Plastic Cloud is an extension to Enterprise Edition.
It is the perfect way to synchronize multiple teams running Plastic SCM servers on-premises.
You can host gigabytes of data in your Plastic Cloud repositories without issues.
Enter Cloud powered Plastic SCM
Add your repos to Plastic Cloud starting at $5 team/month
What is Plastic Cloud?
What can you do with Plastic Cloud?
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Handle big files and huge repos
2 GB is not the limit here. Plastic supports big files and huge repo sizes by design. Plastic Cloud starts with 15GB and grows as you need.
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Take advantage of private repositories
Plastic Cloud is designed for teams who need private repos in the cloud on a safe way.
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Use distributed and centralized workflows
Developers will take advantage of the push/pull workflow while team members using Plastic Gluon can go for a simpler direct checkin cycle.
DVCS workflow
The familiar push/pull way of working. The option of choice if you work with code.
Checkin workflow
Just checkin your changes. No intermediate repos. No push and pull. The best option for artists in games (together with Plastic Gluon). Also available for coders who want to work centralized.
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Save time in data transfer using the closest datacenter
You can select where your data and metadata are stored. The closest to you, the fastest the data transfer is going to be.
Work in the cloud and... use the best tools
Plastic SCM includes the best version control tools and GUIs you can think of.
What do you need to use Plastic Cloud?
Besides a Plastic Cloud subscription (which includes the cloud server plus storage), you need a valid Plastic SCM license to use Plastic Cloud. This is because you need the actual client tools (GUIs, integrations with IDEs, merge, and so on) which come with Enterprise Editions. Find more details in the FAQ.
Then, there are different setups you can use with Plastic Cloud:
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Direct checkin to Plastic Cloud with Plastic Gluon.
Direct checkin will be the workflow typically used by artists in game development and team members who don't work in code but documents, plans and so on.
Keys in their daily workflow:
- They just modify and checkin. They never merge. They lock files to avoid concurrent changes (on files that are unmergeable).
- They work on a single branch.
- They use Gluon.
They can now simply continue using Plastic Gluon and checkin directly to Plastic Cloud.
Requirements:
- Plastic Gluon installed.
- A valid license of Plastic SCM Enterprise Edition.
- A Plastic Cloud subscription.
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Distributed developers
Each developer works on their machine, from their home office. They both belong to the same Plastic Cloud organization and deliver changes to Plastic Cloud through push/pull. Each of them has their own local Plastic SCM repo (or collection of repositories) so that checkins are always local and blazing fast.
Keys in their daily workflow:
- They checkin locally and then push when they're done.
- They pull each other's branches from Plastic Cloud and then one of them merges locally.
- Then they push the merged branches back to Plastic Cloud.
Requirements:
- Plastic SCM Enteprise Edition licenses for each of them.
- Plastic SCM servers running on the laptops (to host their local repos. It is automatically setup with the DVCS installer).
- A Plastic Cloud subscription.
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Developers using direct checkin to Plastic Cloud with regular Plastic SCM.
Direct checkin will be the workflow typically used by developers working on code.
Keys in their daily workflow:
- They just modify, checkin and merge their changes.
- They work on several branches.
- They use Plastic SCM.
They can now simply continue using Plastic SCM and checkin directly to Plastic Cloud.
Requirements:
- A valid Enterprise Edition license.
- A Plastic Cloud subscription.
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Organizations with distributed teams and on-premises Plastic SCM servers.
The members of each team directly checkin or push/pull to their own team server. Then team servers are synchronized using Plastic Cloud as rendezvous point, instead of requiring one of the servers to be accessible through the internet.
Keys in their daily workflow:
- Team members use all the possible combinations: direct checkin to their local or distributed server, or distributed development with push/pull.
- There can be distributed developers working from home, doing push/pull or direct checkin and merge to the cloud.
- The team can use all possible options: Gluon, Plastic on different platforms, centralized, distributed...
Requirements:
- Plastic SCM Enterprise Edition licenses for the entire team.
- Plastic SCM servers running on the team servers.
- Plastic SCM server running on the distributed developer laptop (to host their local repos. Server is automatically setup by the DVCS installer).
- A Plastic Cloud subscription.
How do you use the plastic cloud server?
Using the Plastic Cloud server is just like using a regular Plastic server. The only extra step is that we added an extra layer on it: organizations. An organization is a way to group repositories for a given team or company.
Steps to work with Plastic Cloud:
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Request an "organization" – a new organization will be created and you'll be given access to it using your plasticscm.com account. Note: The organization creation will be handled by the Plastic team, but the goal is to let users create their own organizations.
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Login and invite team members login to cloud.plasticscm.com, access your organization and invite other team members.
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Create a profile to access the cloud server:
Please note that we're using robotmaker@cloud as the server name, where robotmaker is your organization name. This is actually the only change to keep in mind while using the cloud server. Normally you use servers like myserver:8087, but in the cloud you use <org_name>@cloud, no need to specify the address or the port. By the way, all commands work using organizations at the cloud: you can try this to list your repos:
cm repo list <org_name>@cloud
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Create a repository as you would do with your regular Plastic server but... in the cloud! ????
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Just use it as a regular server: push, pull, configure permissions and so on.
Read the Plastic Cloud guide for more information