BoincVIEW nice add-on

[lv_dicedealer]

Here is BoincVIEW (http://boincview.amanheis.de/), a nifty little gui for us windows users running on more than one pc...

I managed to get it to work, and I am a complete n00b when it comes to networking stuffs.

[KaptainBlaZzed]

i am using boinc view also it is a very easy program to use and it gives lots on information. now i need to figure out the boinc.php so i can show my farm at work like with D2OL Progress.

[rcofell]

Not just nifty, its exceptional. I found it right away when I was looking for add-ons when switching over to boinc. It's great being able to monitor and control boinc on all my comps all at once. :up:

As always, I'm running the latest version(1.30 beta 2). It's mostly bug free, except every so often I get a floating point overflow error when I look at the transfers tab, stable enough in my opinion. :)

[shmaa]

Are you guys using "via direct file access" or "via network access"?

I can't get it to find any of my clients. It gives me the error "There seems to be no boinc client behind port 1043. Use port anyway?"

[KaptainBlaZzed]

i use direct file access and it works fine, you just have to share the boinc folder on your network.

via network address did not work for me.

[shmaa]

i use direct file access and it works fine, you just have to share the boinc folder on your network.

via network address did not work for me.

Yeah looks like I'm going to have to do the same because I can't get it to work either.

[KaptainBlaZzed]

ok i got the via network crap to work, not the easiest thing to do and i had to rummage through its forums to find the answer.

1.create a file named remote_hosts.cfg and put the name or IP of the computer that you will be using to do the monitoring with in that file.

2. place a copy of that file in the BOINC folder of every instance of boinc that you want to monitor.

3. in the boinc folder there is a file named gui_rpc_auth.cfg open it and copy its contenst for every install, it is the password that you need to use when you connect to the install.

4. restart every instance of BOINC after you place the remote_hosts.cfg file in the folder.

5.set up your locations use and via network access, enter your host name or IP and use the password that you got for each instance from the gui_rpc_auth.cfg file.

6. walla you are done.


note* you might have to allow port 1043 through the windows firewall for it to work, i opened it earlier and have not closed it since so i am not sure if you need it open or not.

[lv_dicedealer]

It works great when you start monitoring through the GUI/network and not shared folders, much more powerful... could almost replace boincmanager

[shmaa]

Nice! works great now... I can manually update all my clients at once now without having to remote desktop to each one. :woot:

[rcofell]

Wow, it looks like I might have been the first one of us to figure out how to get the network access method to work :p:

I modified the boinc service to load with the "-allow_remote_gui_rpc" command line option so that I can monitor the computer from any ip addy, while this method may be less secure, I don't really care. :D

Also, if you are running the truxoft boinc client (http://boinc.truxoft.com/) you can add a tag to global_prefs.xml to change the rpc port.

[KaptainBlaZzed]

I modified the boinc service to load with the "-allow_remote_gui_rpc" command line option so that I can monitor the computer from any ip addy, while this method may be less secure, I don't really care. :D

Also, if you are running the truxoft boinc client (http://boinc.truxoft.com/) you can add a tag to global_prefs.xml to change the rpc port.

I was reading over on the boinncview forums that if you use that method of connecting to your comps it could be a huge security risk, because anybody can connect and controll your comps. with the other way that i mentoned the only comp that can controll the comps is the one listed in the remote_hosts.cfg file

just a little info that i picked up and thought it might be usefull.

[Rodzilla]

Sweet! Did I hear this right??? It will output a webpage so you can post real time stats? :D

[KaptainBlaZzed]

Sweet! Did I hear this right??? It will output a webpage so you can post real time stats? :D

not that i have found but there is a program named boinc.php that can be found at the same place as boincview that will. I tried to get it to work but had no luck. I only tried for about 30 min though and it requires a server running php. (not a problem for rod and me but i don't know about anybody else.)

when i try to use it i keep getting "undefined index" errors from the php code.