linuxserver/boinc¶
BOINC is a platform for high-throughput computing on a large scale (thousands or millions of computers). It can be used for volunteer computing (using consumer devices) or grid computing (using organizational resources). It supports virtualized, parallel, and GPU-based applications.
Supported Architectures¶
We utilise the docker manifest for multi-platform awareness. More information is available from docker here and our announcement here.
Simply pulling lscr.io/linuxserver/boinc:latest should retrieve the correct image for your arch, but you can also pull specific arch images via tags.
The architectures supported by this image are:
| Architecture | Available | Tag |
|---|---|---|
| x86-64 | ✅ | amd64-<version tag> |
| arm64 | ✅ | arm64v8-<version tag> |
| armhf | ❌ |
Application Setup¶
This image sets up the BOINC client and manager and makes its interface available via Guacamole server in the browser. The interface is available at http://your-ip:8080 or https://your-ip:8181.
By default, there is no password set for the main gui. Optional environment variable PASSWORD will allow setting a password for the user abc.
It is recommended to switch to Advanced View in the top menu, because the Computing Preferences don't seem to be displayed in Simple View.
Sometimes, the pop-up windows may open in a tiny box in the upper left corner of the screen. When that happens, you can find the corner and resize them.
GPU Hardware Acceleration¶
Intel¶
Hardware acceleration users for Intel Quicksync will need to mount their /dev/dri video device inside of the container by passing the following command when running or creating the container: --device=/dev/dri:/dev/dri We will automatically ensure the abc user inside of the container has the proper permissions to access this device.
Nvidia¶
Hardware acceleration users for Nvidia will need to install the container runtime provided by Nvidia on their host, instructions can be found here: https://github.com/NVIDIA/nvidia-docker We automatically add the necessary environment variable that will utilise all the features available on a GPU on the host. Once nvidia-docker is installed on your host you will need to re/create the docker container with the nvidia container runtime --runtime=nvidia and add an environment variable -e NVIDIA_VISIBLE_DEVICES=all (can also be set to a specific gpu's UUID, this can be discovered by running nvidia-smi --query-gpu=gpu_name,gpu_uuid --format=csv ). NVIDIA automatically mounts the GPU and drivers from your host into the BOINC docker container.
Options in all KasmVNC based GUI containers¶
This container is based on Docker Baseimage KasmVNC which means there are additional environment variables and run configurations to enable or disable specific functionality.
Optional environment variables¶
| Variable | Description |
|---|---|
| CUSTOM_PORT | Internal port the container listens on for http if it needs to be swapped from the default 8080. |
| CUSTOM_HTTPS_PORT | Internal port the container listens on for https if it needs to be swapped from the default 8181. |
| CUSTOM_USER | HTTP Basic auth username, abc is default. |
| PASSWORD | HTTP Basic auth password, abc is default. If unset there will be no auth |
| SUBFOLDER | Subfolder for the application if running a subfolder reverse proxy, need both slashes IE /subfolder/ |
| TITLE | The page title displayed on the web browser, default "KasmVNC Client". |
| FM_HOME | This is the home directory (landing) for the file manager, default "/config". |
| START_DOCKER | If set to false a container with privilege will not automatically start the DinD Docker setup. |
| DRINODE | If mounting in /dev/dri for DRI3 GPU Acceleration allows you to specify the device to use IE /dev/dri/renderD128 |
| LC_ALL | Set the Language for the container to run as IE fr_FR.UTF-8 ar_AE.UTF-8 |
| NO_DECOR | If set the application will run without window borders for use as a PWA. |
| NO_FULL | Do not autmatically fullscreen applications when using openbox. |
Optional run configurations¶
| Variable | Description |
|---|---|
--privileged | Will start a Docker in Docker (DinD) setup inside the container to use docker in an isolated environment. For increased performance mount the Docker directory inside the container to the host IE -v /home/user/docker-data:/var/lib/docker. |
-v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock | Mount in the host level Docker socket to either interact with it via CLI or use Docker enabled applications. |
--device /dev/dri:/dev/dri | Mount a GPU into the container, this can be used in conjunction with the DRINODE environment variable to leverage a host video card for GPU accelerated appplications. Only Open Source drivers are supported IE (Intel,AMDGPU,Radeon,ATI,Nouveau) |
Language Support - Internationalization¶
The environment variable LC_ALL can be used to start this image in a different language than English simply pass for example to launch the Desktop session in French LC_ALL=fr_FR.UTF-8. Some languages like Chinese, Japanese, or Korean will be missing fonts needed to render properly known as cjk fonts, but others may exist and not be installed. We only ensure fonts for Latin characters are present. Fonts can be installed with a mod on startup.
