# Tractor

Canonical: https://rmanwiki-25.pixar.com/space/TRA/

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# Tractor

Tractor distributes tasks to a farm of execution servers. It manages large queues of concurrent jobs from many users, enforcing dependencies and scheduling policies

[Explore Tractor Documentation](/space/TRA/22183944)

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- [Tractor 2](https://rmanwiki-25.pixar.com/space/TRA/22183944.md)
- [RenderMan for Maya](https://rmanwiki-25.pixar.com/space/TRA/22184208.md)
- [Configuration](https://rmanwiki-25.pixar.com/space/TRA/22184210.md)
- [Connections](https://rmanwiki-25.pixar.com/space/TRA/22184212.md)
- [Job List Pane](https://rmanwiki-25.pixar.com/space/TRA/22184214.md)
- [Job Info Pane](https://rmanwiki-25.pixar.com/space/TRA/22184216.md)
- [Tractor UI Tour](https://rmanwiki-25.pixar.com/space/TRA/22184218.md)
- [About Tractor Pane](https://rmanwiki-25.pixar.com/space/TRA/22184220.md)
- [Blade List Pane](https://rmanwiki-25.pixar.com/space/TRA/22184222.md)
- [Blade Info Pane](https://rmanwiki-25.pixar.com/space/TRA/22184224.md)
- [Task Graph Pane](https://rmanwiki-25.pixar.com/space/TRA/22184226.md)
- [Task Info Pane](https://rmanwiki-25.pixar.com/space/TRA/22184228.md)
- [Query Pane](https://rmanwiki-25.pixar.com/space/TRA/22184230.md)
- [Data Filtering](https://rmanwiki-25.pixar.com/space/TRA/22184232.md)
- [Blade Activity Pane](https://rmanwiki-25.pixar.com/space/TRA/22184234.md)
- [Engine Metrics](https://rmanwiki-25.pixar.com/space/TRA/22184236.md)
- [Admin](https://rmanwiki-25.pixar.com/space/TRA/22184238.md)
- [Limit Counters](https://rmanwiki-25.pixar.com/space/TRA/22184240.md)
- [Preferences](https://rmanwiki-25.pixar.com/space/TRA/22184242.md)
- [Administration Pane](https://rmanwiki-25.pixar.com/space/TRA/22184244.md)
- [RMS](https://rmanwiki-25.pixar.com/space/TRA/22184246.md)
- [Troubleshooting](https://rmanwiki-25.pixar.com/space/TRA/22184248.md)
- [Logging](https://rmanwiki-25.pixar.com/space/TRA/22184250.md)
- [Alternative Authentication](https://rmanwiki-25.pixar.com/space/TRA/22184252.md)
- [Job Scripting](https://rmanwiki-25.pixar.com/space/TRA/22184254.md)
- [Job Scripting Operators](https://rmanwiki-25.pixar.com/space/TRA/22184256.md)
- [Idle Job or Task](https://rmanwiki-25.pixar.com/space/TRA/22184258.md)
- [Tractor URL API](https://rmanwiki-25.pixar.com/space/TRA/22184260.md)
- [Search Clauses](https://rmanwiki-25.pixar.com/space/TRA/22184262.md)
- [JSON Job Scripting](https://rmanwiki-25.pixar.com/space/TRA/22184264.md)
- [Query Python API](https://rmanwiki-25.pixar.com/space/TRA/22184266.md)
- [Glossary](https://rmanwiki-25.pixar.com/space/TRA/22184270.md)
- [Directory Mapping](https://rmanwiki-25.pixar.com/space/TRA/22184272.md)
- [tractor-blade](https://rmanwiki-25.pixar.com/space/TRA/22184274.md)
- [tractor-spool](https://rmanwiki-25.pixar.com/space/TRA/22184276.md)
- [Your First Job](https://rmanwiki-25.pixar.com/space/TRA/22184278.md)
- [tractor-engine](https://rmanwiki-25.pixar.com/space/TRA/22184280.md)
- [Dashboard App](https://rmanwiki-25.pixar.com/space/TRA/22184282.md)
- [NIMBY](https://rmanwiki-25.pixar.com/space/TRA/22184284.md)
