Blusteromatic

1. About

   Blusteromatic is a remote renderer for blender files. Just upload a blend file, configure it, and render it!

2. Screenshot

   

3. Features

   • Blend file upload
   • Nodes assignment based on render type and engine
   • Multiple render per job
   • Single or Animation support
   • Support for custom blender-python file
   • Support for any render engine supported by blender
     

4. Installation

   We are assuming the following infos about the installation:

   • Node and dispatcher installed under the same user : “blusteromatic”
   • Nginx will be used, and the dispatcher run under unicorn
   • RVM will be used for the ruby
5. 1. Prerequirements

   # = root
   $ = under 'blusteromatic'
       
   # useradd -m -s /bin/bash blusteromatic
   # sudo su - blusteromatic
       
   Install RVM : https://rvm.io// with a ruby-1.9.x
       
    $ echo 'export RAILS_ENV=production' >> .bash_profile 
    $ cd
    $ git clone git://github.com/rhaamo/blusteromatic.git
    $ cd blusteromatic/server
    $ bundle install
        
    Create the 'config/database.yml' file.
        
    $ rake db:create db:migrate
    $ rake assets:clean assets:precompile
    $ rake tmp:create
   

6. 1. Unicorn / nginx

    $ cd ~/blusteromatic/
    $ cp misc/unicorn.rb ~/
        
    Edit unicorn.rb according to your options (ruby version, paths)
        
    # cp /home/blusteromatic/blusteromatic/misc/nginx_blusteromatic /etc/nginx/sites-availables/
    # ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-availables/nginx_blusteromatic /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/nginx_blusteromatic 
   
    Edit /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/nginx_blusteromatic with your options
   

7. 1. Node

    # apt-get install screen
    # sudo su - blusteromatic
    $ screen
    $ cd blusteromatic/node-ruby
    $ bundle install
        
    Create the config.yml file
        
    $ ruby node.rb
        
    Ctrl-a d to detach screen, etc... See manpage for screen.
   

8. License

   • Blusteromatic is licensed under the MIT license.
   • node-ruby is licensed under the MIT license.

9. Contact

   Rhaamo : rhaamo at sigpipe dot me