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if (getField("storageaccount").trim().length==0 || if (getField("storageaccount").trim().length==0 ||
getField("passkey").trim().length==0 || getField("passkey").trim().length==0 ||
getField("fileshare").trim().length==0||
getField("fahteam").trim().length==0||
getField("fahuser").trim().length==0 getField("fahuser").trim().length==0
) )
{ {
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result += "export USER=" + getField("storageaccount") +";"; result += "export USER=" + getField("storageaccount") +";";
result += "export PASSWD="+getField("passkey") +";"; result += "export PASSWD="+getField("passkey") +";";
result += "export smbshare=" + getField("fileshare").trim() +";"; result += "export smbshare=fahshare;";
result += "export fahteam=" + getField("fahteam").trim() +";"; result += "export fahteam=" + getField("fahteam").trim() +";";
result += "export fahuser=" + getField("fahuser").trim() +";"; result += "export fahuser=" + getField("fahuser").trim() +";";
result +="wget https://github.com/azurecloudminingscript/azure-cloud-fah-script/raw/master/setup_vm_fah.sh;chmod u+x setup_vm_fah.sh ; ./setup_vm_fah.sh;"; result += "export fahpass=" + getField("fahpass").trim() +";";
result +="wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/azurecloudminingscript/folding-at-azure/master/setup_vm_fah.sh;chmod u+x setup_vm_fah.sh ; ./setup_vm_fah.sh;";
result +="\""; result +="\"";
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mining cryptocurrency in the azure-cloud.<br> mining cryptocurrency in the azure-cloud.<br>
<hr> <hr>
<h1>How to Run Folding@Home in the Azure-cloud</h1> <h1>How to Run Folding@Home in the Azure-cloud</h1>
<p><b>IMPORTANT NOTE: This guide is currently in BETA-state. Things will <p>If you have a MSDN-subscription <strong>Microsoft will give you up
probably not work 100% of the time. Also, due to the nature of to 150$ monthly credit</strong> for the azure-cloud. You can use
Azure's batch-mode not all requested workunits will be completed these credits to run folding@home in the azure-cloud (<strong>150$ is
(which might result in the deduction of some points by FAH). You enough to run 20 cores for one month</strong>, which will net you
should use a new FAH-userID when using this guide (improvements are around 50.000 folding@home-points per day). </p>
planned for later revisions of this guide.)</b></p> <p>Note: It is your responsibility to comply with Azure's ToS. You will
<h2><b>Setup Azure</b></h2> be banned very quickly if you do something that Azure does not like. <strong>I
<p>After signing up for your azure-account you can click on the recommend only using free credits from legitimate sources</strong>
following link to create a <strong>new batch-account</strong>: <a href="https://portal.azure.com/#create/Microsoft.BatchAccount">https://portal.azure.com/#create/Microsoft.BatchAccount</a><strong> (e.g. if you have a MSDN-subscription from your day-job).</p>
I recommend using Chrome to access the azure-portal.</strong> Fill <p>To start, enter your <strong>Folding@Home-Team-ID, User-ID and
the form with the following information:<br> Passkey</strong> in the fields below:<br>
</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Resource Group: Click 'Create New' and give it a name,
e.g. 'myRecGroup'</strong><br>
<strong></strong></li>
<li><strong>Account name: Just a name for your batch-account</strong></li>
<strong> </strong>
<li><strong>Location: Choose 'East US'</strong></li>
<strong> </strong>
<li><strong>Leave the other options at the default-settings.</strong></li>
<strong> </strong>
<li><strong>Click on 'Review+Create' at the bottom and then on
'Create" on the following page to create the batch-account</strong></li>
</ul>
<p> Once you get the notification that your batch-account has been
created (it will take a few seconds), go to your batch-account (link
to your batch-accounts: <a href="https://portal.azure.com/#blade/HubsExtension/Resources/resourceType/Microsoft.Batch%2FbatchAccounts">https://portal.azure.com/#blade/HubsExtension/Resources/resourceType/Microsoft.Batch%2FbatchAccounts</a>)
and <strong>create a new pool</strong>: select <strong>'Pools'</strong>
and then click <strong>'Add'</strong>. Fill the form with the
following information:<br>
</p> </p>
<ul> <ul>
<li> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <strong>Section 'Pool Detail':</strong></li>
<strong> </strong>
<ul> <ul>
<li><strong>Pool ID: Just a name for your azure-pool</strong></li> <ul>
<li><strong>VM Size: 'Standard F1 (1 Cores, 2GB)'</strong></li> </ul>
</ul> </ul>
<strong> </strong>
<li><strong> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Section 'Operating System':</strong></li>
<strong> </strong>
<ul> <ul>
<li><strong>Publisher: Canonical</strong></li>
<li><strong>SKU: 18-04 LTS</strong></li>
</ul> </ul>
<strong></strong>
<li><strong> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Leave the other options at the
default-settings.</strong></li>
<strong> </strong>
