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External Agent

An external Agent, allows you to share or off loading the processing of files onto multiple systems, or a more powerful system.

Docker​

A external Agent in docker requires the following set

NameTypeExample
FF_AGENT_Environmental value set to 1-e FF_AGENT_ 1
HostnameThe hostname name, this is used to identify the Agent and needs to be constant--hostname MyFFAgent

Temporary Directory​

This is the location where the Agent will create temporary files. These files are only accessed by the Agent and the server does not need to access this directory.

Mapping​

See Mapping

Copy to, Move To​

Additional to libraries, you may have a Copy File or Move File and their locations must also be mapped.

E.g. if you use a Copy File to copy the file to /media/tv-processed and that location is accessible \\myserver\tv-processed, you must make a mapping

  • Server: /media/tv-processed
  • Agent: \\myserver\tv-processed

Variables​

Variables also need to be mapped if they are accessible via different locations.

If you are using Docker for both the Agent and Server the tools will be accessible in the same locations, and do not need to be mapped.

But if you are using Docker as the Server and Ubuntu as the Agent, you must map the tool.

For example, to map FFmpeg, if FFmpeg was installed to /home/myuser/ffmpeg/ffmpeg, your mapping would be:

  • Server: /usr/local/bin/ffmpeg
  • Agent: /home/myuser/ffmpeg/ffmpeg