Read a proposal for improving the out-of-box experience for scientists interested in using BOINC.

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A first step maybe to update this
Mary will have a ready-to-start (and updated) server to begin to understand the boinc enviroment.

No answer to my message.
Is not a good idea to update the "ready-to-go" server?

Don't underestimate the potential of VirtualBox with self-updating features. If you run Ubuntu (or whatever flavor of Linux is preferred), you just need a computer with enough resources. Then within the VM, all the configuration is 95% done and it is just the unique features of the project that needs to be set up. I think that is way easier than docker or installing packages. Just abstract all that away with a VM. Docker is certainly more resource efficient, but we're after OOBE experience not running multiple Docker instances on a single server.

Don't underestimate the potential of VirtualBox with self-updating features. If you run Ubuntu (or whatever flavor of Linux is preferred), you just need a computer with enough resources.

If you update the server Vm that i linked above, you have a lot of problems, cause a lot of thing has changed (for example MariaDb instead MySql).
We are speaking about researchers that don't know Boinc and how to use it!
So a new ready-to-go server image (and updated documentations) will be welcome to new scientists.

Don't underestimate the potential of VirtualBox with self-updating features. If you run Ubuntu (or whatever flavor of Linux is preferred), you just need a computer with enough resources. Then within the VM, all the configuration is 95% done and it is just the unique features of the project that needs to be set up. I think that is way easier than docker or installing packages. Just abstract all that away with a VM. Docker is certainly more resource efficient, but we're after OOBE experience not running multiple Docker instances on a single server.

I prefer not to use a VM on servers that crunch Boinc projects continuously, but run it from Linux natively.