| | 4 | |
| | 5 | The easiest way to set up a BOINC server is in the |
| | 6 | [wiki:CloudServer Amazon Elastic Computing Cloud]. |
| | 7 | The hardware and most of the software issues are taken care of for you. |
| | 8 | Eventually you'll have to pay Amazon, |
| | 9 | but even then it may be cheaper than using your own hardware. |
| | 10 | |
| | 11 | If you choose to use your own hardware, there are several software options: |
| | 12 | |
| | 13 | * Use a [wiki:VmServer BOINC server VM] that we've created for that purpose, |
| | 14 | with all the necessary software already installed. |
| | 15 | You can run this virtual machine using |
| | 16 | [https://www.virtualbox.org/ VirtualBox] |
| | 17 | on any Intel-based computer (Windows, Linux, or Mac OS X). |
| | 18 | |
| | 19 | * Debian and Ubuntu offer a "boinc-server-maker" package to create |
| | 20 | BOINC projects more easily on local or remote machines. |
| | 21 | This ongoing effort is described |
| | 22 | [http://wiki.debian.org/BOINC/ServerGuide here]. |
| | 23 | |
| | 24 | * Build BOINC from source on your own system. |
| | 25 | You can use any Unix system as a BOINC server; |
| | 26 | we recommend using a recent Linux release. |
| | 27 | Disable SELinux. General instructions are given below, |
| | 28 | followed by a [wiki:ServerIntro#CookbookforDebian6.0 cookbook for setting up a BOINC server on a Debian 6.0 system]. |
| | 29 | |
| 24 | | |
| 25 | | Another approach - which eliminates both hardware and software issues - |
| 26 | | is to deploy a BOINC server on the |
| 27 | | [wiki:CloudServer Amazon Elastic Computing Cloud]. |
| 28 | | |
| 29 | | == Software == |
| 30 | | There are several ways to deploy the BOINC server software: |
| 31 | | |
| 32 | | * The easiest way to set up a BOINC server is to use a |
| 33 | | [wiki:VmServer BOINC server VM] that we've created for that purpose, |
| 34 | | with all the necessary software already installed. |
| 35 | | You can run this virtual machine using |
| 36 | | [https://www.virtualbox.org/ VirtualBox] |
| 37 | | on any Intel-based computer (Windows, Linux, or Mac OS X). |
| 38 | | If you take this approach, skip the rest of this page. |
| 39 | | |
| 40 | | * Debian and Ubuntu offer a "boinc-server-maker" package to create |
| 41 | | BOINC projects more easily on local or remote machines. |
| 42 | | This ongoing effort is described here: |
| 43 | | [http://wiki.debian.org/BOINC/ServerGuide Wiki]. |
| 44 | | Again, if you take this approach, skip the rest of this page. |
| 45 | | |
| 46 | | * You can use any Unix system as a BOINC server; |
| 47 | | we recommend using a recent Linux release. |
| 48 | | Disable SELinux. General instructions are given below, |
| 49 | | followed by a [wiki:ServerIntro#CookbookforDebian6.0 cookbook |
| 50 | | for setting up a BOINC server on a Debian 6.0 system]. |
