Document history for the Render Farm Deployment Kit on AWS
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Note
The table below represents significant documentation milestones. We fix errors and improve content on an ongoing basis.
| Change | Description | Date |
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Update to CDKv2 |
RFDK v1.0.0 is based on the CDKv2. We updated the examples in the documentation to be up-to-date with RFDK v1.0.0. |
December 14, 2022 |
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"Deadline Secrets Management in the RFDK" topic |
Section added to the "Security" chapter describing security considerations when deploying an RFDK farm with Deadline Secrets Management enabled. |
October 25, 2021 |
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"Creating a Remote Terminal Session into the Render Queue" topic |
Section added to the "Working with RFDK" chapter describing how to connect to the Render Queue and enter the Docker container running the Remote Connection Server. |
October 25, 2021 |
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Document integration with AWS Thinkbox ECR Images |
Update several chapters to document how to use AWS Thinkbox published Deadline container images with RFDK. |
February 1, 2021 |
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"Connecting To Render Farm" topic |
Added section to the "Working with the RFDK" chapter describing how to connect to the render queue and added an optional step to "Your first RFDK app" chapter. |
December 22, 2020 |
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"stage-deadline" section |
Section in the "Working with the RFDK" chapter updated with the simplified usage of the stage-deadline script. |
December 9, 2020 |
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"Example development environment" topic |
Section added to the "Getting started" chapter describing how to set up a example development environment for use with RFDK. |
October 26, 2020 |
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"Troubleshooting" topic |
Section added for common issues with the RFDK and how to solve them. |
September 15, 2020 |
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"Working with the RFDK" topic |
Section added for working with the RFDK, describing prerequisites for TypeScript and Python, as well as how to start a project. |
August 31, 2020 |
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General Availability |
Documentation for intial release of RFDK. |
August 26, 2020 |
