= Server Deployment Package (SDP) for Perforce Helix: Unsupported Scripts and Triggers
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== Preface

This page contains documentation for the SDP Unsupported folder. This folder contains sample scripts that have proven useful in the past. However, they are not maintained nor included in the automated test suite.

Unlike the rest of the SDP, these scripts here in this Unsupported folder are NOT officially supported.  They are NOT fully tested and NOT guaranteed to work. Treat files in here with some caution, and be sure to test before using in your own environment.

All triggers and scripts in the `Unsupported` folder are provided as examples. They are Community supported only. Most have worked in customer environments at some point, but they are not maintained and tested at the same quality levels as the main SDP scripts.

*Please Give Us Feedback*

Perforce welcomes feedback from our users. Please send any suggestions for improving this document or the SDP to consulting-helix-core@perforce.com.

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== Samples

Scripts and utilities in this folder are examples which were part of the SDP in the past.

=== bin/htd_move_logs.sh

Script to compress and move Helix Server structured audit logs

Implementation assumptions and suggestions:
* Assumes the rotated log files are named audit-nnn.csv
* Do NOT configure your log files to be placed in $P4ROOT
* Set TARGETDIR in script

=== bin/p4web_base

P4Web base init script for running a p4web instance. Similar function for `/p4/common/bin/p4d_base`.

Please refer to SDP_Guide.Unix for more details.

Can be used from service files or even systemd service definitions.

This is located here because *P4Web* is a deprecated and unsupported product.

=== broker/one_per_user.sh

This broker filter script limits commands of a given type to one process
running at a time for the same user.  It relies on `p4 monitor` having been
enabled with `p4 configure set monitor=1` (or higher than 1).

This is called by the `p4broker` process.  The p4broker provides an array
of fields on STDIN, e.g. "command: populate" and "user: joe", which get
parsed to inform the business logic of this script.

This is enabled by adding a block like the following to a broker config
file, with this example limiting the `p4 populate` command:

    command: ^populate$
    {
        action  = filter;
        execute = /p4/common/bin/broker/one_per_user.sh;
    }

=== Triggers

==== Workflow Enforcement Triggers

These triggers are documented in link:WorkflowEnforcementTriggers.html[HTML doc] or link:WorkflowEnforcementTriggers.pdf[PDF doc]

Where appropriate below reference will be made to this section.

==== CheckCaseTrigger.py

This trigger checks for attempts to add new files (including via branching or renaming)
which only differ in case in *some part of their path* from existing files.

This avoids issues in these scenarios:

* for a case insensitive server:
** Windows clients (case insensitive) can accidentally create new directories or files which sync into different directories on Unix (case sensitive)
* for a case sensitive server:
** Unix clients can create 2 (or more) files which only differ in case, and when synced to a Windows client, only one of them appears

[source]
.Usage
----
include::../Samples/triggers/CheckCaseTrigger.py[tags=includeManual]
----

==== CheckChangeDesc.py

This trigger parses change descriptions to ensure that they only have the required format.

See source for an example of Python regexes.

[source]
.Usage
----
include::../Samples/triggers/CheckChangeDesc.py[tags=includeManual]
----

==== CheckFixes.py

Part of <<_workflow_enforcement_triggers>>

This trigger is intended for use with P4DTG (Defect Tracking Replication) installations.

It will allows fixes to be added or deleted depending on the values of job fields.
Thus you can control workflow and disallow fixes if jobs are in a particular state.
So if the field JiraStatus is closed, then you are not allowed to add or delete a fix.

[source]
.Usage
----
include::../Samples/triggers/CheckFixes.py[tags=includeManual]
----

==== CheckFixes.yaml

Sample YAML config file for <<_checkfixes_py>>

==== CheckFolderStructure.py

Part of <<_workflow_enforcement_triggers>>

This trigger will ensure that any attempt to add (or branch) a file does not create
a new folder name at specific levels.

With new streams protections options in p4d 2020.1 this can be removed.

[source]
.Usage
----
include::../Samples/triggers/CheckFolderStructure.py[tags=includeManual]
----

==== CheckJobEditTrigger.py

For enforcement of job editing with P4DTG usage (e.g. JIRA).

