Docker/WLS vs VirtualBox

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[VENETO] boboviz Send message Joined: 1 Dec 05 Posts: 2083 Credit: 12,112,170 RAC: 13,361	Message 110021 - Posted: 11 Nov 2024, 19:12:12 UTC Last modified: 11 Nov 2024, 19:12:50 UTC Boinc Admins are working on native support for Docker/WSL (on Windows), because: - it's faster - has access to gpu (VirtualBox cannot) - easier maintenance - portability - smaller images - etc This important new function of Boinc enviroment will be introduced in Boinc 9 (the beta of this version will be, probably, released at the end of December, as admins said in the last Boinc Project Call). It's some time that R@H do not release VirtualBox/Python wus (that are very messed up), but this feature may help A LOT ID: 110021 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

dcdc Send message Joined: 3 Nov 05 Posts: 1833 Credit: 123,878,216 RAC: 24,345	Message 110081 - Posted: 30 Nov 2024, 12:20:28 UTC This sounds like a good thing! Will BOINC be able to run as a service using Docker, and still access the GPU or isn't that possible? D ID: 110081 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

[VENETO] boboviz Send message Joined: 1 Dec 05 Posts: 2083 Credit: 12,112,170 RAC: 13,361	Message 110158 - Posted: 8 Dec 2024, 11:42:01 UTC - in response to Message 110081. Will BOINC be able to run as a service using Docker, and still access the GPU or isn't that possible? This is one of the targets of BUDA (Boinc Unified Docking App). ID: 110158 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

[VENETO] boboviz Send message Joined: 1 Dec 05 Posts: 2083 Credit: 12,112,170 RAC: 13,361	Message 112286 - Posted: 26 Mar 2025, 15:43:50 UTC - in response to Message 110158. Last modified: 26 Mar 2025, 15:44:07 UTC This is one of the targets of BUDA (Boinc Unified Docking App). While we are waiting for stable release of Buda, the Boinc dev team released a new version of wrapper (26210) vboxwrapper (Mac): fix startup failure on Mac via #6016 by @davidpanderson vboxwrapper: create the 'virtualbox home directory' in the project dir via #6018 by @davidpanderson improve vboxwrapper network setup via #6111 by @computezrmle setup vbox profile location via #6116 by @computezrmle remove obsolete function launch_vboxsvc() via #6119 by @computezrmle Cleanup 'launch_vboxsvc' associated code via #6129 by @computezrmle Replace getcwd() with boinc_getcwd() via #6132 by @computezrmle Remove unused files and variables via #6139 by @computezrmle ID: 112286 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

[VENETO] boboviz Send message Joined: 1 Dec 05 Posts: 2083 Credit: 12,112,170 RAC: 13,361	Message 112299 - Posted: 27 Mar 2025, 10:12:56 UTC - in response to Message 110021. This important new function of Boinc enviroment will be introduced in Boinc 9 (the beta of this version will be, probably, released at the end of December, as admins said in the last Boinc Project Call). The BUDA is still in beta test, and lhc-dev started using it with "Theory" app both for Win and Linux Seems more light than the vbox app... https://lhcathomedev.cern.ch/lhcathome-dev/apps.php ID: 112299 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

[VENETO] boboviz Send message Joined: 1 Dec 05 Posts: 2083 Credit: 12,112,170 RAC: 13,361	Message 112528 - Posted: 10 Apr 2025, 9:43:44 UTC - in response to Message 112299. A comment from Boinc developers: We want to deprecate VBox functionality in future. ID: 112528 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote