General

• Windows 10/11 (Linux and Mac OS support coming soon)
• Admin privilege during installation
• Shared network drive that is accessible from all the workstations and render nodes

Folders / Registry

• RenderFlow will be installed to %PROGRAMFILES%/Pulze/RenderFlow
• Read/Write privilege for C:/ProgramData/RenderFlow. RenderFlow uses this folder store the database (when running in server mode), logs and config files.
• RenderFlow user interface (%PROGRAMFILES%/Pulze/RenderFlow/RenderFlow.exe) will use %APPDATA%/RenderFlow to store additional cache and config data.
• Registry values will be created at HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\RenderFlow to ensure RenderFlow shows up in the Add / Remove programs on Windows.
• To ensure RenderFlow user interface starts when the user logs in we also add a registry entry to HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\RenderFlow

Firewall

The following ports and executables are added as an exception to Window Firewall during installation. If you are using an additional 3rd party firewall please make sure to whitelist the following items:

• TCP port 44442 - General purpose API, log and event streaming, 3rd party integrations
• UDP port 44443 - Used for broadcasting in order to discover the server on the network
• TCP port 44444 - Required to access the database running on the server
• TCP port 44445 - Used by supervisor service
• RenderFlow.exe located in %PROGRAMFILES%/Pulze/RenderFlow - User interface component
• rfsv.exe located in %PROGRAMFILES%/Pulze/RenderFlow - Service component