Plastic SCM - Installation and Configuration guide

Windows

Server and Client installation

Complete the steps to install the Plastic SCM Server and Client components.

Run the Server configuration

Remember to run the commands as an administrator user.

From the webadmin, open your web browser and type myserver:7178:

Or launch it from the Plastic SCM startup menu entry:

Or from the command line:

plasticd configure

Run the Client configuration

From the Windows GUI client configuration, open your command line and type:

plastic --configure

Or launch it from the Plastic SCM startup menu entry:

Or from the command line:

cm configure

Run the User management tool (umtool)

Remember to run the commands as an administrator user.

If you configure the Plastic SCM server to use the user and password authentication mode, you must manage the users that will work with Plastic.

From the webadmin, open your web browser, type myserver:7178, and navigate to the Authentication section:

Or launch it from the Plastic SCM startup menu entry and navigate to the Authentication section:

Or from the command line (parameters needed):

umtool

Learn how to use each command by typing the following:

umtool help <command_name>

Start the Plastic server

Remember to run the commands as an administrator user.

From the command line:

plasticd start

From the Windows Service Manager, navigate to Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Services.

Or, run the following command:

services.msc

Stop the Plastic server

Remember to run the commands as an administrator user.

From the command line:

plasticd stop

From the Windows Service Manager, navigate to Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Services.

Or, run the following command:

services.msc

Restart the Plastic server

Remember to run the commands as an administrator user.

From the command line:

plasticd restart

From the Windows Service Manager, navigate to Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Services.

Or, run the following command:

services.msc

Run Plastic SCM

From the startup menu entry:

Or from the command line:

plastic

Linux

Server and Client installation

Complete the steps to install the Plastic SCM Server and Client components.

Run the Server configuration wizard

Remember to run the command as sudo.

From the webadmin, open your web browser and type myserver:7178:

From the command line:

/opt/plasticscm5/server/plasticd configure

Run the Client configuration wizard

From the Linux GUI client configuration:

plasticgui --configure

Or from the command line:

cm configure

Run the User management tool (umtool)

Remember to run the command as sudo.

If you configure the Plastic SCM server to use the user/password authentication mode, you must manage the users that will work with Plastic.

From the webadmin:

Open your web browser, type myserver:7178 and navigate to the Authentication section:

From the command line (parameters needed):

umtool

Learn how to use each command, by typing the following:

umtool help <command_name>

Start the Plastic server

Remember to run the commands as sudo.

/etc/init.d/plasticsd start

or:

/opt/plasticscm5/server/plasticsd start

or:

service plasticsd start

Stop the Plastic server

Remember to run the commands as sudo.

/etc/init.d/plasticsd stop

or:

/opt/plasticscm5/server/plasticsd stop

or:

service plasticsd stop

Restart the Plastic server

Remember to run the commands as sudo.

/etc/init.d/plasticsd restart

or:

/opt/plasticscm5/server/plasticsd restart

or:

service plasticsd restart

Check the Plastic server status

Remember to run the commands as sudo.

/etc/init.d/plasticsd status

or:

/opt/plasticscm5/server/plasticsd status

or:

service plasticsd status

Run Plastic SCM

From the Plastic SCM application:

From the command line:

plasticgui

macOS

Server and Client installation

Complete the steps to install the Plastic SCM Server and Client components.

Run the Server configuration wizard

Remember to run the command as sudo.

From the webadmin:

Open your web browser and type myserver:7178:

Or, launch it from the PlasticSCM Server application:

Or from the command line:

/Applications/PlasticSCMServer.app/Contents/MacOS/plasticd configure

Run the Client configuration wizard

From the macOS GUI client configuration:

plasticgui --configure

Or from the command line:

cm configure

Run the User management tool (umtool)

Remember to run the command as sudo.

If you configure the Plastic SCM server to use the user/password authentication mode, you must manage the users that will work with Plastic.

From the webadmin:

Open your web browser and type myserver:7178 and navigate to the Authentication section:

Or, launch it from the PlasticSCM Server application and navigate to the Authentication section:

From the command line (parameters needed):

/Applications/PlasticSCMServer.app/Contents/Applications/umtool.app/Contents/MacOS/umtool

Learn how to use each command by typing the following:

/Applications/PlasticSCMServer.app/Contents/Applications/umtool.app/Contents/MacOS/umtool help <command_name>

Start the Plastic server

Remember to run the command as sudo.

launchctl load /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.codicesoftware.plasticscm.server.plist

Stop the Plastic server

Remember to run the command as sudo.

launchctl unload /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.codicesoftware.plasticscm.server.plist

Run Plastic SCM

From the PlasticSCM application:

Or from the command line:

open /Applications/plasticscm.app

Find the Plastic SCM license here

/Applications/PlasticSCMServer.app/Contents/MonoBundle/plasticd.lic

Last updated

March 7, 2022

You can now use the plasticgui command to launch or configure the new Plastic GUI on macOS instead of using the old macplastic command. This new Plastic GUI is now the default GUI for macOS. It is cross-platform, includes a dark theme, and provides better syntax highlighting. Read more about the new Plastic GUI .

March 3, 2022

You can now use the plasticgui command to launch or configure the new Plastic GUI on Linux instead of using the old gtkplastic command. This new Plastic GUI is now the default GUI for Linux. It is cross-platform, includes a dark theme, and provides better syntax highlighting. Read more about the new Plastic GUI .

September 14, 2020

You can configure the server by running plasticd configure. (The clconfigureserver command is now deprecated.)

November 17, 2017

Learn how to configure the Plastic SCM Server from the new webadmin administration console.

February 21, 2017

The command to run the Client configuration wizard from the command line in your macOS system has been updated.

May 4, 2016

Publication date.