- [tractor-dbctl](https://rmanwiki-25.pixar.com/space/TRA/22184286.md)
- [Site Status Filter](https://rmanwiki-25.pixar.com/space/TRA/22184288.md)
- [Blade Environment Configuration: Keys and Handlers](https://rmanwiki-25.pixar.com/space/TRA/22184290.md)
- [Blades](https://rmanwiki-25.pixar.com/space/TRA/22184292.md)
- [Crews](https://rmanwiki-25.pixar.com/space/TRA/22184294.md)
- [PostgreSQL](https://rmanwiki-25.pixar.com/space/TRA/22184296.md)
- [Creating a custom Environment Handler](https://rmanwiki-25.pixar.com/space/TRA/22184298.md)
- [Example Envrionment Handler](https://rmanwiki-25.pixar.com/space/TRA/22184300.md)
- [Scheduling Modes](https://rmanwiki-25.pixar.com/space/TRA/22184302.md)
- [Custom Menu Items](https://rmanwiki-25.pixar.com/space/TRA/22184304.md)
- [tq: Tractor Query tool](https://rmanwiki-25.pixar.com/space/TRA/22184306.md)
- [Limits Configuration](https://rmanwiki-25.pixar.com/space/TRA/22184308.md)
- [Checkpoint-Resume and Incremental Processing](https://rmanwiki-25.pixar.com/space/TRA/22184310.md)
- [Server Profiles](https://rmanwiki-25.pixar.com/space/TRA/22184312.md)
- [Job Author Python API](https://rmanwiki-25.pixar.com/space/TRA/22184314.md)
- [Engine](https://rmanwiki-25.pixar.com/space/TRA/22184316.md)
- [tq Cookbook](https://rmanwiki-25.pixar.com/space/TRA/22184318.md)
- [Administration](https://rmanwiki-25.pixar.com/space/TRA/22184320.md)
- [Login Management](https://rmanwiki-25.pixar.com/space/TRA/22184322.md)
- [Advanced Blade Capability Advertisement](https://rmanwiki-25.pixar.com/space/TRA/22184324.md)
- [Initial Configuration](https://rmanwiki-25.pixar.com/space/TRA/22184326.md)
- [Setting Up Services](https://rmanwiki-25.pixar.com/space/TRA/22184328.md)
- [Dashboard](https://rmanwiki-25.pixar.com/space/TRA/22184330.md)
- [Image Preview](https://rmanwiki-25.pixar.com/space/TRA/22184332.md)
- [Getting Started](https://rmanwiki-25.pixar.com/space/TRA/22184334.md)
- [Installation](https://rmanwiki-25.pixar.com/space/TRA/22184336.md)
- [About Tractor](https://rmanwiki-25.pixar.com/space/TRA/22184339.md)
- [APIs](https://rmanwiki-25.pixar.com/space/TRA/22184341.md)
- [Appendix](https://rmanwiki-25.pixar.com/space/TRA/22184343.md)
- [Applications](https://rmanwiki-25.pixar.com/space/TRA/22184346.md)
- [Upgrading](https://rmanwiki-25.pixar.com/space/TRA/22184348.md)
- [Upgrading from Tractor 1.x](https://rmanwiki-25.pixar.com/space/TRA/22184350.md)
- [Release Notes](https://rmanwiki-25.pixar.com/space/TRA/22184352.md)
- [Tractor 2 Features](https://rmanwiki-25.pixar.com/space/TRA/22184354.md)
- [Implementation](https://rmanwiki-25.pixar.com/space/TRA/22184356.md)
- [Upgrading to 2.1](https://rmanwiki-25.pixar.com/space/TRA/22184358.md)
- [Upgrading to 2.2](https://rmanwiki-25.pixar.com/space/TRA/22184360.md)
- [System Requirements](https://rmanwiki-25.pixar.com/space/TRA/22184362.md)
- [RenderMan Documentation.mobile.phone](https://rmanwiki-25.pixar.com/space/TRA/22186899.md)
- [.brikit.mobile](https://rmanwiki-25.pixar.com/space/TRA/22191840.md)
- [Contents](https://rmanwiki-25.pixar.com/space/TRA/22191842.md)

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