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🎬 Workers

🎯 Overview

The Workers component manages distributed rendering workers that execute rendering tasks across different engines. Each worker is specialized for specific rendering engines and optimized for high-performance processing.

🚀 Supported Worker Types

✅ Production Ready

  • After Effects Rendering Worker V4.1: Ultra-optimized worker for Adobe After Effects rendering with AWS integration

🚧 In Development

  • Blender Rendering Worker: 3D rendering capabilities (under construction)
  • Nuke Rendering Worker: Professional compositing (under construction)
  • Natron Rendering Worker: Open-source compositing alternative (under construction)
  • Canva Rendering Worker: Design and template processing (under construction)
  • Figma Rendering Worker: Vector graphics and design collaboration (under construction)
  • DaVinci Resolve Worker: Professional video editing and color grading (under construction)
  • Cavalry Rendering Worker: Motion graphics and animation (under construction)

🏗️ Worker Architecture

🔄 Communication Pattern

Queue Manager → Worker (Job Pickup)
Worker → Queue Manager (Status Updates)
Worker → Storage Provider (Asset Upload/Download)
Worker → Queue Manager (Shutdown Notification)

📊 Worker Lifecycle

  1. Initialization: Worker starts and registers with queue manager
  2. Job Polling: Continuous polling for available rendering tasks
  3. Job Processing: Download assets, render, upload results
  4. Status Reporting: Real-time progress updates to queue manager
  5. Graceful Shutdown: Automatic shutdown when no jobs available

🆔 Instance Tracking

  • AWS Instance ID Detection: Automatic detection via IMDS v2
  • Worker Identification: Each job tracks which instance processed it
  • Audit Trail: Complete tracking for debugging and performance analysis

📁 Worker Components

🎬 After Effects Rendering Worker

  • Location: After_Effects_Rendering_Worker/
  • Version: V4.1 (Production Ready)
  • Features:
  • SimpleScript architecture (95% performance improvement)
  • AWS S3 integration
  • Graceful shutdown with notification
  • Advanced log management
  • RDPKicker integration

🔧 Worker Management

  • Location: Worker_Management/
  • Features:
  • Worker registration and discovery
  • Capability profiling
  • Health monitoring
  • Load balancing

📊 Performance Metrics

🎯 After Effects Worker V4.1

  • Script Generation: 45ms (94% faster than V4.0)
  • Memory Usage: 18MB (50% less than V4.0)
  • Code Reduction: 95% less code than V4.0
  • AWS Detection: 3ms average

🔧 Configuration

⚙️ Worker Configuration

Each worker type has its own configuration system: - Centralized Config: config.json for all worker settings - Environment Variables: Override configuration values - AWS Integration: Automatic credential management

🌐 Network Requirements

  • Queue Manager: HTTP/HTTPS communication
  • Storage Providers: S3, DigitalOcean Spaces support
  • SSH Access: For deployment and management
  • RDP Access: For Windows-based workers

📚 Documentation Structure

Each worker type includes comprehensive documentation:

📖 Core Documentation

  • Architecture: Technical architecture and design decisions
  • API Reference: Complete API documentation
  • Deployment Guide: Step-by-step deployment instructions
  • Configuration: Detailed configuration options

🔧 Operational Documentation

  • Troubleshooting: Common issues and solutions
  • Monitoring: Health checks and performance metrics
  • Maintenance: Log management and cleanup procedures
  • Security: Best practices and security considerations

🚀 Getting Started

🎬 After Effects Worker

  1. Review the After Effects Rendering Worker documentation
  2. Follow the Deployment Guide
  3. Configure your Worker Settings
  4. Monitor using Troubleshooting guides

🔧 Worker Management

  1. Review Worker Management documentation
  2. Configure Worker Registration
  3. Set up Health Monitoring

📈 Future Development

🔮 Planned Features

  • Multi-region AWS Support: Automatic region detection
  • Worker Health Monitoring: Advanced metrics per instance
  • Auto-scaling Integration: AWS Auto Scaling Groups
  • Enhanced Error Tracking: Automatic instance-job correlation

🎯 Roadmap

  • V4.2 (Q2 2025): Multi-region support and advanced monitoring
  • V4.3 (Q3 2025): Distributed worker management and real-time dashboard
  • V5.0 (Q4 2025): Microservices architecture and ML-based optimization

📅 Last Updated: January 2025
🔄 Status: Production Ready (After Effects Worker V4.1)
👥 Maintained by: Continuum Development Team