Patching software used by the RFDK - Render Farm Deployment Kit on AWS

Patching software used by the RFDK

Important

On November 7, 2025, AWS Thinkbox Deadline 10 will enter maintenance mode. We recommend exploring AWS Deadline Cloud for render management. For questions, contact support@awsthinkbox.zendesk.com or refer to the Maintenance Mode FAQ.

A render farm is only as secure as the software that is deployed and executing on it. Software vulnerabilities are continually being discovered by developers, users, and security researchers. The best way to mitigate the risk of vulnerable software is to adopt a patching strategy. The operating system and applications running on your render farm should be regularly patched and monitored for vulnerabilities. Please refer to the following documentation based on the platform of your instances: