Qube! Requirements Checklist

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If you are having installation or usage problems, make sure these items are present:

All computers with OS installed, licensed, and networked.
Hostname resolution (DNS) working properly on all computers.
Authentication infrastructure installed and working:
- NIS / YP / LDAP for Linux
- OpenDirectory for OS X
- ActiveDirectory for Windows
Network filesystem reachable by Client and Worker machines. Alternatively if no authentication infrastructure is in place please ensure open read and write privileges are set.
All applications (Maya, AfterEffects, etc) already installed on the clients and workers and licensed.
Python and Perl are installed if using separate jobtypes. You can obtain installers for those languages here: http://www.activestate.com/. See this page for details.
All necessary Qube! installers already downloaded and on a filesystem accessible by all machines.
If a network account is to be used for the proxy user account, this account should already have been created and granted permission to the shared file system.
Current Qube! Supervisor license issued for the correct MAC address.

Supervisor Specifications

Below is a recommendation of minimum specifications for optimal operation of Qube! Supervisor.

< 10 workers

:

	10 - 30 workers	30 - 150 workers	150 - 250 workers
4-core 4GB of ram

10 ->30 workers:

30 -> 150 workers:

150 -> 250 workers:

12GB

Note
Please note that beyond 30 render nodes you will need to alter qb.conf to optimize performance

Install the following components on the supervisor machine first in the following order:
- Qube! core
- Qube! supervisor
- On Windows
  - ActiveState Python version; 2.5, 2.6 or 2.7
  - ActiveState Perl version; 5.10 or 5.14
- Qube! WranglerView
Install at least one worker machine:
- Qube! core
- Qube! worker
- On Windows
  - ActiveState Python version; 2.5, 2.6 or 2.7
  - ActiveState Perl version; 5.10 or 5.14
- (optional) any DynamicAllocation jobtypes; Maya, 3dsMax, XSI, etc.
- Qube! WranglerView
Client machines:
- Qube! core
- Qube! ArtistView for a simplified job management interface
- Or, Qube WranglerView (also know as the QubeGUI) for a more powerful job and worker management interface

For further customizations please refer to the User's Guide and the Administrator's Guide.

This belongs in the Admin section under "manual installs"