Changes between Version 11 and Version 12 of MasterUrl


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Dec 10, 2012, 8:27:31 PM (12 years ago)
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davea
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  • MasterUrl

    v11 v12  
    1 = Choosing a project URL =
     1= The master URL =
     2
     3Each project is publicly identified by a '''master URL'''.
     4The page at this URL has two functions.
     5
     6 * It is the home page of the project; when viewed in a browser it describes the project
     7   and contains links for downloading the BOINC client.
     8 * It contains XML elements of the form
     9{{{
     10<scheduler>http://host.domain.edu/cgi/scheduler</scheduler>
     11<scheduler>http://host2.domain.edu/cgi/scheduler</scheduler>
     12}}}
     13 that give the URLs of the project's scheduling servers.
     14 These tags can be embedded within HTML comments.
     15 The BOINC client reads and parses the master page to locate scheduling servers.
     16 If at any point it is unable to connect to any scheduling server for a project,
     17 it rereads the master page.
     18 This mechanism lets a project move or add scheduling servers.
     19
     20Some ISPs remove HTML comments from downloaded pages.
     21To avoid problems with that, an alternative syntax is allowed:
     22{{{
     23<link rel="boinc_scheduler" href="http://host.domain.edu/cgi/scheduler">
     24}}}
     25You should still use the `<scheduler>` format too, since older clients won't parse this new syntax.
     26
     27The [MakeProject make_project] script creates a master page in `project/html/user/index.php`.
     28This file includes the file 'schedulers.txt',
     29which contains the list of `<scheduler>` (and `<link>`) elements.
     30
     31== Choosing a project URL ==
    232
    333It's recommended that projects choose master URLs