davidlor/boinc-manager-gui repository overview

⁠Docker - BOINC Manager GUI

Run the BOINC Manager frontend (GUI) on a Docker container, accesible via web browser and VNC. Built over the jlesage/docker-baseimage-gui⁠ image (ubuntu-18.04 version).

This image is intended to connect to a running BOINC client with RPC enabled and accesible, e.g. using the official BOINC client Docker image⁠. However, the BOINC client should still be usable within this image, but this is not officially supported.

This image is experimental and might have undesirable effects. Use it under your responsability!

⁠Getting started

docker volume create --name=boinc-manager-data
docker run -d --name=boinc-manager-gui -p 5800:5800 -v boinc-manager-data:/config davidlor/boinc-manager-gui

Open your browser and go to localhost:5800. You should see the BOINC Manager application running!

Tip: change to advanced view in View > Advanced view... - then connect to your remote BOINC client in File > Select computer...

⁠Volume (persistence)

The BOINC Manager data directory is stored within the HOME directory, which is set to /config. The most relevant settings file for the Manager is /config/.BOINC Manager.

The /config directory is used by the base image for persisting settings⁠ of the image tools and the application running. We set it as the HOME directory.

⁠Other settings

Please refer to the documentation of the base image⁠ for VNC/webui related settings, such as securing the connection and so on.

⁠Changelog

• 0.0.1 - Initial release

⁠TODO

• Automatically connect to a given remote BOINC client on startup
• Multi-arch support