blender-netrender-cluster

Headless Blender NetRender instance that works as either a master or a slave node in a render farm

Building

git clone https://github.com/GrimKriegor/blender-netrender-cluster.git
cd blender-netrender-cluster/
docker build -t grimkriegor/blender-netrender .

Configuration

Most configuration can be done through environment variables

RENDER_MODE can be either MASTER, SLAVE or unset which defaults to SLAVE

MASTER_IP defines the master endpoint to which the slave will connect

Deployment

Docker

Master

docker run \
  -it --rm \
  -e RENDER_MODE=MASTER \
  -p 8000:8000 \
  grimkriegor/blender-netrender:2.79

Slave

docker run \
  -it --rm \
  -e MASTER_IP="render.domain.net" \
  grimkriegor/blender-netrender:2.79

Swarm

Master

version: '3'
services:
  blender:
    image: grimkriegor/blender-netrender:2.79
    environment:
      - RENDER_MODE=MASTER
    ports:
     - '8000:8000'

Slave

version: '3'
services:
  blender:
    image: grimkriegor/blender-netrender:2.79
    environment:
      - MASTER_IP="render.domain.net"
    ports:
     - '8000:8000'

Kubernetes

Master

kind: Deployment
apiVersion: apps/v1
metadata:
  name: blender
  namespace: render-farm
spec:
  replicas: 1
  selector:
    matchLabels:
      service: blender
  template:
    metadata:
      labels:
        service: blender
    spec:
      containers:
      - name: server
        image: grimkriegor/blender-netrender:2.79
        env:
        - name: RENDER_MODE
          value: "MASTER"
        ports:
        - name: "main"
          containerPort: 8000
---
kind: Service
apiVersion: v1
metadata:
  name: blender
  namespace: render-farm
spec:
  selector:
    service: blender
  type: NodePort
  ports:
  - protocol: TCP
    port: 8000
    targetPort: 8000
    nodePort: 8000
    name: main

Slave

kind: Deployment
apiVersion: apps/v1
metadata:
  name: blender
  namespace: render-farm
spec:
  replicas: 1
  selector:
    matchLabels:
      service: blender
  template:
    metadata:
      labels:
        service: blender
    spec:
      containers:
      - name: server
        image: grimkriegor/blender-netrender:2.79
        env:
        - name: MASTER_IP
          value: "render.domain.net"

Attribuition

Based on blender-cluster by Nicola Landro