Missing instructions on how to setup on a Linux server

[SharkMachine]

Please add instructions to your website on how to setup BOINC on a Linux or UNIX server. The setup is actually quite simple, but it's annoying that I had to Google for instructions and finding the correct instructions wasn't just a walk in the park. I almost gave up on it as I was completely lost on how to set it up.

https://scienceunited.org/su_help.php should have that or a link to instructions, but it does not.

[SharkMachine]

https://scienceunited.org/su_help.php lacks in helping with this.

https://boinc.berkeley.edu/wiki/Installing_BOINC should be linked there to give instructions on how to install BOINC and you should have instructions on how to log in and attach a project.

Logging in is simple

boinccmd --acct_mgr attach https://scienceunited.org <email> <password>
# For example
boinccmd --acct_mgr attach https://scienceunited.org "my@email.com" "SuperSecretPassword"

And attaching a project is also simple

boinccmd --project_attach <project> <username>
# For example
boinccmd --project_attach "QuChemPedIA@home" "MyUserName"

I think it would make a big difference if these instructions were easily available.

[ahippo]

boinccmd --acct_mgr attach https://scienceunited.org "my@email.com" "SuperSecretPassword"

@SharkMachine, you saved my day! Given that boinccmd help says --acct_mgr attach URL name passwd, I was passing my username there instead of my email address and was surely getting no account found error, which puzzled me a lot.

I totally second that these short instructions should be readily available from https://scienceunited.org/su_help.php page.

[JEMcats]

I would suggest using BOINC through docker, instructions: https://hub.docker.com/r/linuxserver/boinc. When this is setup you can go to localhost:8080 or ip.address:8080 and use the BOINC manager to add science united as the project manager, hope this helps.

[ahippo]

I would suggest using BOINC through docker, instructions: https://hub.docker.com/r/linuxserver/boinc. When this is setup you can go to localhost:8080 or ip.address:8080 and use the BOINC manager to add science united as the project manager, hope this helps.

That's probably a good alternative, but the official instructions for running BOINC using Docker recommend a different image: https://hub.docker.com/r/boinc/client/

[SharkMachine]

Docker is a good suggestion but it isn't always an option. I'm asking for instructions to be updated and it doesn't exclude Docker.

[SharkMachine]

These instructions are not good :(. There's nothing about running on Linux or Mac and nothing about Docker.

[davidpanderson]

Click on 'Download and install BOINC' to get instructions (including Linux and Mac).

[SharkMachine]

Click on 'Download and install BOINC' to get instructions (including Linux and Mac).

It is a link to login and after login I get this

[SharkMachine]

There's also no clear link in the menu for getting information about participating :(