deadline setup

[mkirylo]

how do you go about using octane for houdini with deadline? I have it installed on the render nodes and it loads but its looking for a license. is there a render node version of octane or do i need to export to orbx file first ? seems deadline doesnt support the lasted octane stand alone just 2019 . what the best way to setup octane and houdini to render on deadline ?

thanks

[juanjgon]

Sorry, I have no experience with Deadline, so I can't help you with the configuration, but from the licenses point of view if you are rendering Houdini .hip scenes you are going to need a Houdini engine license (for hython) and an Octane render node license in each render node. The good news is that as far as I know, now at least 10 Octane render node licenses are included with the Studio+ subscription. If you don't have the Houdini licenses, you could try to export .orbx files from your workstation to later render them in the nodes, but I'm not sure if/how Deadline handles this.

Hope it helps,
-Juanjo

[mkirylo]

ok is there a way to save my credentials for octane to an env value or something for the render nodes or do I need to log in on those machines through the ui ?

[juanjgon]

As far as I know, you need to enter your credentials using the system UI when Octane asks about them the first time you launch Standalone or a render session.

-Juanjo

[mkirylo]

yeah tried to log in with the ui but it says i have no license available probably cause it trying to pull a full license and its already active on my main machine . i get this error in deadline

[Octane] 09:36:49 INFOR: [license] ----------- Studio+ license activation silent mode enabled
2023-02-22 09:36:49: 0: STDOUT: 09:36:49 ERROR: [license] ----------- ERROR: Can't authenticate the Octane license: activation cancelled


how to i activate in silent mode? how do I license the render nodes?

[juanjgon]

Can you please send an email to [email protected] asking for these licensing questions? The licensing team will help you to configure the additional render nodes and so on. I'm not aware of how this stuff works.

Thanks,
-Juanjo

[mkirylo]

ok