[source]
.Usage
----
include::../Samples/triggers/CheckJobEditTrigger.py[tags=includeManual]
----

==== CheckStreamNameFormat.py

[source]
.Usage
----
include::../Samples/triggers/CheckStreamNameFormat.py[tags=includeManual]
----

==== CheckSubmitHasReview.py

Part of <<_workflow_enforcement_triggers>>

Since Swarm 2019.1 this trigger is no longer required since it can be replaced with Swarm's Workflow functionality.

[source]
.Usage
----
include::../Samples/triggers/CheckSubmitHasReview.py[tags=includeManual]
----

==== ControlStreamCreation.py

[source]
.Usage
----
include::../Samples/triggers/ControlStreamCreation.py[tags=includeManual]
----

==== CreateSwarmReview.py

Part of <<_workflow_enforcement_triggers>>

This trigger creates Swarm reviews automatically for committed changes.

It is deprecated since Swarm now supports this as part of its workflow.

[source]
.Usage
----
include::../Samples/triggers/CreateSwarmReview.py[tags=includeManual]
----

==== DefaultChangeDesc.py

Creates a default changelist description.

[source]
.Usage
----
include::../Samples/triggers/DefaultChangeDesc.py[tags=includeManual]
----

==== DefaultSwarmReviewDesc.py

Updates Swarm review changelist with suitable template text. This can encourage users to record
information against the review, or use a checklist.

Part of <<_workflow_enforcement_triggers>>

[source]
.Usage
----
include::../Samples/triggers/DefaultSwarmReviewDesc.py[tags=includeManual]
----

==== DefaultSwarmReviewDesc.yaml

Example YAML config file for <<_defaultswarmreviewdesc_py>>

==== JobIncrement.pl

The `JobIncrement.pl` trigger enables increment of jobs with custom name, e.g PROJX-123, even without integration with an external defect tracking system.

See: link:JobIncrement.html[JobIncrement.html].

==== JobsCmdFilter.py

This script is designed to run as a jobs command filter trigger on the server.
It ensures that multiple wildcards are not specified in any search string
(which can cause the server to perform excessive processing and impact performance)

Usage:

    jobs-cmd-filter command pre-user-jobs "/p4/common/bin/triggers/JobsCmdFilter.py %args%"

==== P4Triggers.py

Base class for many of the Python triggers.

==== PreventWsNonAscii.py

This script is designed to run as a form save trigger on the server.  It will cause
a workspace save to fail if any non-ascii characters are present in the workspace spec.

It also will block odd characters from the workspace name.

Usage:

    PreventWSNonASCII form-save client "/p4/common/bin/triggers/PreventWsNonAscii.py %formfile%"

==== RequireJob.py

Allows admins to require jobs to be associated with all submits in particular areas of repository.

Part of <<_workflow_enforcement_triggers>>

[source]
.Usage
----
include::../Samples/triggers/RequireJob.py[tags=includeManual]
----

==== SetLabelOptions.py

This script is designed to run as a form-in and form-out trigger on the server. It sets the
autoreload option for static labels and doesn't allow the user to change it.

Usage:

    setlabelopts form-out label "/p4/common/bin/triggers/SetLabelOptions.py %formfile%"
    setlabelopts form-in label "/p4/common/bin/triggers/SetLabelOptions.py %formfile%"

==== SwarmReviewTemplate.py

Part of <<_workflow_enforcement_triggers>>

[source]
.Usage
----
include::../Samples/triggers/SwarmReviewTemplate.py[tags=includeManual]
----

==== TFSJobCheck.py

Simple trigger to ensure jobs always contain a particular string.

Note that <<_checkchangedesc_py>> is a more general form of this trigger.

Trigger table entry:

    TFSJobCheck change-submit //depot/path/... "/p4/common/bin/triggers/TFSJobCheck.py %changelist%"

==== ValidateContentFormat.py

This trigger is intended for file content validation as part of change-content trigger
Works for YAML, XML - only checks files matching required file extensions - see below.

Particularly useful to ensure that `Workflow.yaml` file itself doesn't get accidentally corrupted!

