Q100148: How to render from a terminal session using an interactive Nuke license

Sian

Updated : July 19, 2024 19:20

Created : April 12, 2016 15:16

SUMMARY

This article explains how you can use an interactive license for terminal renders from Nuke.  This is useful if you do not have any render licenses available.

MORE INFORMATION

When you render a Nuke script from the command line or terminal, by default Nuke will request a render license (nuke_r).  Here's an example render command to render frames 1 to 100 of a Nuke script called "myScript.nk", where "Nuke" refers to the location that Nuke is installed to:

Nuke -x -F 1-100 path/to/myScript.nk

If you want to render using an interactive license (nuke_i) then you need to add the -i flag to your render command. After doing so, the command above should look like one of the following equivalent commands:

Nuke -x -i -F 1-100 path/to/myScript.nk

Nuke -xi -F 1-100 path/to/myScript.nk

NOTE: The interactive license will be tied to the machine for the duration of the render. Therefore if you are using floating licenses then an interactive license would be in use by the machine rendering the script and not available elsewhere.

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