Setup guide

Backburner Server and Backburner Manager are installed with the Autodesk Creative Finishing application,
and are set to run automatically when the workstation starts. By default, the Backburner Server installed on
the workstation communicates with the locally installed Backburner Manager.
Use the following procedure to configure Backburner services on your workstation.
To configure Backburner services:
1 Make sure Backburner Server is set to run automatically on your workstation. Type:
chkconfig –-list | grep -i backburner_server
The command should output the following information:
backburner_server 0:off 1:off 2:on3:on4:on5:on6:off
2 If backburner_server is not set to “on” for run levels 3, 4, and 5, type the following commands to enable
it:
chkconfig backburner_server on
/etc/init.d/backburner_server restart
3 Decide if you want to use the locally installed Backburner Manager, or a centralized Manager installed
on another system in your network. It is recommended to use a centralized Manager if several
workstations on your network use the same farm of Burn render nodes.
Consult the Autodesk Backburner Installation Guide at
www.autodesk.com/backburner-documentation for detailed guidelines.
4 If you do not want to use the local Backburner Manager installed on your workstation, type the following
commands to disable it:
chkconfig backburner_manager off
/etc/init.d/backburner_manager stop
5 If you stopped the local Manager, open the /usr/discreet/backburner/cfg/manager.host file on your
workstation in a text editor, delete “localhost”, and enter the hostname of the system where Backburner
Manager is installed.
6 Make sure the following Backburner keywords in the /usr/discreet/<product_home>/cfg/init.cfg
file are configured properly.
SettingKeyword
Set <hostname> to the hostname or IP address of the workstation running
Backburner Manager. This hostname or IP address must match the one in
BackburnerManagerHostname <host-
name>
the /usr/discreet/backburner/cfg/manager.host file. If it does
not, background Wire transfers will fail.
Set <priority> to a value from 0 to 100. The default is 50.BackburnerManagerPriority <prior-
ity>
Set <groupname> to the name of a group of computers on a Burn
®
render-
ing network. For example, if the name of the group is “renderfarm1”, you
would set this keyword to BackburnerManagerGroup renderfarm1.
BackburnerManagerGroup <group-
name>
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