Going public

Get a domain name

Get an SSL key

Do code signing

Server software upgrades

Log files

Backups

Get worker nodes

in-house:

If you're doing in-house computing, install the BOINC client on your worker nodes, and you're done. This is detailed here.

volunteer: Create a public-facing web site for your project. Announce it and publicize it using whatever channels are available to you: mass media, social media, newletters, paid advertising, etc.

Get vetted

• Contact us and ask to have your project listed by BOINC. You'll be asked to demonstrate that a) your project is doing what you claim it is, and b) you're following a set of security practices. Your project will then a) be announced on the BOINC web site news column, b) be listed on the BOINC web site, and c) appear in the list of projects shown in the BOINC client GUI.

Science United

• Contact us and ask to have your project included in Science United, a framework in which volunteers sign up for science areas instead of projects. You'll need to tell us what types of research your project is doing, and then you'll automatically get computing power from volunteers who have registered an interest in those areas. This has the advantage that you don't have to create a public-facing web site or do any publicity. In addition, you can ask to be included in Science United even before you've created your project. At that point we can tell you roughly how much computer power you'll get, and you can decide whether this justifies the investment in creating a project.

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