Network Rendering

Download

Install on Windows 

When you have downloaded the installer, launch it and follow the prompts. During the install process you will meet following topics:

Folder location: By default Network Rendering will be located in Program Files and Network Resources in the Documents folder. You can change these if necessary.

Note that if Controlled folder access is enabled for the Resources folder (after installation), the PC won’t be able to use Network Rendering. So you need to add the Manager/Worker services to the allowed apps in the Windows security settings.

Enable firewall access: if you have a firewall, you need to enable access for NR services in the firewall settings. Otherwise the communication to/from Manager/Worker won’t be possible. Auto-update, Multi-casting and Auto-detection will also be impacted by the firewall.

When You have completed the Installation the Network Configurator will be launched. This is where you can configure your computer as client/worker/manager. Click here for more information.

Install on macOS

When you have downloaded the installer, launch it and follow the prompts.

If you have a firewall you will need to enable the Setup Firewall Rules in the installation type step. This will allow KeyShot Network Rendering to pass the firewall which is necessary for the communication to/from Manager/Worker as well as Auto-update, Multi-casting and Auto-detection.

When You have completed the Installation the Network Configurator will be launched. This is where you can configure your computer as client/worker/manager. Click here for more information.

Install on Linux

Minimum requirements for KeyShot Network Rendering on Linux:

• Ubuntu 16.04 or later
• Other distribution with glibc version 2.23 or later
• Linux kernel version 2.6.32 or later

You can either install KeyShot Network Rendering via the Terminal or via the Linux UI. For setup via the Terminal follow the steps described in the readme file, which is included in the download package. Otherwise, follow these steps:

1. Download
   Download the install package and save to a local drive. Note that the following steps will give the example for the ~/Documents folder.
2. Unpack
   Launch the terminal and unzip the .zip file
   luxion@ubuntu:~$ cd /home/luxion/Documents/
luxion@ubuntu:~/Documents$ unzip keyshot_network_rendering_linux64_11.x.xx.zip
   *replace th x’es in the name of the .zip file with the current version numbers.
   
3. Install
   Run setup.sh
   luxion@ubuntu:~$ cd /home/luxion/Documents/keyshot_network_11/
luxion@ubuntu:~/Documents/keyshot_network_11$ sudo -E ./setup.sh
   
4. Set up. Double click run_configurator.sh and set up the services. See the following pages for step by step explanations of the settings.
   • Worker Setup
   • Manager Setup

5. Start Monitor
   To Start the Monitor double click run_monitor.sh.

Enable firewall access: if you have a firewall, you need to enable access for NR services in the firewall settings. Otherwise the communication to/from Manager/Worker won’t be possible. Auto-update, Multi-casting and Auto-detection will also be impacted by the firewall.

Updating on Linux

For Major versions it is important to update all Network Rendering Machines.

1. Stop all Network Rendering processes.
2. Disable all Network Rendering related services.
3. Unpack the Zip archive into a new folder.
4. If configured, update any SystemD service files to point to the new location.

For Minor versions updating the Manager will automatically update any connected Worker Machines.

1. Stop all Network Rendering processes and services.
2. Unpack the Zip archive into the existing installation folder.
3. Start the required Network Rendering Services.