Create Perforce will be installed automatically on your instance.

Your admin-username will be super, just like in the video, and your password will be ABCD1234.ĭont forget to tweak your firewall settings! After that you can proceed with accessing your Perforce Server with P4Admin or in this youtube-video I made at 11:00. Step 3 - Install a Perforce Server with a Script Startup Script: If you want to install Perforce Helix Core automatically on your instance, you can refer to this chapter. I recommend using your Start Credit to try several settings to see what works best for you. If you want the benefits of the google premium tier, you even pay more. in the standard tier about 0.085$ per GB. The incoming traffic ("Upload Traffic") is free, but the outgoing traffic ("Download Traffic") does costs f.e. Network Tier: Here you may also consider the There you need to modify the External IP by clicking on create IP address. For setup that you need to expand the Management, security, disks, networking, sole tenancy Menu at the very bottom, navigate to networking and then under network interfaces click on the default. You can use one static IP address for free, as long as it is connected to a VM. Static IP: If you want an IP, that does not change by restarting the VM you may select a To apply for the always free tier you need to select instead of n1-standard the e2-micro and a region which offers it, to get the running costs free.īoot Disk: Click change and select as much GB as you want and Ubuntu 18.04 bionic release.Ĭurrently 30GB in selected Regions are free to use. Region: There are different prices for different regions, Iowa is one of the cheapest currently. After that you can play with the Settings: Then you can watch this video video or follow along: Go to Compute Engine at the sidebar, VM Instances and than at the top Create Instance. Step 1 - Setting up your Google Cloud Computing Virtual Machineįirst of all you have to get familiar with the GCP Console, but I guess this is the easiest part. Wich has again other downsides, but a flat rate pricing system with outgoing traffic included.įor comparing purposes you may also take a look atīut the standard tier of GCP is still currently the cheapest outbound traffic pricing per GB (compared f.e. Premium tier: ~$0.105/GB from NA->NA,EU->EUĬurrently 1GiB in the premium tier is free, but if you have a lot of outgoing traffic going on, you might take a look at The pricing system is pretty complicated, but you only pay what you are using.Ĭons: The biggest downside are the costs of outgoing traffic. you just pay for the additional space you reserve. and you need more space, you dont pop out of that free tier when you exceed the free-diskspace-limit. If you want to use it for Source Control with high quality gameprojects f.e. The most other Host Platforms offer that kind of free tier only for the first 12 months (like AWS). The always free tier includes per month in selected Regions f.e.: If you want a hosted Perforce Server (or a website etc.), you can almost get along with this free content - forever. Which provides limited access to many common Google Cloud resources, free of charge. Pros: Google Cloud now offers only a 90-days free trial with 300$ Credits but a great

Here I listet the main Pros and Cons I came over so far: GCP is currently a good and cheap option to host a Perforce Server. Introduction - Why Google Cloud Platform?