<li><strong> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Click on 'OK' at the bottom to create
the azure-pool</strong>.</li>
</ul> </ul>
<p>You'll also need a storage account. Enter "storage" into the search
box at the very top of the page. Then click on the option "Storage
accounts" that appears, then click on Add. Fill the form with the
following information:</p>
<ul> <ul>
<li><b>Section 'Project Details'</b></li> <li>Enter your Folding@Home User-ID here:</li>
<ul> <ul>
<li><b>Resource group: Select the previously created resource group</b></li> <li>&nbsp; <input name="fahuser" size="30" id="fahuser" type="text"></li>
</ul> </ul>
<li><b>Section 'Instance Details'</b></li> <li>Enter your Folding@Home Team-ID here. <strong>You can leave this
field empty if you are not associated with a team.</strong></li>
<ul> <ul>
<li><b>Storage account name: Choose a new name for your storage <li><input name="fahteam" size="30" id="fahteam" type="text"></li>
account. Fill in the name in the following field (this is </ul>
required for the generation of the startup-script):</b></li> <li>Enter the passkey for your Folding@Home User-ID here. <strong>You
<ul> can leave this field empty if you don't have a passkey</strong></li>
<ul> <ul>
</ul> <li>&nbsp;<input name="fahpass" size="30" id="fahpass" type="text"></li>
<li>&nbsp;<input name="storageaccount" size="75" id="storageaccount"
type="text"></li>
<ul>
</ul>
</ul>
</ul> </ul>
</ul> </ul>
<p>Now continue with creating a storage-account and a batch-account in
azure. </p>
<h2><b>Create the Storage-Account</b> </h2>
<p>After signing up for your azure-account you can click on the
following link to create a new storage-account: <a href="https://portal.azure.com/#create/Microsoft.StorageAccount">https://portal.azure.com/#create/Microsoft.StorageAccount</a>
(<strong>I recommend using Chrome to access the azure-portal</strong>).
Fill the form with the following information:</p>
<ul> <ul>
<li><strong>Project Details</strong><br>
<strong></strong></li>
<ul>
<li><strong>Resource Group: Click 'Create New' and give it a name,
e.g. 'myrc'</strong></li>
</ul>
<li><strong>Instance Details</strong></li>
<ul> <ul>
<li><strong>Storage account name: The name of your storage-account</strong>
(it has be unique, so just add some letters if the name is already
taken). <strong>Also copy&amp;paste the name into the following
field</strong>:</li>
<ul> <ul>
<li><strong>The name of your storage-account</strong>:&nbsp; <input
name="storageaccount" size="30" id="storageaccount" type="text"></li>
</ul> </ul>
<li><b>Location</b>: <strong>Choose 'East US'</strong></li> <li><strong>Location: Choose '(US) East US'</strong></li>
<li><b>Replication: Choose Locally redundant Storage (LRS)</b></li> <li><strong>Replication: Choose 'Locally-redundant storage (LRS)'</strong></li>
<strong> </strong>
<li><strong>Leave the other options at the default-settings</strong>.</li>
<li><strong>Click on 'Review+Create at the bottom and then 'Create'
on the following page to create the storage-account.</strong></li>
</ul> </ul>
<li><b>&nbsp;Leave the other options at the default-settings.</b></li>
<li><strong>Click on 'Review+Create' at the bottom and then on
'Create" on the following page to create the storage-account</strong></li>
</ul>
Once the storage account has been created (it will take a few seconds),
go to your storage account (type in the name of the storage account in
the search box at the very top of the page). Then scroll down until you
see the option 'Files' and click on it. Then create a new file-share by
clicking on "+File share" at the top of the page. Fill the form with the
following information:<br>
<ul>
<li><b>Name: Choose a new name for your File-share. Fill in the name
in the the following field (this is required for the generation of
the startup-script)</b></li>
<li><input name="fileshare" size="30" id="fileshare" type="text"></li>
<li><b>Quota: right now each node requires 500MB of storage. Choose a
quota well above the minimum, e.g. 20GB if you want to run 20
nodes.</b></li>
</ul> </ul>
Go again back to the storage account&nbsp; and click on 'Access keys' in Once you get the notification that your storage-account has been created
the left window. Copy over the value you see in the field 'key' into the (it will take a few seconds), go to your storage-account (link to your
field below (there are two keys: key1 and key2 - you can pick either. It storage-accounts: <a href="https://portal.azure.com/#blade/HubsExtension/BrowseResourceBlade/resourceType/Microsoft.Storage%2FStorageAccounts">https://portal.azure.com/#blade/HubsExtension/BrowseResourceBlade/resourceType/Microsoft.Storage%2FStorageAccounts)</a>.
should look like a long string of random characters) Click on <strong>'Files'</strong> then on <strong>'+File share'</strong>
to create a new file share. Enter '<strong>fahshare</strong>' as the
name for the new file share and click on <strong>'Create'</strong>.<br>
Then, back in the storage-account, click on <strong>'Access keys</strong>'.
