Helix Core Server Administrator Guide: Multi-Site Deployment (2018.2)

Configuring centralized authorization and changelist servers

There are cases where rather than using federated services you want to use a collection of servers that have a shared user base. In this situation, you probably want to use specialized servers to simplify user authentication and to guarantee unique change list numbers across the organization. The following subsections explain how you create and use these servers: P4AUTH for centralized authentication and P4CHANGE to generate unique changelist numbers.