Apple Qmaster 3 - Manual (Page 33)

4 Click OK.
Your environment variables take effect immediately, and are retained only for the selected
command.
Using the Command Line in Apple Qmaster
If you are accustomed to doing your work from Terminal shells, and you need or prefer
to run Apple Qmaster from the command line with minimal use of application interfaces,
this section is for you.
Note: On any given Final Cut Studio system or network, the Compressor and
Apple Qmaster versions (numbers) and the version of QuickTime must all match. For
example, Compressor 3.0.5 will work only with the 3.0.5 version of Apple Qmaster, and
no other version. In this example, the correct version of QuickTime is QuickTime 7.5.5 or
later. Non-matching configurations are not supported.
Installing Apple Qmaster from the Command Line
Follow these steps to install Apple Qmaster software on each computer you want to use
for distributed processing. (All computers must be on the same subnet.)
To install Apple Qmaster software from the command line
1 Copy the standalone installer package (AppleQmasterNode.mpkg) to the remote system.
Note: Do not alter the file hierarchy of the packages.
2 Log in to the remote system.
3 Enter the following command:
sudo installer -pkg AppleQmasterNode.mpkg -target /
Apple Qmaster processes start automatically after installation.
4 Repeat these steps for each computer in your distributed processing network.
Tip: You can also install Apple Qmaster using Apple Remote Desktop. Just select a node,
click Install Package, and select the standalone installer package
(AppleQmasterNode.mpkg). The copy and installation process is done automatically.
Shell Commands for Configuring Service Nodes and Cluster Controllers
As an alternative to using the Apple Qmaster pane in System Preferences, you can use
the command
qmasterprefs , with command-line options for enabling and disabling
service node and cluster-controlling services.
In the command-line descriptions below, angle brackets < > indicate a mandatory
argument in a command, and brackets [ ] indicate an optional argument.
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