AWS Deadline Cloud now gives you an easier way to deliver plugins to cloud workers when using service-managed fleets. AWS Deadline Cloud is a fully managed service that helps teams run compute-intensive workloads in the cloud for visual effects, animation, product design, simulation, and gaming.

Previously, deploying plugins to cloud workers required custom scripting or manual configuration for each digital content creation (DCC) application and version. With this feature, you upload your plugin files to a prescribed path in your queue’s job attachments Amazon S3 bucket, much like copying plugins into a shared folder on your workstation, and Deadline Cloud automatically syncs them to workers when a job session starts. This simplifies pipeline setup, reduces configuration errors, and helps you start jobs with the correct plugins in place. Plugin sync is now generally available for Blender and Autodesk Maya, with support for additional DCC applications coming soon.

Plugin sync for service-managed fleets is available in all AWS Regions where Deadline Cloud is offered. To learn more, see Sync plugins to workers in the AWS Deadline Cloud Developer Guide, or visit the AWS Deadline Cloud product page.