The parts of Qube!

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:

Verify Supervisor installation

On the supervisor, start the Qube! US.  It should connect to the supervisor service and show the supervisor hostname and license count in the UI title bar:

If you see 0 licenses you will need to install the licenses on the supervisor. See License Installation if you have a license key to install.

Test the supervisor connectivity

Use the Qube! UI Administration menu to test the supervisor's network connectivity from the worker machine:

It should bring up a dialog:

If you see this, your supervisor is up and running and responding to requests.

Verify Worker installation:

The simplest test possible is to submit a job that simply runs the "set" command, which does nothing but print out the operating system's environment variables.  You can see what it's expected to do by opening a cmd prompt on Windows or a Terminal on OS X and simply typing set and hitting <Enter>.

Start the Qube! UI, and select the Submit->Tests->Test 'set' job menu item.

Then, just click "Submit":

Go to the Jobs Panel in the Qube! UI, and you should see the job in the list (it will be named "Qube Test 'set' Job").  After a short period of time you should see the job in a "Complete" state.

Note that the ID of your job will be different from the screenshot above.

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

Requirements Checklist