Setup guide

4 Right-click Default Web Site and choose Properties. In the dialog that appears, open the Documents
panel and then click Add. Enter index.html in the Add Default Document dialog. This must be added
to the document list for the Web Server to work. The Web Server does not work with the default
index.htm entry.
5 Click OK, and double-click Default Web Site. Icons for the shared backburner and cgi-bin folders appear
in the right pane. Edit the properties of backburner and enable Anonymous Access. The backburner
folder contains a file that connects the Web Monitor to the Web Server as well as the files that control
the look of the Monitor. Allow anonymous access to this folder to:
■ Redirect the Web Monitor to the Web Server.
■ Permit any Web browser to load the Web Monitor page.
6 In the Computer Management Console, edit the properties of cgi-bin to enable anonymous access.
Setup on OS X
Setting up access to the Backburner Web Monitor requires that you create Backburner Web Monitor user
accounts. The Backburner web server requires all users to provide a login name and password to access the
Backburner Web Monitor. The default user account backburner is created during the installation of the
Backburner Manager. The password associated with this account is backburner.
Create a Backburner Web Monitor user account:
1 Check if /private/etc/apache2/auth/backburner.auth file is present. If not, copy
/usr/discreet/backburner/WebMonitor/backburner.auth
2 Add the account by running the commnad: htpasswd /private/etc/apache2/auth/backburner.auth.
Enter a password when prompted. The Backburner Web Monitor can now be accessed with the account
information you have entered.
3 To delete an account, as root in a terminal run htpasswd -D /private/etc/apache2/auth/backburner.auth
<username>
Users without administrator privileges can only monitor the status of Backburner jobs in the Backburner
Web Monitor. Users with administrator privileges can actively manage all jobs and render nodes. The default
user account backburner created during the installation of the Backburner Manager has administrator
privileges by default. If you are creating new user accounts, you may wish to remove administrator privileges
from the default account, for security. Alternately, change the password.
Give administrator privileges to a Backburner Web Monitor user account:
1 In the Terminal open /usr/discreet/backburner/Network/wiretap.cfg.
2 In the [SECURITY] section use the BackburnerAdministrators keyword to add users to the admin group.
It can be a comma-separated list.
Managing and Modifying Jobs
The Jobs tab presents high-level information relating to all jobs associated with the selected Backburner
Manager. Use it to view and control the jobs you submit to Backburner, as well as to view jobs submitted
to Backburner by other Autodesk applications. Double-click any job in the list to view its details and settings.
Privilege level required for jobs.
Admin User (All Jobs)Normal User (Other
Jobs)
Normal User (Own
Jobs)
Job Task
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