Changes between Version 11 and Version 12 of ServerIntro

Timestamp:

May 31, 2007, 11:36:12 AM (17 years ago)

Author:

davea

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 = Setting up a BOINC server =
 
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 If you take this approach, skip the rest of this page.
 
-== Using a real machine ==
+Otherwise, you can potentially use any Unix system as a BOINC server
+(we recommend using a recent Linux release).
+The remainder of this page describes how to configure this
+system to act as a BOINC server.
 
-You can potentially use any Unix system as a BOINC server
-(we recommend using a recent Linux release).
-Set up the machine as follows.
-
-=== Groups and permissions ===
+== 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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  * 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