Scripts & env to setup blender on cloud VM
To quickly render a single test frame using the Cycles ray tracer you can run the following command
https://github.com/nytimes/rd-blender-docker/wiki/Getting-started
docker run nytimes/blender:latest blender -b -o /tmp/ -E CYCLES -f 1
In this example:
-b means run Blender in background mode (i.e headless with no GUI)
-o refers to the folder in which you want to save the renders
-E selects the engine used for rendering (Cycles support both GPU and CPU rendering)
-f sets the amount of frames to render
Using the images in your own Dockerfile
It should look like something like
FROM nytimes/blender:latest
...rest of your own Dockerfile
For all tags available see Docker tags or visit the Docker Hub repository