A guide to setting up a CR Rendering Node with Docker

Hi all,

I hope this is appropriate to post here - if not, mods feel free to delete.

In short though, I recently set up a CR node using Docker - and found the process a little bit challenging. So I wrote up a short guide/some things I learned on my website; maybe they will be useful for anyone else trying the same thing:

Part one is getting the Docker host ready with CUDA support:

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Setting Up a Blender Rendering Node Using Docker - Part 1 :: [snowgoons.ro:~] timwa%

Docker is a nice way to deploy an instance of Blender for rendering, but not without its pitfalls. Some tips here...

Part two is running CrowdRender:

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Setting Up a Blender Rendering Node - Part 2 :: [snowgoons.ro:~] timwa%

Part two of my instructions on how to set up a render 'farm' using Docker & Kubernetes

I hope it helps someone!

Cheers,

Tim

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tim.walls

Sep 15, 2020

Thanks again for the update, I made most of the edits this morning - I'll update to 2.83 once I've done the upgrade myself this weekend (alas, the day job gets in the way) but in the meantime added a note that the newer version is available.

I should say thanks again for the image, and indeed to all the CR folks. Without this I pretty much wouldn't be able to use Blender for anything useful at all (my desktop machine is a lowly MacMini with integrated graphics) - so I really do appreciate.

zocker1600

Sep 14, 2020

this is a great read