https://www.vvertex.com/wiki/ 2026-04-20T12:14:55+0000 https://www.vvertex.com/wiki/ https://www.vvertex.com/wiki/lib/tpl/bootstrap3/images/favicon.ico text/html 2018-01-11T08:21:32+0000 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.vvertex.com/wiki/doku.php?id=muster:8.0:api&rev=1515658892&do=diff Muster API Muster 8 introduces a brand new collection of APIs available from a wide range of languages. While the RESTful HTTP API is an unique interface, the APIs available for the scripting languages provide bindings that directly inherits from the C++ APIs. text/html 2018-01-11T08:21:32+0000 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.vvertex.com/wiki/doku.php?id=muster:8.0:applications_plug-ins_connectors&rev=1515658892&do=diff Applications plug-ins (connectors) Maya Installation THE PLUGIN SUPPORTS MAYA 2009 and greater running pyMel 1.0.0 or greater * Copy the MayaMuster.py script into your Maya scripts installation folder * Be sure you actually have pymel installed. This may be bundled with your Maya installation or you may need to download and install it. Go to text/html 2018-01-11T08:21:32+0000 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.vvertex.com/wiki/doku.php?id=muster:8.0:c&rev=1515658892&do=diff Muster C++ API Usage Introduction The C++ Muster API is mostly declared inside the MClientLib namespace. The API declares two global structures (MUSTER and MUSTERCLIENT) that are required to hold any connection versus the Dispatcher (MUSTER) and a Render client (MUSTERCLIENT). text/html 2018-01-11T08:21:32+0000 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.vvertex.com/wiki/doku.php?id=muster:8.0:classes_reference&rev=1515658892&do=diff Muster API Classes reference Remember that while the C++ API is inside the MClientLib and MTemplate namespace, the same functions accessed from a scripting engine are available under the MClientAPI and MTemplateAPI modules. text/html 2018-01-11T08:21:32+0000 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.vvertex.com/wiki/doku.php?id=muster:8.0:code444fault78&rev=1515658892&do=diff VATTELA PIJA NDERCULO text/html 2018-01-11T08:21:32+0000 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.vvertex.com/wiki/doku.php?id=muster:8.0:command_line_usage_mrtool&rev=1515658892&do=diff Command line usage Services Muster Dispatcher and Renderclient service can be launched from the command lines for debugging purposes. This is a list of the flags supported: -licQuery for the host id required for licensing-c [file]Read the configuration from an alternate file text/html 2018-01-11T08:21:32+0000 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.vvertex.com/wiki/doku.php?id=muster:8.0:configuration_files&rev=1515658892&do=diff Configuration files On a complete Muster installation, there’re several configuration files that may be manually edited by users or configured automatically by Muster. The following list shows which files are installed by each module and their purpose: text/html 2018-01-11T08:21:32+0000 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.vvertex.com/wiki/doku.php?id=muster:8.0:console_reference&rev=1515658892&do=diff Muster Console Reference Interface components The following section will give a brief over the interface components provided by Muster Console, the complete real time graphical front end to the Muster Dispatcher Service. The Muster Console window has a menu , a toolbar and five view types: text/html 2018-01-11T08:21:32+0000 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.vvertex.com/wiki/doku.php?id=muster:8.0:console_walk_trough&rev=1515658892&do=diff Muster Console walk trough Muster Console is the graphical interface to the Dispatcher Service. Each operation on the render farm and on the queue is performed through it. Launch the Console. This can be done from the Start menu in Windows, from the Application folder in text/html 2018-01-11T08:21:32+0000 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.vvertex.com/wiki/doku.php?id=muster:8.0:custom_actions&rev=1515658892&do=diff Handling custom actions Muster custom actions can be spawned by the Dispatcher or the Render clients, depending if they are jobs based or chunk based. In both scenarios, you can pass arguments to an action using the template %ATTR substitution syntax. I.e. if you want to pass a job ID to a custom action you could write something like: text/html 2018-01-11T08:21:32+0000 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.vvertex.com/wiki/doku.php?id=muster:8.0:databases_structure&rev=1515658892&do=diff Databases structure Muster stores the queue and internal configurations in a database that may be on a local file (using sqlite) or external (Mysql or SQL Server). An internal abstraction layer is used for certain data types, the field types you’ll find in the descriptions may appear differently depending on the destination database. text/html 2018-01-11T08:21:32+0000 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.vvertex.com/wiki/doku.php?id=muster:8.0:dispatcher_service_reference&rev=1515658892&do=diff Dispatcher service reference The configuration of the Dispatcher service is done through the Console. You can configure the following items/functionalities: * Dispatcher preferences * Render pools * Unix substitution paths * Muster users database text/html 2018-01-11T08:21:32+0000 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.vvertex.com/wiki/doku.php?id=muster:8.0:general_guidelines&rev=1515658892&do=diff General guidelines Distributed rendering requires some additional setup to be accomplished successfully. Rules on preparing the jobs change on a software basis and it also depends on the production workflow. By the way, we can provide some general rules to follow, if applicable: text/html 2018-01-11T08:21:32+0000 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.vvertex.com/wiki/doku.php?id=muster:8.0:getting_started&rev=1515658892&do=diff Getting started Introduction Muster is a suite of applications specifically designed to manage complex and multi-platform render farms. In the digital content creation industry, the term render farm is used to describe a set of computers fully or partially dedicated to the creation of digital images. This process is commonly called text/html 2018-01-11T08:21:32+0000 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.vvertex.com/wiki/doku.php?id=muster:8.0:integrated_web_server&rev=1515658892&do=diff Integrated web service Muster integrates a fully featured internal Web server. You can navigate to the web server interface by opening your browser and then following the links: * http://localhost:9790 (for unsecure connections) * https://localhost:9791 (for secure connections) text/html 2018-01-11T08:21:32+0000 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.vvertex.com/wiki/doku.php?id=muster:8.0:java_net_perl_php&rev=1515658892&do=diff Muster Java .Net Perl and Php API The APIs for the scripting languages behaves in the same way as the Python and C++ ones. Please refer to the Python documentation and examples to learn how to use the API that will be find under the same MClientAPI and MTemplateAPI namespace/packages. text/html 2018-01-11T08:21:32+0000 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.vvertex.com/wiki/doku.php?id=muster:8.0:network_configuration&rev=1515658892&do=diff Network configuration Distributed renderings relay on the network for any kind of data transmission. That’s a good reason to consider your network physical layer as the primary bottleneck in the entire rendering process. As a network administrator, you can follow several steps to ensure your network is working at its maximum capabilities and modify your settings and topology to increase performances. This section gives some hints that may apply in a common environment. Every network environment… text/html 2018-01-11T08:21:32+0000 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.vvertex.com/wiki/doku.php?id=muster:8.0:notificator_reference&rev=1515658892&do=diff Notificator reference Muster Notificator is a small application that listens to Dispatcher service and pops up reporting several different events. It can even open an image viewer to display single frame renderings once they are available. Muster Notificator runs in the taskbar or in the upper bar of the Finder on Mac text/html 2018-01-11T08:21:32+0000 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.vvertex.com/wiki/doku.php?id=muster:8.0:python&rev=1515658892&do=diff Muster Python API Muster 8 uses an embedded Python interpreter, the interpreter is invoked by each function used by the template system, that means every line you put into a new template (extension is now .py) will be fired from the embedded interpreter. This opens a few points: Every module you want to use to extend the Muster template system, must be copied into the python distribution (3.3) that comes with Muster (installation folder / python / lib). text/html 2018-01-11T08:21:32+0000 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.vvertex.com/wiki/doku.php?id=muster:8.0:release_notes&rev=1515658892&do=diff Release Notes 8.2.1 * This version requires a new license and an active maintenance plan * Fixed dependancies on folders that were not working as intended * An elapsed rendering time on the nodes view has been included * The Dispatcher -lic flag on Linux no longer reports a blank host id text/html 2018-01-11T08:21:32+0000 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.vvertex.com/wiki/doku.php?id=muster:8.0:restful_http_api&rev=1515658892&do=diff Muster RESTful HTTP API The Muster RESTful API allows developer to query and interact with the Dispatcher service using HTTP requests parsed through the Muster builtin web server. The API is available under the /api subfolder of the Web server and it's actually used by the Muster web server itself to provide its user interface. text/html 2018-01-11T08:21:32+0000 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.vvertex.com/wiki/doku.php?id=muster:8.0:services_control_reference&rev=1515658892&do=diff Services control reference Muster Services control is a small application that let you configure, start and stop the Muster services installed locally. Muster Services control runs in the taskbar or in the upper bar of the Finder on Mac OS X. The Services control applet is made by two tabs, one specific to configure and interact with the Render client, and another specific to configure the Dispatcher Service. text/html 2018-01-11T08:21:32+0000 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.vvertex.com/wiki/doku.php?id=muster:8.0:system_requirements&rev=1515658892&do=diff System requirements Windows * Windows XP Service Pack 2 or greater (tested up to Windows 8, Server platforms supported) * 2048 MB RAM * 200 MB free on system disk Linux * Linux Kernel 2.5 running GLIBC 2.5 or greater for 32 bit installations text/html 2018-01-11T08:21:32+0000 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.vvertex.com/wiki/doku.php?id=muster:8.0:template_engine_python&rev=1515658892&do=diff Template engine (Python) Introduction Muster 8 implements a brand new template engine. The template engine takes care of instruct Muster how to interact with external render engines or batch jobs. The new engine is entirely based on Python 3.3. Through the template engine you can: text/html 2018-01-11T08:21:32+0000 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.vvertex.com/wiki/doku.php?id=muster:8.0:troubleshooting&rev=1515658892&do=diff Troubleshooting If you’re stuck and not able to render successfully with Muster, please take a look at the following common issues. If this doesn’t help, take a look at the Virtual Vertex forum or drop a line to vvsupport@vvertex.com * Red dot under J or T column: The job failed. When it encounters a critical error Muster prevents further processing and puts the job in the client exclusion list (job based or template based depending on the error). The behavior is normal and avoids an endless…