Flamenco ENV

Various scripts and stuff for Flamenco setup.

Flamenco Setup

The Quickstart Guide has most resources you need, (although it's pretty vague). A more detailed setup can be found below, although these are intended specifically for linux environments.

Setup NFS (Or Other File Server Equivalent)

1. Ensure you have valid nfs support
   • On Arch gvfs-nfs is package name
   • On Debian: $ sudo apt install gvfs nfs-common
2. Ensure we have a directory to mount to: $ sudo mkdir -p srv/flamenco
3. Mount said directory: $ sudo mount -t nfs {hostname}:/srv/flamenco srv/flamenco

Setup Blender

1. Install specified Blender version
2. Add the Blender directory/executable to your PATH (can be an environment variable) so running blender runs the software
3. For everyone (optional for Manager), configure Blender:
   • Workers and end-user MUST have Flamenco add-on, need to install from file downloaded from your Flamenco manager
   • Install other extensions as needed
   • Configure Blender for GPU rendering

Manager

1. First, setup Blender
2. Download appropiate Flamenco version from their site
3. Unpack the contents, run flamenco-manager
4. In a browser, go to the system IP address at port 8080 (localhost:8080) and answer the Flamenco setup questions
5. Flamenco will restart, and should show the regular Flamenco Interface. All done!

Worker

1. First, setup Blender
2. Download appropiate Flamenco version from their site
3. Unpack the contents, run flamenco-worker
4. Your worker should show under the Workers tab of the Flamenco Manager. All done!

End-User

If you want to submit a Flamenco job, go to the Output tab in your Blender file, scroll to the Flamenco section at the bottom, and configure accordingly. Be sure to select your output and job type.

Upon submitting a job, your file should be automatically packed and sent to Flamenco. Congrats!

Development

For writing Python, you'll want to download the Blender Autocomplete repository. $ git clone https://github.com/Korchy/blender_autocomplete.git

• Installing Extensions via Terminal
• Rendering from Command-Line