<title>Creating a BOINC project</title> <body bgcolor=ffffff> <h2>Creating a BOINC project</h2> <font size=+1><b> Designing distributed computations with BOINC </b></font> <br> <font size=-1> BOINC's abstractions of data and computation. </font> <ul> <li><a href=project.html>Anatomy of a BOINC project</a> <li><a href=parallelize.html>What applications are suitable for BOINC?</a> <li><a href=files.html>Files and file references</a> <li><a href=platform.html>Platforms</a> <li><a href=app.html>Applications and application versions</a> <li><a href=work.html>Workunits</a> <li><a href=result.html>Results</a> <li><a href=batch.html>Batches</a> <li><a href=flow.html>Work distribution</a> <li><a href=sequence.html>Handling long, large-footprint computations</a> <li><a href=file_access.html>Remote file access</a> <li><a href=security.html>Security</a> <li><a href=boinc_version.html>Versions of BOINC</a> </ul> <font size=+1><b> Developing a BOINC application </b></font> <br> <font size=-1> How to develop or port an application program for use with BOINC. </font> <ul> <li><a href=api.html>The BOINC API</a> <li><a href=graphics.html>The BOINC graphics API</a> <li> <a href=tools_other.html>Tools for creating applications and versions</a> <li><a href=dev.html>The application development process</a> </ul> <font size=+1><b> Setting up a BOINC server </b></font> <br> <font size=-1> How to install and configure the BOINC server software. </font> <ul> <li> <a href=road_map.html>Road map of the BOINC software</a> <li> <a href=server_components.html>Server components</a> <li> <a href=single_host_server.html>Setting up a single-host server</a> <li> <a href=database_setup.html>Setting up the BOINC database</a> <li> <a href=key_setup.html>Creating encryption keys</a> <li> <a href=sched_server_setup.html>Setting up a scheduling server</a> <li> <a href=web_site.html>Setting up a web site</a> <li> <a href=data_server_setup.html>Setting up a data server</a> <li> <a href=test.html>Test applications and scripts</a> <li> <a href=project_startup.html>Project startup checklist</a> </ul> <font size=+1><b> Developing and operating a BOINC project back end </b></font> <br> <font size=-1> How to feed work into a BOINC system and collect the results. </font> <ul> <li> <a href=backend_functions.html>Back end functions</a> <li> <a href=backend_state.html>Back end state transitions</a> <li> <a href=backend_programs.html>Back end programs</a> <li> <a href=tools_work.html>Generating work</a> <li> <a href=backend_work_sequence.html>Back ends and work sequences</a> <li> <a href=back_end.html>Back end examples</a> </ul> <font size=+1><b> Monitoring the performance of a BOINC project </b></font> <br> <font size=-1> Tools for monitoring the system as a whole. </font> <ul> <li> <a href=stripchart.html>Stripcharts: a tool for viewing time-varying data </a> <li> <a href=stripchart_data.html>Recording data for Stripcharts</a> </ul>