Bossa tutorial

Create a Bossa server

Install the BOINC software on a Linux system (or run the BOINC server virtual machine in a VMWare player on any computer).

Use make_project to create a BOINC project named "test":

> cd boinc/tools
> make_project --web_only test

Edit httpd.conf as directed (you'll need root access to do this). Let's say your server's domain name is "a.b.c".

Visit ​http://a.b.c/test/create_account.php and create an account for yourself.

Create an application

We'll create an application where volunteers look at images like this:

Visit ​http://a.b.c/test_ops/bossa_ops.php, and create an application named "test", with application file "test.php" (we'll create this later).

Create jobs

What volunteers see

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