An updated version of my old Ubuntu workstation on AWS guide, focusing on Ubuntu 24.04 running on a g6 EC2 instance.
Prerequisites This guide assumes you already have an EC2 instance with an Nvidia GPU running Ubuntu 24.04.
Getting started Update the system.
sudo apt update sudo apt upgrade -y Note: It’s a good idea to give the system a reboot after the update so it can load any kernel updates.
This is a guide to setting up a 3D workstation in the cloud with Ubuntu 22.04 Linux for running application like Blender, Maya, Nuke, etc…
I also have a dedicated guide for Rocky 9 here if Ubuntu is not your thing.
Prerequisites This guide assumes you already have an EC2 instance with an Nvidia GPU running Ubuntu 20.04 or higher.
Getting started Update the system.
sudo apt update sudo apt upgrade -y Note: It’s a good idea to give the system a reboot after the update so it can load any kernel updates.
If you want to use direct connect to connect your Deadline Workers to the Repository, or if you want to make it easy to add scripts and plug-ins to Deadline, you need a file share. But how to set one up? The simple free solution is Samba. Here is how to get it set up on your Deadline server.
What is Samba?
Put simply, Samba is a file server for Linux.
The purpose of the Deadline Portal is to provide a (relatively) easy way to expand a physical Deadline render farm into the cloud. This is often referred to as a hybrid render farm.
Portal handles transferring of assets and managing of worker fleets.
Where you should use it
Need to burst quickly in the cloud. Small projects with < 500GB of assets (depending on internet connection). Don’t have an existing way of syncing assets to the cloud.