Deadline Cloud farms - AWS Deadline Cloud
Create a farm

Deadline Cloud farms

With a Deadline Cloud farm, you can manage users and project resources. A farm is a where your project resources are located. Your farm consists of queues and fleets. A queue is where submitted jobs are located and scheduled to be rendered. A fleet is a group of worker nodes that run tasks to complete jobs. After you create a farm, you can create queues and fleets to meet your project's needs.

Create a farm

  1. From the Deadline Cloud console, choose Go to Dashboard.

  2. In the Farms section of the Deadline Cloud dashboard, choose Actions → Create farm.

    1. Alternatively, in the left side panel choose Farms and other resources, then choose Create Farm.

  3. Add a Name for your farm.

  4. For Description, enter the farm description. A clear description can help you quickly identify your farm's purpose.

  5. (Optional) By default, your data is encrypted with a key that AWS owns and manages for your security. You can choose Customize encryption settings (advanced) to use an existing key or to create a new one that you manage.

    If you choose to customize encryption settings using the checkbox, enter a AWS KMS ARN, or create a new AWS KMS by choosing Create new KMS key.

  6. (Optional) Choose Add new tag to add one or more tags to your farm.

  7. Choose Create farm. After creation, your farm displays.