BOINC in AWS with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6
3 Jan 2019 23:18:40 UTC
Topic 217806
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Hi,
Just wanted to let the community know that I've created a free AWS (amazon web services) AMI (amazon machine image) which contains the BOINC client, installed on a bare red hat linux base. The AMI works fine using hardware that AWS makes available in its free tier. You can find more information about it here: https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/B07MHJWXT3?qid=1546555075599&sr=0-1&ref_=srh_res_product_title#pdp-pricing
Enjoy!
gms wrote:Hi, Just wanted to
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Are you saying that with your image people can run virtual machines for free and crunch too?
theoretically yes, but only
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theoretically yes, but only if you use the micro instances (advise use t3.micro)
but, you have to pay for storage (less then 10cent/GB in a month) and I'm not sure about his image.
maybe I should dig a bit deeper in aws...
but creating your on image shpuld be quite simple. at least if you installed a pi with boinc...