Hello,

I have been all over google on this and still have many questions. I am attempting to connect from my ubuntu 16.10 desktop running Boinc 7.6.33 x86_64 to a remote server running ubuntu server 14.04 and Boinc 7.6.31 x86_64. Boinc is running fine on both machines, but I am unable to connect. I have several questions.

1) What is the correct format of /etc/boinc-client/gui_rpc_auth.cfg ? I would like to supply a password for connect and the file is empty.

2) Do I need anything else other than "allow_remote_gui_rpc" set in /etc/boinc-client/cc_config.xml to allow connection?

3) Did I read somewhere that setting #2 overides password/other settings ??

4) is 1043 the correct port for connect?

5) I don't see anything in /var/log/boinc.log on my desktop machine to indicate any problems when I try and connect to the remote machine. Should I be looking elsewhere?

Sorry for all the questions but it seems that every page has a small piece of the puzzle, but I am still missing something I guess. I am planning on documenting the entire process of getting this running on my blog once I get it all working.

Thanks for all your assistance.

1) What is the correct format of /etc/boinc-client/gui_rpc_auth.cfg ? I would like to supply a password for connect and the file is empty.

Just the password, without a LF at the end.

2) Do I need anything else other than "allow_remote_gui_rpc" set in /etc/boinc-client/cc_config.xml to allow connection?

You do not want allow_remote_gui_rpc, instead add your desktop to remote_hosts.cfg.

3) Did I read somewhere that setting #2 overides password/other settings ??

I don't think so, but that would be another reason why you don't want it.

4) is 1043 the correct port for connect?

Don't know. Why don't you just ssh to the server and check? Besides, if you don't use some kind of filter you don't have to care.

5) I don't see anything in /var/log/boinc.log on my desktop machine to indicate any problems when I try and connect to the remote machine. Should I be looking elsewhere?

Sorry, I don't have any remote machines right now so I can't check. If you use DNS, try the server name with or without domain. For me, the Manager would not connect to "yeenoghu", without a message IIRC, though that name did resolve. "yeenoghu.home" did work. I seem to remember it was the other way around before.

Edit: typo

Most of what you asked is in Controlling BOINC remotely

The only item missing is the default port number, which is 31416

This page does not make clear the format that the password file needs to be. On my systems this file was created empty. Because of this I can not connect. Does anyone know the format of this file so I may supply a password?

sorry, didn't see the earlier reply. let me give it a try.

OK, the obvious, "just a password" worked. Thanks! I was over thinking this a bit. It also helps if you create a firewall policy to add your server to it. Duh ....

Thanks all for your patience.

I have four servers running boinc now, how can I best volunteer my time? I would like to add what ever resources I can to the project.

Thanks!

Found the volunteer page, I see a perfect fit for me. Thanks!

Since you are running Linux, I would attach to those projects that do best under Linux. (Most projects do better under Linux than Windows, but some more than others.)

Rosetta is good, but in addition the World Community Grid projects that use Vina/Autodock do especially well. You can check on their forum for what they are. If you like astronomy, the Universe project does especially well also (I do Einstein too, but it is not a large difference as compared to Windows).

If you want to tackle VirtualBox, the CERN project LHC@home and Cosmology are interesting to me, though I think they would work about as well on Linux as Windows due to the VBox.