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

4. 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
   

5. 2. 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
   

6. 3. 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.
   

7. License

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

6. Contact

   Rhaamo : rhaamo at sigpipe dot me