Use a proxy server#

You can use a proxy server with Unity Version Control (UVCS) to help you balance traffic between two machines. For more information, refer to Proxy servers.

The UVCS proxy server is bundled as a sub command of the UVCS server executable file.

To start the proxy, run plasticd proxy.

Windows operations#

The following operations are available with the plasticd proxy sub command:

• Install the proxy service: plasticd proxy --installservice.
• Start the proxy service: plasticd proxy --start.
• Stop the proxy service: plasticd proxy --stop.
• Restart the proxy service: plasticd proxy --restart.
• Print the status of the proxy service: plasticd proxy --status.
• Stop and uninstall the proxy service: plasticd proxy --uninstallservice.

Configure the proxy server#

To configure your proxy server, you can edit the configuration file.

You can find the plasticcached.network.conf file in the \PlasticSCM5\server\config_samples directory:

[
  {
    "port": 8085,
    "type": "tcp",
    "security": "none"
  }
]

Configure the clients#

UVCS clients need to configure the proxy server:

1. Select Preferences from the context menu.
2. Check the Use a Proxy server box and enter the proxy server name in server:port format. By default, the port is 8085.
3. Select Connect to verify the connection is ready.
4. Select OK.

Cache data from UVCS cloud#

To cache data from the cloud, install a Proxy (and your client too if you use encrypted data in the Cloud) and start to cache data.

You can limit the size of the on-disk cache.

Configure the disk cache limit#

To configure the disk cache limit, edit the MaxCacheSizeInGb setting in the plasticcached.conf file. For example, the following value ensures that the proxy cache size doesn’t exceed 20.5 GB.

<PlasticCacheConf>
  <MaxCacheSizeInGb>20.5</MaxCacheSizeInGb>
</PlasticCacheConf>

A value of 0 disables the limit.