To install cjk fonts on startup as an example pass the environment variables:
-e DOCKER_MODS=linuxserver/mods:universal-package-install
+ boinc - LinuxServer.io linuxserver/boinc¶
BOINC is a platform for high-throughput computing on a large scale (thousands or millions of computers). It can be used for volunteer computing (using consumer devices) or grid computing (using organizational resources). It supports virtualized, parallel, and GPU-based applications.
Supported Architectures¶
We utilise the docker manifest for multi-platform awareness. More information is available from docker here and our announcement here.
Simply pulling lscr.io/linuxserver/boinc:latest should retrieve the correct image for your arch, but you can also pull specific arch images via tags.
The architectures supported by this image are:
Architecture Available Tag x86-64 ✅ amd64-<version tag> arm64 ✅ arm64v8-<version tag> armhf ❌
Application Setup¶
This image sets up the BOINC client and manager and makes its interface available via Guacamole server in the browser. The interface is available at http://your-ip:8080 or https://your-ip:8181.
By default, there is no password set for the main gui. Optional environment variable PASSWORD will allow setting a password for the user abc.
It is recommended to switch to Advanced View in the top menu, because the Computing Preferences don't seem to be displayed in Simple View.
Sometimes, the pop-up windows may open in a tiny box in the upper left corner of the screen. When that happens, you can find the corner and resize them.
GPU Hardware Acceleration¶
Intel¶
Hardware acceleration users for Intel Quicksync will need to mount their /dev/dri video device inside of the container by passing the following command when running or creating the container: --device=/dev/dri:/dev/dri We will automatically ensure the abc user inside of the container has the proper permissions to access this device.
Nvidia¶
Hardware acceleration users for Nvidia will need to install the container runtime provided by Nvidia on their host, instructions can be found here: https://github.com/NVIDIA/nvidia-docker We automatically add the necessary environment variable that will utilise all the features available on a GPU on the host. Once nvidia-docker is installed on your host you will need to re/create the docker container with the nvidia container runtime --runtime=nvidia and add an environment variable -e NVIDIA_VISIBLE_DEVICES=all (can also be set to a specific gpu's UUID, this can be discovered by running nvidia-smi --query-gpu=gpu_name,gpu_uuid --format=csv ). NVIDIA automatically mounts the GPU and drivers from your host into the BOINC docker container.
Options in all KasmVNC based GUI containers¶
This container is based on Docker Baseimage KasmVNC which means there are additional environment variables and run configurations to enable or disable specific functionality.
Optional environment variables¶
Variable Description CUSTOM_PORT Internal port the container listens on for http if it needs to be swapped from the default 8080. CUSTOM_HTTPS_PORT Internal port the container listens on for https if it needs to be swapped from the default 8181. CUSTOM_USER HTTP Basic auth username, abc is default. PASSWORD HTTP Basic auth password, abc is default. If unset there will be no auth SUBFOLDER Subfolder for the application if running a subfolder reverse proxy, need both slashes IE /subfolder/ TITLE The page title displayed on the web browser, default "KasmVNC Client". FM_HOME This is the home directory (landing) for the file manager, default "/config". START_DOCKER If set to false a container with privilege will not automatically start the DinD Docker setup. DRINODE If mounting in /dev/dri for DRI3 GPU Acceleration allows you to specify the device to use IE /dev/dri/renderD128 LC_ALL Set the Language for the container to run as IE fr_FR.UTF-8 ar_AE.UTF-8 NO_DECOR If set the application will run without window borders for use as a PWA. NO_FULL Do not autmatically fullscreen applications when using openbox.