Part of <<_workflow_enforcement_triggers>>

[source]
.Usage
----
include::../Samples/triggers/ValidateContentFormat.py[tags=includeManual]
----

==== Workflow.yaml

Sample generic configuration file for use with <<_workflow_enforcement_triggers>>

==== WorkflowTriggers.py

Base class for use by various Workflow triggers as per <<_workflow_enforcement_triggers>>

Imports <<_p4triggers_py>>

==== archive_long_name_trigger.pl

This script unconverts #@*% from ascii in archive files.

The reason for doing this is when they are expanded they can overflow the unix file path length.

Usage:

  $file_prefix -op <operation> -rev <revision> -lbr <path/file>  < stdin

Trigger:

    arch archive //... "/p4/common/bin/triggers/archive_long_name_trigger.pl -op %op%  -lbr %file% -rev %rev%"

==== changeid.pl

The `changeid.pl` script is a sample Perforce server trigger for use in conjunction with the Perforce Helix Defect Tracking Gateway (P4DTG) replication to jobs.

If you intend to use this script, it shoudl be copied from `/p4/sdp/Unsupported/Samples/triggers/changeid.pl` to `/p4/common/site/bin/triggers/changeid.pl`.  The directory `/p4/common/site/bin/triggers` may need to be created first.  Any modifications to the script (per below) should be made to the copied file.

This script can optionally:

1. Prevent creation of new jobs in Perforce by anyone other than the replication user.
2. Prevent modification of read-only fields of jobs in Perforce by anyone other than the replication user.
3. Create newly mirrored jobs using the same name as that in the defect tracker.

To install, add a line to your triggers table like the following (on UNIX/Linux):

  jobId form-in job "/p4/common/site/bin/triggers/changeid.pl %user% %formfile%" 

Make the file executable, and change the path to the Perl interpreter on the first line of the script if needed. Then set the configuration in the script itself.  To configure, read and modify lines up to the comment that reads "END OF CONFIGURATION BLOCK" in the `changeid.pl` script.  You may also need to modify the definition of which fields constitute a new job based on your jobspec.  This is in the `allowed_job()` function.

==== command_block.py

This is command trigger to allow you to block commands from all but listed users. 

Trigger table entry examples:

    command-block command pre-user-obliterate "/p4/common/bin/triggers/command_block.py %user%"
    command-block command pre-user-(obliterate|protect$) "/p4/common/bin/triggers/command_block.py %user%"

==== dictionary

This file contains dictionary translations for parsing requests and generating responses.  

Used by <<_rad_authcheck_py>>

==== externalcopy.txt

Documents how to use externalcopy programs to transfer data between commit and edge.

==== otpauthcheck.py

This trigger will check to see if the userid is in a the LOCL_PASSWD_FILE first and
authenticate with that if found. If the users isn't in the local file, it checks to
see if the user is a service user, and if so, it will authenticate against just the auth server.
Finally, it will check the user's password and authenticator token if the other two conditions
don't match.

The trigger table entry is:

    authtrigger auth-check auth "/p4/common/bin/triggers/vip_authcheckTrigger.py %user% %serverport%"

==== otpkeygen.py

This script generates a key for a user and stores the key in the Perforce server.

Used together with <<_otpauthcheck_py>>

==== rad_authcheck.py

This trigger will check to see if the userid is in a the LOCL_PASSWD_FILE first and
authenticate with that if found. If the users isn't in the local file, it checks to 
see if the user is a service user, and if so, it will authenticate against LDAP.
Finally, it will check the user against the Radius server if the other two conditions
don't match.

You need to install the python-pyrad package and python-six package for it to work.
It also needs the file named dictionary in the same directory as the script.

Set the Radius servers in RAD_SERVERS below
Set the shared secret
Pass in the user name as a parameter and the password from stdin.

The trigger table entry is:

    authtrigger auth-check auth "/p4/common/bin/triggers/rad_authcheck.py %user% %serverport% %clientip%"

NOTE: The script current is set such that the Perforce user names should match the RSA
ID's. In the case of one customer, the RSA ID's were all numeric, so we made the Perforce
usernames be realname_RSAID and had this script just strip off the realname_ part.
Example commented out in the main function.

