Swarm Problems

[Contrails]

Having problems building - the Swarm agent pops up and gives this error message:

12:38:40 PM: ......... SwarmCoordinator failed to be initialized

after which the editor proceeds to freeze. Happens on build all and build lighting (don't know about geometry as I get errors about unbuilt lighting)

From the log


Starting up SwarmAgent ...
... registering SwarmAgent with remoting service
... registering SwarmAgent network channels
... initializing SwarmAgent
...... checking certificate
...... initializing cache
......... using cache folder 'C:\SwarmCache'
......... recreating SwarmAgent cache staging area
...... initializing connection to SwarmCoordinator
......... using SwarmCoordinator on BUILDFARM-01
[PingCoordinator] Determined that we couldn't ping the coordinator
[PingCoordinator] Coordinator ping failed
......... SwarmCoordinator failed to be initialized
...... initializing local performance monitoring subsystem
... initialization successful, SwarmAgent now running
[PingCoordinator] Determined that we couldn't ping the coordinator
[PingCoordinator] CoordinatorResponding is false
[PingCoordinator] Determined that we couldn't ping the coordinator
[PingCoordinator] Coordinator ping failed
[PingCoordinator] Determined that we couldn't ping the coordinator
[PingCoordinator] Coordinator ping failed
[PingCoordinator] Determined that we couldn't ping the coordinator
[PingCoordinator] Coordinator ping failed
[PingCoordinator] Determined that we couldn't ping the coordinator
[PingCoordinator] Coordinator ping failed
[PingCoordinator] Determined that we couldn't ping the coordinator
[PingCoordinator] Coordinator ping failed
[PingCoordinator] Determined that we couldn't ping the coordinator
[PingCoordinator] Coordinator ping failed
[PingCoordinator] Determined that we couldn't ping the coordinator
[PingCoordinator] Coordinator ping failed
[PingCoordinator] Determined that we couldn't ping the coordinator
[PingCoordinator] Coordinator ping failed
[PingCoordinator] Determined that we couldn't ping the coordinator
[PingCoordinator] Coordinator ping failed
[PingCoordinator] Determined that we couldn't ping the coordinator
[PingCoordinator] Coordinator ping failed
[PingCoordinator] Determined that we couldn't ping the coordinator
[PingCoordinator] Coordinator ping failed
[MaintainCache] Performing cache clean up
[CleanupJobDirectory] Cleaning up jobs directory
[CleanupJobDirectory] Done cleaning up jobs directory
[CleanupJobDirectory] Cleaning up logs directory
[CleanupJobDirectory] Done cleaning up logs directory
[MaintainCache] Cleaning up main cache directory
[MaintainCache] Cache clean up complete
[PingCoordinator] Determined that we couldn't ping the coordinator
[PingCoordinator] Coordinator ping failed
[PingCoordinator] Determined that we couldn't ping the coordinator
[PingCoordinator] Coordinator ping failed
[RequestShutdown] Shutdown has been requested
[PingCoordinator] Determined that we couldn't ping the coordinator
[PingCoordinator] Coordinator ping failed
[PingCoordinator] Determined that we couldn't ping the coordinator
[PingCoordinator] Coordinator ping failed


looks like its a firewall issue, but I did allow it through the windows firewall.

[Sam2]

Try turning your firewall completely off. If that doesn't work, go to the Binaries folder and manually start SwarmCoordinator.exe. Then in the SwarmAgent, under the settings tab, change "CoordinatorRemotingHost" to your computer name. That might not work also but give it a shot.

[Contrails]

Turning windows firewall completely off didn't help, but the second option did a bit (I guess)

This is what I get now (computer name is BACH):


3:42:13 PM: ......... using SwarmCoordinator on BACH
3:42:21 PM: [Ping] Communication with the coordinator failed, job distribution will be disabled until the connection is established
3:42:21 PM: ......... SwarmCoordinator failed to be initialized
3:42:21 PM: ...... initializing local performance monitoring subsystem
3:42:23 PM: ... initialization successful, SwarmAgent now running
3:42:38 PM: [Ping] Communication with the coordinator failed, job distribution will be disabled until the connection is established

Would an external firewall attached to my router affect it at all?

[EHCB]

I'm getting this exact same problem. Exact same effects when following the advice given above too. Has anyone worked out what causes this yet?