The make_project script

The make_project script creates the server components of a BOINC project. To use it, set up a BOINC server. Then, for example, type:

cd BOINC_SOURCE/tools
make_project --test_app cplan

This creates a project with master URL ​http://HOSTNAME/cplan/ whose directory structure is rooted at $HOME/projects/cplan.

More specifically, make_project does the following:

• Create the project directory and its subdirectories.
• Create the project's encryption keys if necessary. NOTE: before making the project visible to the public, you must move the code-signing private key to a highly secure (preferably non-networked) host, and delete it from the server host.
• Create and initialize the MySQL database
• Copy source and executable files
• Generate the project's configuration file.

With the --test_app option (recommended) the project will have a test application (uppercase) and daemons to generate and handle work for this application. This lets you quickly check that the project is working; you can remove the test application later by editing config.xml.

The following steps complete the project setup:

• Insert PROJECT_NAME.http.conf into /etc/apache/httpd.conf (path varies), or Include it from that file.
• Run crontab -e, and add an entry to run the project's cron script:

   0,5,10,15,20,25,30,35,40,45,50,55 * * * * PROJECT_HOME/bin/start --cron
  

• Run bin/xadd and bin/update_versions in the project's home directory.
• Run bin/start.

The script prints instructions for these steps.

The command-line syntax is as follows:

make_project [options] project_name [ 'Project Long Name ' ]

Options are as follows (normally you don't need to include any of them):

directory options

--project_root	Project root directory path. Default: $HOME/projects/PROJECT_NAME
--key_dir	Where keys are stored. Default: PROJECT_ROOT/keys
--url_base	Determines master URL Default: ​http://HOSTNAME
--no_query	Accept all directories without yes/no query
--delete_prev_inst	Delete project-root first (from prev installation)

URL options

--html_user_url	User URL. Default: URL_BASE/PROJECT_NAME/
--html_ops_url	Admin URL. Default: URL_BASE/PROJECT_NAME_ops/
--cgi_url	CGI URL. Default: URL_BASE/PROJECT_cgi/

database options

--db_host	Database host. Default: none (this host)
--db_name	Database name. Default: PROJECT_NAME
--db_user	Database user. Default: current user
--db_passwd	Database password. Default: None
--drop_db_first	Drop database first (from prev installation)

Miscellaneous options

--test_app	install test application
--verbose={0,1,2}	verbosity level, default 1
-h or --help	Show options