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
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From the Deadline Cloud console
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In the Farms section of the Deadline Cloud dashboard, choose Actions → Create farm.
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Alternatively, in the left side panel choose Farms and other resources, then choose Create Farm.
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Add a Name for your farm.
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For Description, enter the farm description. A clear description can help you quickly identify your farm's purpose.
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(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.
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(Optional) Choose Add new tag to add one or more tags to your farm.
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Choose Create farm. After creation, your farm displays.
