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# Configure Launch Standard Worker for Flamenco 3.7 (2025-07-15 18:30Z)

_**User**_

@2025-05-12_16-04Z-technical-scripting-and-troubleshooting-discussion.md @2025-05-13_23-13Z-bypassing-password-prompts-in-script.md @2025-06-03_00-04Z-change-retry-function-to-infinite-retries.md @2025-05-14_15-49Z-cmd-worker-error-handling-and-retry-logic.md @2025-05-23_23-12Z-replace-remotecmd-with-remotesimplified.md I'm upgrading from Flamenco 3.6 to 3.7. CMD workers are working fine because they're directed to F:\software\Flamenco 3.7, and i9kf is working fine because I've installed flamenco 3.7 to that local path. Can we have Launch Standard Worker run the worker executable in F:\software\Flamenco 3.7 ?

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_**Assistant**_

Yes, you can have the "Launch Standard Worker" option run the worker executable from `F:\software\Flamenco 3.7` for all systems, just like the CMD workers. Currently, the `Get-RemoteStandardWorkerCommand` function is set up to run the worker from `C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Flamenco 3.7` if it exists, but you want it to always use `F:\software\Flamenco 3.7\flamenco-worker.exe`.

**Here's what you need to do:**

- Update the `Get-RemoteStandardWorkerCommand` function so that it always sets the location to `F:\software\Flamenco 3.7` and runs `flamenco-worker.exe` from there, regardless of whether the directory exists in `C:\Program Files\...`.

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**How to update:**

Replace the entire worker start block in `Get-RemoteStandardWorkerCommand` with the following:

```powershell
# Start worker
Write-Host "Starting Flamenco worker..." -ForegroundColor Cyan
Set-Location 'F:\software\Flamenco 3.7'
if (Test-Path 'flamenco-worker.exe') {
    Write-Host "Running flamenco-worker.exe..." -ForegroundColor Green
    # Run the worker and capture its exit code
    $workerProcess = Start-Process -FilePath '.\flamenco-worker.exe' -NoNewWindow -PassThru -Wait
    $exitCode = $workerProcess.ExitCode
    Write-Host "Flamenco worker process has terminated with exit code: $exitCode" -ForegroundColor Yellow
    exit $exitCode  # Exit with the worker's exit code to trigger restart if needed
} else {
    Write-Host "Error: flamenco-worker.exe not found in F:\software\Flamenco 3.7" -ForegroundColor Red
    exit 1  # Exit with error code to trigger restart
}
```

**Remove** the check for `C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Flamenco 3.7` entirely.

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**Result:**  
- All "Standard Worker" launches will use the 3.7 executable from `F:\software\Flamenco 3.7`, just like your CMD workers.
- This will ensure consistency across all your worker launches.

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_**User**_

each worker except for i9kf is printing:

2025-07-15T12:36:06-06:00 WRN unable to send sign-on request error="Post \"http://localhost:8888/api/v3/worker/sign-on\": dial tcp [::1]:8888: connectex: No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it." manager=http://localhost:8888/

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_**Assistant**_

The warning message:

```
WRN unable to send sign-on request error="Post \"http://localhost:8888/api/v3/worker/sign-on\": dial tcp [::1]:8888: connectex: No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it." manager=http://localhost:8888/
```

means that the Flamenco worker is trying to connect to a Flamenco Manager at `http://localhost:8888/`, but nothing is listening on that port on the remote machine. This is a **network/configuration issue**, not a script or launcher bug.

### Why does this happen?

- **Each worker runs on its own machine.**
- By default, the worker tries to connect to a manager at `localhost:8888` (i.e., itself).
- Unless the Flamenco Manager is running on that same machine and on that port, the connection will fail.

### Why does i9kf work?

- On i9kf, you probably have the Flamenco Manager running locally, or the worker's config points to the correct manager address.

### Why do the others fail?

- On the other machines, the worker is trying to connect to `localhost:8888`, but the manager is not running there (or not on that port).

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## How to Fix

You need to make sure that **each worker's configuration file** (`flamenco-worker.yaml`) points to the correct Flamenco Manager address (the actual host/IP where the manager is running, not `localhost`).

### Steps:

1. **Find the manager's real address.**
   - If the manager is running on i9kf, use its network name or IP, e.g., `http://i9kf:8888/` or `http://192.168.1.100:8888/`.

2. **Update the worker config on each machine:**
   - Open `flamenco-worker.yaml` (location is shown in the worker's startup log, e.g., `C:\Users\Nathan\AppData\Local\Blender Foundation\Flamenco\worker-2\flamenco-worker.yaml`).
   - Find the line like:
     ```yaml
     manager: http://localhost:8888/
     ```
   - Change it to:
     ```yaml
     manager: http://i9kf:8888/
     ```
     or whatever the

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