[Debian Wiki] Update of "BOINC/ServerGuide/AppDeployment" by dhananjay

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Added the page, need some more finishing.

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''' This page is about deploying a test application with BOINC/Debian, and this will replace add functionality section of the [[BOINC/ServerGuide]] page.'''

= Add an example app to BOINC project. =

Install the application package, boinc-app-examples. The example application used in the document is upper_case, which converts text inside a file to uppercase.

== Create a directory and add to app to project configuration. ==

{{{
% mkdir $installroot/$fileprojectname/apps/upper_case
% cp /usr/lib/boinc-server/apps/upper_case apps/uppercase/uppercase_$(arch)-pc-linux-gnu
}}}

Now add following lines to project.xml in the project root

{{{
<app>
  <name>upper_case</name>
  <user_friendly_name>Convert to Upper Case</user_friendly_name>
</app>
}}}

and run 
{{{
./bin/xadd
}}}

The xadd tool will parse the project.xml and will put the configurations to the database.

== Sign the application binary ==
BOINC need to sign the application binaries before dispatch for security reasons.

{{{
./bin/sign_executable apps/upper_case/upper_case_$(arch)-pc-linux-gnu code_sighn_private_key_file
te >> apps/upper_case/upper_case_$(arch)-pc-linux-gnu.sig
}}}

Update the boinc database,
{{{
./bin/update_versions
}}}
and prompt yes when asked for confirmation.

== Add a Work Unit ==
A work unit is the portion of data that the project should be analyzed, a work unit has following parts,
* Input file(s)
* Work Unit template
* Result Template

Create a test input file, with some text in $installroot/$fileprojectname/download/in

{{{
echo test string >> download/input_file
}}}

Copy the default work unit and result template for upper case application to the templates folder.
{{{
//missing
}}}

and finally create the work,
{{{
./bin/create_work -appname upper_case -wu_name test -wu_template templates/upper_case_wu -result_temp
late templates/upper_case_result in
}}}

This will create one work unit named test in the database.

== Start the project. ==

Now its time to start the project.

{{{
./bin/start
}}}