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davidpanderson
Missing instructions on how to setup on a Linux server
Please add instructions to your website on how to setup BOINC on a Linux or UNIX server. The setup is actually quite simple, but it's annoying that I had to Google for instructions and finding the correct instructions wasn't just a walk in the park. I almost gave up on it as I was completely lost on how to set it up.
https://scienceunited.org/su_help.php should have that or a link to instructions, but it does not.
https://scienceunited.org/su_help.php lacks in helping with this.
https://boinc.berkeley.edu/wiki/Installing_BOINC should be linked there to give instructions on how to install BOINC and you should have instructions on how to log in and attach a project.
Logging in is simple
boinccmd --acct_mgr attach https://scienceunited.org <email> <password>
# For example
boinccmd --acct_mgr attach https://scienceunited.org "[email protected]" "SuperSecretPassword"
And attaching a project is also simple
boinccmd --project_attach <project> <username>
# For example
boinccmd --project_attach "QuChemPedIA@home" "MyUserName"
I think it would make a big difference if these instructions were easily available.
boinccmd --acct_mgr attach https://scienceunited.org "[email protected]" "SuperSecretPassword"
@SharkMachine, you saved my day!
Given that boinccmd help says --acct_mgr attach URL name passwd,
I was passing my username there instead of my email address
and was surely getting no account found error,
which puzzled me a lot.
I totally second that these short instructions should be readily available from https://scienceunited.org/su_help.php page.
I would suggest using BOINC through docker, instructions: https://hub.docker.com/r/linuxserver/boinc. When this is setup you can go to localhost:8080 or ip.address:8080 and use the BOINC manager to add science united as the project manager, hope this helps.
I would suggest using BOINC through docker, instructions: https://hub.docker.com/r/linuxserver/boinc. When this is setup you can go to localhost:8080 or ip.address:8080 and use the BOINC manager to add science united as the project manager, hope this helps.
That's probably a good alternative, but the official instructions for running BOINC using Docker recommend a different image: https://hub.docker.com/r/boinc/client/
Docker is a good suggestion but it isn't always an option. I'm asking for instructions to be updated and it doesn't exclude Docker.
These instructions are not good :(. There's nothing about running on Linux or Mac and nothing about Docker.
Click on 'Download and install BOINC' to get instructions (including Linux and Mac).
Click on 'Download and install BOINC' to get instructions (including Linux and Mac).
It is a link to login and after login I get this
There's also no clear link in the menu for getting information about participating :(