Optional run configurations¶
Variable Description --privilegedWill start a Docker in Docker (DinD) setup inside the container to use docker in an isolated environment. For increased performance mount the Docker directory inside the container to the host IE -v /home/user/docker-data:/var/lib/docker. -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sockMount in the host level Docker socket to either interact with it via CLI or use Docker enabled applications. --device /dev/dri:/dev/driMount a GPU into the container, this can be used in conjunction with the DRINODE environment variable to leverage a host video card for GPU accelerated appplications. Only Open Source drivers are supported IE (Intel,AMDGPU,Radeon,ATI,Nouveau)
Language Support - Internationalization¶
The environment variable LC_ALL can be used to start this image in a different language than English simply pass for example to launch the Desktop session in French LC_ALL=fr_FR.UTF-8. Some languages like Chinese, Japanese, or Korean will be missing fonts needed to render properly known as cjk fonts, but others may exist and not be installed. We only ensure fonts for Latin characters are present. Fonts can be installed with a mod on startup.
To install cjk fonts on startup as an example pass the environment variables:
-e DOCKER_MODS=linuxserver/mods:universal-package-install
-e INSTALL_PACKAGES=fonts-noto-cjk
-e LC_ALL=zh_CN.UTF-8
The web interface has the option for "IME Input Mode" in Settings which will allow non english characters to be used from a non en_US keyboard on the client. Once enabled it will perform the same as a local Linux installation set to your locale.
Lossless mode¶
This container is capable of delivering a true lossless image at a high framerate to your web browser by changing the Stream Quality preset to "Lossless", more information here. In order to use this mode from a non localhost endpoint the HTTPS port on 8181 needs to be used. If using a reverse proxy to port 8080 specific headers will need to be set as outlined here.
Usage¶
To help you get started creating a container from this image you can either use docker-compose or the docker cli.
docker-compose (recommended, click here for more info)¶
The ARM variants can be built on x86_64 hardware using multiarch/qemu-user-static
Once registered you can define the dockerfile to use with -f Dockerfile.aarch64.
Versions¶
- 10.02.24: - Update Readme with new env vars and ingest proper PWA icon.
- 03.04.23: - Rebase to KasmVNC base image. Deprecate armhf build as the new base does not support it. Add bzip2 and xz-utils.
- 14.11.22: - Fix opencl driver.
- 18.09.22: - Rebase to jammy.
- 24.02.22: - Rebase to focal.
- 31.01.22: - Improve device permissions setting verbosity.
- 23.03.21: - Rebase to rdesktop-web baseimage. Deprecate
GUAC_USER and GUAC_PASS env vars. Existing users can set the new var PASSWORD for the user abc. - 01.04.20: - Install boinc from ppa.
- 17.03.20: - Add armhf and aarch64 builds and switch to multi-arch image.
- 16.03.20: - Clean up old pid files.
- 15.03.20: - Initial release.
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+Once registered you can define the dockerfile to use with -f Dockerfile.aarch64.
Versions¶
- 10.02.24: - Update Readme with new env vars and ingest proper PWA icon.
- 03.04.23: - Rebase to KasmVNC base image. Deprecate armhf build as the new base does not support it. Add bzip2 and xz-utils.
- 14.11.22: - Fix opencl driver.
- 18.09.22: - Rebase to jammy.
- 24.02.22: - Rebase to focal.
- 31.01.22: - Improve device permissions setting verbosity.
- 23.03.21: - Rebase to rdesktop-web baseimage. Deprecate
GUAC_USERandGUAC_PASSenv vars. Existing users can set the new varPASSWORDfor the userabc. - 01.04.20: - Install boinc from ppa.
- 17.03.20: - Add armhf and aarch64 builds and switch to multi-arch image.
- 16.03.20: - Clean up old pid files.
- 15.03.20: - Initial release.
