# Create a conda build recipe for the Maya adaptor
Create a conda recipe for the Maya adaptor

The `maya-openjd` package provides the adaptor that integrates Maya with AWS Deadline Cloud (Deadline Cloud) job submissions. When you submit a Maya render job using a Deadline Cloud submitter GUI, the `CondaPackages` parameter includes `maya-openjd` alongside the `maya` package. The adaptor handles launching Maya, communicating render parameters, and managing the application lifecycle during a job session. For more information about adaptors, see [Adaptor packages](conda-package.md#conda-package-adaptors).

## Understanding the recipe


The [maya-openjd sample recipe](https://github.com/aws-deadline/deadline-cloud-samples/tree/mainline/conda_recipes/maya-openjd) builds the adaptor from the [deadline-cloud-for-maya](https://github.com/aws-deadline/deadline-cloud-for-maya) source package published to PyPI. The [recipe.yaml](https://github.com/aws-deadline/deadline-cloud-samples/blob/mainline/conda_recipes/maya-openjd/recipe/recipe.yaml) installs the package using `pip` into the conda environment.

The recipe depends on Python and two other packages from the Deadline Cloud samples repository that you need to build first:
+ [deadline](https://github.com/aws-deadline/deadline-cloud-samples/tree/mainline/conda_recipes/deadline) – The Deadline Cloud client library.
+ [openjd-adaptor-runtime](https://github.com/aws-deadline/deadline-cloud-samples/tree/mainline/conda_recipes/openjd-adaptor-runtime) – The Open Job Description adaptor runtime.

Python and other dependencies are available from [conda-forge](https://conda-forge.org/), so add `-c conda-forge` to the `rattler-build publish` command when you build the adaptor package.

## Building the adaptor package


The `maya-openjd` package depends on two other packages from the Deadline Cloud samples repository. Build all three packages in order from the `conda_recipes` directory. The `-c conda-forge` option on each command is to satisfy recipe dependencies for Python and Python libraries.

Build the `deadline` package.

```
rattler-build publish deadline/recipe/recipe.yaml \
    --to file://$HOME/my-conda-channel \
    --build-number=+1 \
    -c conda-forge
```

Build the `openjd-adaptor-runtime` package.

```
rattler-build publish openjd-adaptor-runtime/recipe/recipe.yaml \
    --to file://$HOME/my-conda-channel \
    --build-number=+1 \
    -c conda-forge
```

Build the `maya-openjd` package.

```
rattler-build publish maya-openjd/recipe/recipe.yaml \
    --to file://$HOME/my-conda-channel \
    --build-number=+1 \
    -c conda-forge
```

For other publishing options:
+ To publish to an Amazon S3 channel, see [Publish packages to an S3 conda channel](publish-packages-s3-channel.md).
+ To automate builds using a Deadline Cloud package building queue, see [Automate package builds with Deadline Cloud](automate-package-builds.md).