workers-setup.md

Setup Deadline Monitor

The Deadline Monitor is your main entry point for overseeing and managing your render farm. It's a powerful application that allows you to view, configure, and interact with the many of the moving parts that make up Deadline.

Launch the Monitor

Start -> Thinkbox -> Deadline Monitor 10

Enable Super User Mode

Tools -> Super User Mode

Set Mapped Path

The set up is using Linux workers for rendering, hence we need to map file paths and convert them from Windows to Linux

Tools -> Configure Repository Options

1. Click on Mapped Paths

2. Under Global Rules click on Add

3. Replace Path: Z:

4. Windows Path: Z:

5. Linux Path: /mnt/fsx

   

Set up the workers group

Tools -> Manage Groups

1. Click on New to create a group.

2. Give the group name linux_workers

   

3. Select all the nodes desired with CTR+A and click on Add

   

4. Click Ok.

Configure Blender Executables

1. Tools -> Configure Plugins

   

2. Blender is installed via Snapd package manager. The Blender executable is located in /snap/bin/blender. Add it to the Render Executables.

   

Next step is to set up Blender plug-in.