The primary component in Qube Remote Control ! is the Supervisor. It represents the nerve center of the RMS, coordinating coordinates between the Workers and the clients, queuing and dispatching jobs, and monitoring the overall health of the render farm. So it is no surprise that the configuration of the Supervisor would be the primary topic. The majority of the Supervisor behavior can be configured, and this behavior has effects all throughout the system.
The Supervisor itself is configured by only two files: qb.conf and qb.lic. The qb.conf file is the main configuration file, and qb.lic file contains the license keys for the farm. There is also an optional qbwrk.conf on the Supervisor that is used to centrally configure the Workers.
Configuration Files
There are two required files (and one optional one) that control the Qube! supervisor:
qb.conf
The installer programs place a template qb.conf file in a suitable location, depending upon the platform (see below). Notice that almost every entry is commented out with a "#" character. The commented-out settings refer to defaults that are already configured into the system. To make changes simply duplicate the line, removing the comment character, and make the changes. Commenting or deleting the line will restore the default setting.
qb.lic
The qb.lic file must contain a license key string issued by PipelineFX. Additional key strings can be added to the file in no particular order. Whenever adding a new key to the file, always make a backup copy first.
qbwrk.conf (optional)
The qbwrk.conf file is an optional file on the Supervisor that centrally configures all of the Qube! Workers under the Supervisor. See the section on "Centrally Configuring Workers" for more information.
File Locations
These files are located in the following directories depending on the platform:
- Linux & OS X: /etc
- Windows XP/2003: C:\Windows
- Windows Vista/2008: C:\ProgramData\pfx\qube
Modifying the Files
You can modify the qb.conf or and qbwrk.conf from the WranglerView UI in the Administration menu item, or by directly modifying the files with a text editor.
Once changes have been made to the Supervisor configuration, it must be made aware of configuration changes by restarting the Supervisor service (but not all changes will require a restart - for some you can tell the Supervisor to simply reload the qb.conf file). If you are modifying through WranglerView, it should automatically prompt the user to restart the Supervisor or perform the qbadmin command. The Administration menu in WranglerView can also be used to manually restart the Qube! Supervisor. You can also perform these same actions manually outside of WranglerView – see "Common Actions" for details.force the Supervisor to reload the qb.conf file with this command
$ qbadmin supervisor --reread
For manual changes to the Workers via ' central qbwrk.conf file, you must run the "qbadmin worker –reconfigure" command.this qbadmin command:
$ qbadmin worker --reconfigure
See Also
Rereading the qb.conf file
Worker Configuration