Batch Connect - Blender Batch Renderer

A Batch Connect app designed for OnDemand that launches blender with multi node rendering features within an cluster batch job.

Prerequisites

This Batch Connect app requires the following software be installed on the compute nodes that the batch job is intended to run on (NOT the OnDemand node):

• Lmod 6.0.1+ or any other module purge and module load <modules>
• blender

Install

1. Use Git to clone this app and checkout the desired branch/version you want to use and place this wherever you store batch connect apps (/var/www/ood/apps/sys or ~/ondemand/dev):

   git clone <repo>
   cd <dir>
   git checkout <tag/branch>

2. Deploy code-server on your systems.

3. Update form.yml to use the correct cluster, and any other changes as necessary to form.yml or submit.yml that is appropriate for your cluster.

Update

To update the app you would:

cd <dir>
git fetch
git checkout <tag/branch>

Again, you do not need to restart the app as it isn't a Passenger app.

Known Issues

• None.