==== radtest.py

This is a radius test script.
You need to install the python-pyrad package and python-six package for it to work.
It also needs the file named dictionary in the same directory as the script.

Set the Radius servers in radsvrs below
Set the shared secret
Pass in the user name as a parameter and the password from stdin.

==== submit_form_1.py

This script modifies the description of the change form for the Perforce users listed in the
submit_form_1_users group.

Trigger table entry:

    submitform1 form-out change "/p4/common/bin/triggers/submit_form_1.py %formfile% %user%"

==== submit_form_1_in.py

This script checks the input of the description form for the path specified in the triggers table.

Trigger table entry:

    submitform1_in change-submit //depot/somepath/... "/p4/common/bin/triggers/submit_form_1_in.py %changelist% %user%"

=== triggers / tests

This directory contains test harnesses for various triggers document in the section above.

They import a common base class `p4testutils.py` and then run various unit tests.

The tests are one of two types:
* simple unit tests
* integration tests using a real `p4d` instance (running in DVCS-style mode).

The tests make it straight forward to ensure that you haven't broken any tests.

You need to ensure you have a `p4d` executable in your PATH.

Run any individual test:

    python3 TestRequireJob.py

== Maintenance

These are example scripts which have proven useful in the past.

They are NOT fully tested and NOT guaranteed to work, although in most cases they are fairly simple and reliable.

Treat with some caution!!!

=== accessdates.py

This script is normally called by another script, such as <<_unload_clients_py>>

However, if run standalone, it will generate 4 files with a list of specs
that should be archived based on the number of weeks in <<_maintenance_cfg>>

The file generated are:

    branches.txt
    clients.txt
    labels.txt
    users.txt

=== add_users.sh

This script adds a bunch of users from a users_to_add.csv file of the form:

    <user>,<email>,<full_name>[,<group1 group2 group3 ...]

This first line of the `users_to_add.csv` file is assumed to be a header and
is always ignored.

    vi users_to_add.csv

    ./add_users.sh 2>&1 | tee add_users.$(date +'%Y%m%d-%H%M').log

=== addusertogroup.py

This script adds a user or users to the specified group.

Usage:

	python addusertogroup.py [instance] user group

* instance defaults to 1 if not given.
* user = user_name or a file containing a list of user names, one per line.
* group = name of Perforce group to add the user(s) to.

=== checkusers.py

This script will generate a list of all user names that are listed in any group,
but do not have a user account on the server. The results are written to `removeusersfromgroups.txt`.

Usage:

    python checkusers.py

You can pass that to `removeuserfromgroups.py` to do the cleanup.

=== checkusers_not_in_group.py

This script will generate a list of all standard Perforce user names that are not listed in any group.
It prints the results to the screen, so you may want to redirect it to a file.

Usage:

    python checkusers_not_in_group.py

=== clean_protect.py

This script will drop all lines in the protect table that have a group referenced from the file
`groups.txt` passed into the script. The list of groups to drop is passed in as the first parameter and the protect table is passed in as the 2nd parameter.

Usage:

    python protect_groups.py remove_groups.txt p4.protect

`remove_groups.txt` is generated using <<_protect_groups_py>> - See that script for details.

Run `p4 protect -o > p4.protect` to generate the protections table.

You can redirect the output of this script to a file called `new.p4.protect` and then you can compare
the original `p4.protect` and the `new.p4.protect`. If everything looks okay, you can update the protections
table by running:

    p4 protect -i < new.p4.protect

=== convert_label_to_autoreload.py

Converts label and sets `autoreload` option https://www.perforce.com/manuals/cmdref/Content/CmdRef/p4_label.html#Form_Fields_..503[see Command Reference]

Usage:

    convert_label_to_autoreload.py <label or file_with_list_of_labels>

=== convert_rcs_to_unix.sh

Executes command which converts Windows RCS files with CRLF endings to Unix LF endings:

    find . -type f -name '*,v' -print -exec perl -p -i -e 's/\r\n/\n/' {} \;

=== countrevs.py

This script will count the total number of files and revisions from a list of files
in the Perforce server.

