Setup guide

NOTE The storage does not have to be mounted on the render nodes if you are
using BrowseD for background rendering. See Using BrowseD for Rendering with
Burn for Lustre (page 97).
Workflow for Setting Up Background Rendering
The following table outlines the general workflow for installing and configuring
background rendering.
Refer to:Step:
Sharing the Storage for Read/Write
Access from Background Render Nodes
(page 80).
1. If you are not using BrowseD, enable sharing on the system
storing the Lustre project and render files.
Installing Backburner Manager and
Backburner Web Monitor (page 81).
2. Install and configure Backburner Manager and Backburner
Web Monitor.
Configuring Lustre to Detect Backburn-
er Manager (page 91).
3. Configure the Lustre workstation to connect to Backburner
Manager.
Setting Up Render Nodes (page 83).4. Set up the background render nodes.
Specifying the Background Rendering
Path in Lustre (page 92).
5. Specify the mount point of the background render nodes in
the Lustre application.
Sharing the Storage for Read/Write Access from
Background Render Nodes
In order to allow read and write access, the storage must be exported from the
system to which it is connected. This makes it possible for the background
rendering components on the network to remotely mount the storage system.
NOTE Skip this section if you are using the BrowseD service.
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