Lsyncd lua script for remote rendering: the power of this system is that it can pass commands directly in the filename, removing the need for specific systems or configuration on client machines. Each machine responds to commands when called by its hostname: in the examples, "hostname" means the name of the server machine, e.g. mypowerful, supercomputer, eagle, blah blah.
Commands are passed directly in the filename: If you have a file called 'mysuperjob.blend', you can order the computer 'abracadabra' to render the file by typing the command in the file name, anywhere. For example
- mysuperjobabracadabra.start.blend
- myabracadabra.startsuperjob.blend
- mysuperabracadabra.startjob.blend are all valid commands.
The main client commands are:
start restores the original filename and launches a Blender process.
stop restores the original filename and terminates the associated Blender process, giving you the opportunity to stop rendering.
- Lua 5.3 and liblua5.3-dev
- Lsyncd version 2.3.1. Check using
lsyncd -version. You need cmake to compile. - Blender: can be linked in path ex.
sudo ln -s /home/user/blender-4.2.0-linux-x64/blender /usr/local/binor you can setup and alias - Some sort of file sync on the selected folder: (lsyncd itself, Syncthing, Dropbox, Google Drive, Microsoft OneDrive, ...)
Configure your params
Copy this file in a folder, ex. /etc/lsyncd/
Launch the rendering service ex. lsyncd /etc/lsyncd/renderme.lua and lsyncd /etc/lsyncd/renderstop.lua
use lsyncd -nodaemon /etc/lsyncd/renderme.lua to debug or set up a service to start them automatically at start-up.
Using systemd you can use the two services: systemctl start [email protected] systemctl enable [email protected]
systemctl enable [email protected] systemctl enable [email protected]
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License: GPLv3 or any later version
Authors: Lsyncd devs and Riccardo Gagliarducci From the idea in: https://lsyncd.github.io/lsyncd/manual/examples/auto-image-magic/