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Qube!

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A Qube farm has 3 main components:

1. The Qube! clients, machines that submit jobs.  Typically these are artists or end-users workstations.
2. The Qube! workers, machines that run jobs.  A client can also be a worker.
3. The Qube! supervisor, which controls what jobs are sent to which workers.

Installation in a nutshell:

• 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

Once Supervisor, a worker, and one client are installed:

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

Requirements Checklist

Please ensure the below requirements are met before continuing with this guide 

Requirements Checklist

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