Usage:

    p4 files //... > files.txt
    
then run:

    python countrevs.py files.txt

=== creategroups.py

This script creates groups on the server based on the entries in a local file called `groups.txt` which contains lines in this format:

    group,groupname1
    username1
    username2
    :
    group,groupname2
    username2
    username3

Run:

    python creategroups [instance]

Instance defaults to 1 if not given.

=== createusers.py

This script will create a group of users all at once based on an input file.
The input file should contain the users in the following format, one per line:

    user,email,fullname

Run 

    python createusers.py userlist.csv <instance>

Instance defaults to 1 if not passed in.

=== del_shelve.py

This script will delete shelves and clients that have not been accessed
in the number of weeks defined by the variable weeks in `maintenance.cfg`.
 
Run the script as:

    del_shelve.py [instance]

If no instance is given, it defaults to 1.

=== delusers.py

Calls <<_p4deleteusers_py>> automain module which will remove allusers that haven't
accessed Perforce in the variable userweeks set in `maintenance.cfg`

Usage:

    delusers.py

=== edge_maintenance

Runs regular tasks such as:

* removes server.locks dir
* unloading clients

=== email.bat

This script is used to send email to all of your Perforce users.

Create a file called `message.txt` that contains the body of your message.
Then call this script and pass the subject in quotes as the only parameter.

It makes a copy of the previous email list, then call make_email_list.py
to generate a new one from Perforce.

The reason for making the copy is so that you will always have an email list that
you can use to send email with. Just comment out the call to `python make_email_list.py`
in the script and run it. It will use the current list to send email from. This is
handy in case your server goes off-line.

=== email.sh

Unix version of <<_email_bat>>

=== email_pending_client_deletes.py

This script will email users that their clients haven't been accessed in the number of weeks defined
in the weeks variable (of `maintenance.cfg`), and warn them that it will be deleted in one week if they do not use it.

=== email_pending_user_deletes.py

This script will email users that their user accounts haven't been accessed in the number of weeks defined
in the weeks variable (of `maintenance.cfg`), and warn them that it will be deleted in one week if they do not use it.

=== EvilTwinDetector.sh

Detects "evil twins".

[source]
.Usage
----
include::../Maintenance/EvilTwinDetector.sh[tags=includeManual]
----

=== group_audit.py

This script emails the owners of each group with instructions on how to validate the membership of the groups they own.

=== isitalabel.py

Determine if a label exists in Perforce.

Usage:

    isitalabel.py labelname

Program will print out results of the search.
Sets ISALABEL in the environment to 0 if found, 1 if not found.
Also will exit with errorlevel 1 if the label is not found

=== license_status_check.sh

Determines how many days/hours etc are remaining for a license.

Usage:

    license_status_check.sh <instance>

=== lowercp.py

This script will make a lowercase copy of the source folder, and report any conflicts found during the copy.
Run this script from the source path adjust the target path below.

Pass in the folder to be copied in lower case to the target.

ie:
To copy `/p4/1/depots/depot` to `/depotdata2/p4/1/depots`, run:

    cd /p4/1/depots
    lowercp.py depot

=== lowertree.py

This script is used to rename a tree to all lowercase. It is helpful if you are
trying to convert your server from case sensitive to case insensitive.

It takes the directory to convert as the first parameter.

=== maintain_user_from_groups.py

Usage:

    maintain_user_froup_groups.py [instance]

Defaults to instance 1 if parameter not given.

What this scripts does:

    Reads users from groups
    Creates any missing user accounts
    Removes accounts that are not in the group

=== maintenance

This is an example maintenance script to run the recommended maintenance scripts on a weekly basis.
You need to make sure you update the hard coded locations to match yours.

=== maintenance.cfg

Created from <<_template_maintenance_cfg>>

=== make_email_list.py

This script creates a list of email address for your users directly from their
Perforce user accounts. It is intended to be used as part of email.bat, but can
be used with any mail program that can read addresses from a list.

