Blender with Digital Ocean? Digital Ocean offer SSD cloud servers. Is it possible to run Blender on one? If so, what is needed?

Thanks,
It is definitely possible to run Blender on a DigitalOcean server. That being said, I wouldn't recommend it as it's pretty expensive if you want good performance and fast render times.

Here's how to install Blender on a DigitalOcean droplet:


Download the latest 64-bit version of Blender (choose the right one for your droplet)
Move the file to /usr/local and unzip it
Add Blender to the PATH variable
Install some missing libraries. There's a how-to guide on which packages you'll need here: Installing Blender on a virtual server
Once everything's installed, you'll want to run your render via the command line: ./blender -b path/to/your/file.blend --engine CYCLES [the rest of the render options]


I toyed around with the idea of building a DigitalOcean-based render farm. After a few tests I concluded that it would be prohibitively expensive.