[Debian Wiki] Update of "BOINC/ServerGuide" by SteffenMoeller

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outline of instructions how to create virtual image

  
  == Setting up BOINC's Example Application ''upper_case'' ==
  
- This section is currently been brought to some better shape at [[BOINC/ServerGuide/AppDeployment]].
+ This section now has its own page at [[BOINC/ServerGuide/AppDeployment]].
  
  == Start BOINC demons ==
  
@@ -343, +343 @@

  
  === Getting the wrapper and binaries into your server's setup ===
  
- Please follow [[BOINC/ServerGuide/WrapperApp]] for detailed instructions on how to get your application wrapped.
+ Please follow [[BOINC/ServerGuide/WrapperApp]] for detailed instructions on how to get your application wrapped. You then have a complete environment for getting arbitrary compute jobs performed by volunteers.
  
  = Management of your own project =
  
- This section describes how to keep a project running. 
+ This section describes how to keep a project running.
+ 
+ == Server side setup ==
+ 
+ BOINC as a server only runs on Linux at the time speaking. If you are running in a Windows-only environment. The cloud, a hosted machine or local virtualisation are options. 
  
  === Configuration - summary ===
  
@@ -375, +379 @@

  }}}
  and execute the commands using the standard variables.
  
+ == Client side setup: none for Linux, VirtualBox for others ==
+ 
+ To attract as many as possible clients, those those should not need to perform too much of a configuration. And the Linux users will indeed just install the BOINC client and then run the jobs. But one does not want to prepare binaries for all the Windows and Apple platforms, especially not when those platforms are not available. The idea to circumvent that is a virtual environment. With [[http://www.virtualbox.org|VirtualBox]] there is a freely available highly performant technology available to execute code of foreign operating systems under one's own.
+ 
+ === How to create the virtual image (optional) ===
+ 
+  1. Download VirtualBox for your OS from http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads
+  1. Download an installer CD .iso (another image file) for Debian testing from http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/debian-installer/. It is your pick, really, but you may prefer the [[http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/6.0.2.1/i386/iso-cd/debian-6.0.2.1-i386-businesscard.iso|business card CD]].
+  1. Install VirtualBox and start it up
+  1. Create a 1.2GB empty disk image and add it as a hard drive
+  1. Start the Debian installer .iso (may need a change in the boot order) and follow the instructions
+  1. Reboot and start from it
+  1. sudo apt-get install boinc-client boinc-manager
+  1. done. Exit VirtualBox.
+ 
+ === The larger Debian community kindly offers a such prepared image for us ===
+ 
+  1. Download the image from ....
+  1. Download VirtualBox for your OS from http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads
+  1. Start the image
+  1. If starting the first time
+   * change root password
+   * start BOINC manager (boincmgr) to add project of preference
+ 
+ Later starts of the image will see the application starting directly.
  
  === Disclaimer ===