howkj1 / sheepitfarm

sheepit render farm cli tools

SheepFarm.sh

sheepit render farm cli tools for Linux / MacOSX

SheepFarm Utilities Developed By:
@howkj1
https://github.com/howkj1/sheepitfarm

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SheepFarm.sh

SheepFarm is a utility script to assist with running the community-driven distributed Blender (https://blender.org) render farm known as SheepIt (https://sheepit-renderfarm.com).

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What you will find in SheepFarm.sh

• A guided clui (command line gui) menu system.
• Easy fill forms for updating sheepit client user and key.
• No-hassle quickly download and launch the latest sheepit client.
• "Build" a render farm node by automatically installing the needed dependencies.
• (coming soon...) select CPU or GPU rendering.

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Getting Started

note:
This guide assumes you are running a *nix (Linux/Unix/MacOSX) terminal.

1. Download sheepfarm.sh

• git clone https://github.com/howkj1/sheepitfarm.git
• git clone [e-mail]:howkj1/sheepitfarm.git
• wget https://github.com/howkj1/sheepitfarm/sheepfarm.sh -O sheepfarm.sh

2. Make sure sheepfarm.sh is executable

• chmod +x ./sheepfarm.sh

3. Run the sheepfarm script

• ./sheepfarm.sh
• If prompted, enter your sheepit-renderfarm.com username and client key
• The username and key is stored locally and will only need to be entered the first time using sheepfarm.sh . -Subsequent runs will re-use these settings until they are changed using the menu options.

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System Requirements

• sheepfarm.sh is written in shell scripting language and is fairly portable. However, some/many commands may not behave as expected due to vast differences between shell environments and versions. Please try running sheepfarm.sh from bash >= 4.x.x before filing an issue.

• sheepfarm.sh requirements include those of the SheepIt Render Farm java client.

• up to date java jre
• x64 based Intel or AMD CPU (ARM is not yet supported as of May 2019)
• 4GB or more RAM
• minimum 2GB or more free disk space

• Recommended System Requirements

• 8GB+ RAM
• 4GB+ GPU RAM
• nVidia CUDA GPU (1050 or 1050 ti)
• 8GB+ free disk space

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sheepfarm.sh is verified tested on :

• Ubuntu 18.04
• [bash 4.4.19(1)-release] x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
• nVidia 1050 ti [eVGA 1050 ti SSC]
• Intel Core i7 870 @ 2.93GHz

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Disclaimer

While sheepfarm.sh may run perfectly on you machine, it comes with no warranty nor liability. Please test in a non-production environment to see if it suits your needs before deploying.

License

GPL v.2 in compliance with the official sheepit-client : https://github.com/laurent-clouet/sheepit-client

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