This can be replaced by a single command using recent options for p4 CLI:

    p4 -F "%email%|%user%" users

=== mirroraccess.py

This script will add a user to all the groups of another user in Perforce.

Usage:

	python mirroraccess.py instance user1 user2 <user3> <user4> ... <userN>

* user1 = user to mirror access from.
* user2 = user to mirror access to.
* <user3> ... <userN> = additional users to mirror access to.

=== p4deleteuser.py

Removes user and any clients/shelves owned by that user.

 Note: This script will pull all the servers addresses off the servers output. In order for that to work, you must add the Address field on each server form.

 Usage:

    p4deleteuser.py [instance] user_to_remove
    p4deleteuser.py [instance] file_with_users_to_remove

=== p4lock.py

This script locks a perforce label.

The only command line parameter is the label

    p4lock.py LABEL

See <<_p4unlock_py>>

=== p4unlock.py

This script unlocks a perforce label.

The only command line parameter is the label
    
    p4unlock.py labelname

=== protect_groups.py

This script will list all the groups mentioned in "p4 protect" that are not a Perforce group.

You need to pull the groups from p4 protect with:

    p4 protect -o | grep group |  cut -d " " -f 3 | sort | uniq > protect_groups.txt and pass protect_groups.txt to this script.

Usage:

    python protect_groups.py [instance] protect_groups.txt > remove_groups.txt

* instance defaults to 1 if not given.

=== proxysearch.py

This script will search your server log file and find any proxy servers that are
connecting to the server. The server log file needs to be set to a debug level 1 or
higher in order to record all the commands coming into the server.

Just pass the log file in as  parameter to this script and it will print out a list
of the proxy servers.

=== pymail.py

Reads values from  `maintenance.cfg` for things like `mailhost`. Sends email according to parameters below.

Usage:

    pymail.py -t <to-address or address file> -s <subject> -i <input file>

=== remove_empty_pending_changes.py

This script will remove all of the empty pending changelists on the server.

Usage:

    remove_empty_pending_changes.py

=== remove_jobs.py

This script will remove all of the fixes associated with jobs and then delete
the jobs listed in the file passed as the first argument. The list can be
created with `p4 jobs > jobs.txt`. The script will handles the extra text in
the lines.

Usage:

    remove_jobs.py [SDP_INSTANCE] list_of_jobs_to_remove

=== removeuserfromgroups.py

This script will look for the specified users in all groups and remove them.

Usage:

    removeuserfromgroups.py [instance] USER
    removeuserfromgroups.py [instance] FILE

* USER can be a single username or, it can be a FILE with a list of users.
* instance defaults to 1 if not given.

=== removeusersfromgroup.py

This script will remove the specified users from given group.

Usage:

    removeusersfromgroup.py [instance] USER groupname
    removeusersfromgroup.py [instance] FILE groupname

* USER can be a single username or, it can be a FILE with a list of users.
* instance defaults to 1 if not given.

=== sample_cron_entries.txt

These is a sample crontab entry to call the `maintenance` script from cron.

=== sdputils.py

This module is a library for other modules in this directory and is imported by some of them.

=== server_status.sh

This script is used to check the status of all the instances running on this machine. 
It can handle named and numbered instances.

=== setpass.py

This script will set the password for a user to the value set in the password
variable in the main function.

The name of the user to set the password for is passed as a parameter to the file.

Usage:

    python setpass.py [instance] user

* instance defaults to 1 if not given.

=== template.maintenance.cfg

Example for editing and copying to `maintenance.cfg`.

Read by many of the scripts.

Values include things like default number of weeks to use to detect *old* users/clients/labels.

=== unload_clients.py

This script will unload clients not accessed since the weeks parameter specified
in `maintenance.cfg`. 

=== unload_clients_with_delete.py

This script will unload clients that have not been accessed since the number
of weeks specified in the `maintenance.cfg` file.

This version of unload clients will delete clients with exclusive checkouts
since unload will not unload those clients.

It also deletes shelves from the clients to be deleted since delete will not
delete a client with a shelf.

=== unload_labels.py

This script will unload labels that have not been accessed since the number
of weeks specified in the `maintenance.cfg` entry.

