See about HQueue for information on what HQueue is, how it works, and what it can do for you.
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Getting started ¶
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HQueue is a general-purpose job scheduling system. You can use it to distribute renders, simulations, and other work to remote clients.
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How to set up a basic HQueue farm.
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How to set configuration options for the HQueue server and clients.
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How to put work on the farm.
Managing the farm ¶
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How to view and manage jobs on the farm.
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How to use the web interface or local logins to add, remove, restart, and manage client machines.
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How to use the web interface or local logins to create and manage groups of client machines.
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How to use the Network Folder management page.
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You can specify what resources (such as licenses) are available on each client, so jobs can be scheduled on clients where they can run.
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Each client and job can have informational notes attached.
Next steps ¶
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HQueue stores separate logs for server errors and scheduling events, and each client also generates a log.
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How to uninstall the HQueue server or client software.
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Answers to frequently asked questions.
Guru level ¶
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You can connect to the HQueue server over the network and call functions to manipulate and query jobs and other information.
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More detail on the internals of a job specification for users who want to submit custom jobs.
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Multiple clients, single machine
A guide on how to run multiple HQueue clients on a single machine.
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How to change the HQueue farm SQLite database backend to another database engine.