Changes between Version 15 and Version 16 of ServerIntro

Timestamp:

Jul 6, 2007, 1:28:34 PM (17 years ago)

Author:

davea

Comment:

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ServerIntro

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 If you take this approach, skip the rest of this page.
 
-Otherwise, you can potentially use any Unix system as a BOINC server;
+Otherwise, you can use any Unix system as a BOINC server;
 we recommend using a recent Linux release.
-A cookbook for setting up a BOINC server on a Debian 4.0 system is [#DebianCookbook here].
-
-The following sections describes how to configure any Linux system to act as a BOINC server.
-
-== Groups and permissions ==
+General instructions are given below, followed by
+a cookbook for setting up a BOINC server on a Debian 4.0 system follows;
+
+== General instructions ==
+=== Groups and permissions ===
 BOINC server programs run as two different users:
  * The scheduler and file upload handler are CGI programs, so they run as the same user as the web server (on Fedora this is user 'apache'; on Debian it's 'www-data').
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-== Installing BOINC software ==
+=== Installing BOINC software ===
  * Download and install whatever [SoftwarePrereqsUnix software prerequisites] are needed on your system.
  * [SourceCode Download the BOINC software].
  * [BuildSystem Configure and build] the BOINC software.
 
-== Operating system configuration ==
+=== Operating system configuration ===
 Some parts of the BOINC server (the feeder and scheduling server) use shared memory. Hosts where these run must have shared memory enabled, with a maximum segment size of at least 32 MB. How to do this depends on the operating system; some information is [http://developer.postgresql.org/docs/postgres/kernel-resources.html here].
 
-== MySQL notes ==
+=== MySQL notes ===
  * After installing and running the server, grant permissions for your own account and for the account under which Apache runs ('nobody' in the following; may be different on your machine). All mysql accounts should be password protected including root.
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  * [http://boinc.berkeley.edu/mysql_cluster.txt Notes on running MySQL on a cluster].
 
-== MySQLclient notes ==
+=== MySQLclient notes ===
  * Configure mysql with the --enable-thread-safe-client switch.
  * Set your LD_LIBRARY_PATH to refer to the correct library.
 
-== Apache notes ==
+=== Apache notes ===
 In httpd.conf, set the default MIME type as follows (otherwise you'll get file upload signature verification errors):
 
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 To limit denial-of-service attacks, we recommend turning off directory indexing by adding -Indexes to the Options directive.
 
-== PHP notes ==
+=== PHP notes ===
 
  * Make sure 'magic quotes' are enabled (this is the default). The file /etc/php.ini should contain