Installation and Configuration Guide for Linux® Workstations

Configure backburner server to detect Backburner Manager
Backburner Server needs to be able to detect the location of Backburner Manager to provide status
information concerning the render jobs:
1 On the Backburner Manager system, open a terminal and log in as root.
2 Determine which IP address the Backburner Manager workstation uses to connect to the network. You
can also use the hostname of the machine, if it has been properly defined in the /etc/hosts file.
3 On each render node, open a terminal and log in as root and open for editing: cd
/usr/discreet/backburner/cfg/manager.host. Enter the IP address or hostname of the Backburner
Manager machine.
4 Save and close the file.
Starting Backburner Server
You must start the Backburner Server daemon on each Linux system for the first time. Once it is started
the first time, the daemon will start automatically.
1 Log in to your Linux system as root. In a terminal, type: service backburner_server start. You can
verify that Backburner Server is properly configured: tail -f
/usr/discreet/backburner/Network/backburnerServer.log. The file should contain lines similar to
the following: : Loading plugin: Lustre renderer plugin
2 Repeat these steps to start Backburner Server on each node in the background rendering network. If
you cannot start the Backburner Server, contact Autodesk Customer Support.
3 If you need to stop or restart Backburner Server, use /etc/init.d/backburner_server stop or
/etc/init.d/backburner_server restart.
Configue Lustre to detect Backburner Manager
For Backburner Manager to receive render jobs, you must set up the Lustre application to connect to the
system on which Backburner Manager is running:
1 To configure new projects to use background rendering, you must set the IP address of the Backburner
Manager workstation in the init.config file. Locate the Backburner keyword. In the HostName line,
set the string parameter to the hostname or IP address of the system where Backburner Manager is
installed. For example:
NOTE Do not forget the quotation marks.
2 Save and close the configuration file.
Specify the Background Rendering path in Lustre
Specify the correct mount points in the settings of each project that uses background rendering:
1 In the Lustre Setup menu, go to Settings.
2 Select your project in the Project drop-down list, and click Edit.
3 In the Project Settings menu click Network Rendering, then click Backburner.
4 Enter the location of the Project Home, Scans Full Home, Scans Half Home, Renders Full Home and
Renders Half Home, as seen from the Linux render nodes. You only need to enter those locations that
are defined for the project in the local project setup, located in the Setup > Project menu. The path
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