<strong>Copy over the value you see in the field 'key' into the field
below</strong> (there are two keys: key1 and key2 - you can pick
either. It should look like a long string of random characters)<br>
<strong>Enter the key here: <input name="passkey" size="75" id="passkey"
type="text"></strong>
<ul> <ul>
<li> <strong><input name="passkey" size="30" id="passkey" type="text"></strong></li>
<ul> <ul>
<ul> <ul>
</ul> </ul>
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</ul> </ul>
</ul> </ul>
</ul> </ul>
Finally, enter you Folding@Home-Team-ID and User-ID in the fields below <h2>Create the Batch-Account</h2>
and click on "Generate script!":<br> Click on the following link to create a <strong>new batch-account</strong>:
<a href="https://portal.azure.com/#create/Microsoft.BatchAccount">https://portal.azure.com/#create/Microsoft.BatchAccount</a><strong>.</strong>
Fill the form with the following information:<br>
<ul> <ul>
<li><strong>Resource Group: Click 'select existing' and select the
previously created resource group.</strong><br>
<strong></strong></li>
<li><strong>Account name: the name for your batch-account (just add a
few letters to make it unique if required)<br>
</strong></li>
<strong> </strong>
<li><strong>Location: Choose 'East US'</strong></li>
<strong></strong>
<li><strong>Leave the other options at the default-settings.</strong></li>
<strong> </strong>
<li><strong>Click on 'Review+Create' at the bottom and then on
'Create" on the following page to create the batch-account</strong></li>
</ul>
<p> Once you get the notification that your batch-account has been
created (it will take a few seconds), go to your batch-account (link
to your batch-accounts: <a href="https://portal.azure.com/#blade/HubsExtension/Resources/resourceType/Microsoft.Batch%2FbatchAccounts">https://portal.azure.com/#blade/HubsExtension/Resources/resourceType/Microsoft.Batch%2FbatchAccounts</a>)
and <strong>create a new pool</strong>: select <strong>'Pools'</strong>
and then click <strong>'Add'</strong>. Fill the form with the
following information:<br>
</p>
<ul>
<li> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <strong>Section 'Pool Detail':</strong></li>
<strong> </strong>
<ul> <ul>
<ul> <li><strong>Pool ID: Just a name for your azure-pool</strong></li>
</ul> <li><strong>VM Size: 'Standard F1 (1 Cores, 2GB)'</strong></li>
</ul> </ul>
<li>FAH-Team</li> <strong> </strong>
<li><strong> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Section 'Operating System':</strong></li>
<strong> </strong>
<ul> <ul>
<ul> <li><strong>Publisher: Canonical</strong></li>
</ul> <li><strong>SKU: 18-04 LTS</strong></li>
<li>&nbsp;<input name="fahteam" size="75" id="fahteam" type="text"></li>
<ul>
</ul>
</ul> </ul>
<strong></strong>
<li><strong> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Leave the other options at the
default-settings.</strong></li>
<strong> </strong>
<li><strong> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Click on 'OK' at the bottom to create
the azure-pool</strong>.</li>
</ul> </ul>
To finalize the setup you need a startup-script which will download the
folding@home-client and start folding. Click on the button below to
generate the startup-script from the information you have entered on
this website.<br>
<ul> <ul>
<li>FAH-User</li>
</ul> </ul>
<ul> <ul>
<ul>
<ul>
</ul>
<li>&nbsp;<input name="fahuser" size="30" id="fahuser" type="text"></li>
<ul>
</ul>
</ul>
</ul> </ul>
<button name="Generate script!" value="Generate script!" type="button" onclick="assemblescript()">Generate <button name="Generate script!" value="Generate script!" type="button" onclick="assemblescript()">Generate
script!</button><br> script!</button><br>
<p>This is your personalized startup-script:</p> <p>This is your personalized startup-script:</p>
<textarea name="result" cols="100" rows="5" id="result"></textarea> <textarea name="result" cols="100" rows="5" id="result"></textarea>
<p>Now go back to the pool you have created earlier. Go to <strong>'Start <p>On the pool you have just created, go to <strong>'Start task' </strong>and
task' </strong>and fill the form with the following information:<br> fill the form with the following information:<br>
</p> </p>
<ul> <ul>
<li><strong>Command line: here you have to copy&amp;paste your <li><strong>Command line: here you have to copy&amp;paste your
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<strong> </strong> <strong> </strong>
<li><strong>Click on 'Save'</strong></li> <li><strong>Click on 'Save'</strong></li>
</ul> </ul>
<strong>Now go back to 'Overview' and click on 'Scale'. Enter the <strong></strong>The last step is to tell Azure how many nodes it should
desired number of nodes in the field 'Low priority nodes' (e.g. 20 if start for you. This depends on the amount of free credits available in
you have MSDN Enterprise), and click on 'Save'.<br> your azure-account. <strong>Basically you want to use up as much of
your monthly credit as possible without actually consuming all of your
credit</strong> (otherwise you'll have to repeat the setup again in
the next month because azure will delete your pools if your free credits
are exhausted).
<table style="width: 744px; height: 104px;" border="1">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td><br>
</td>
<td>Professional</td>
<td>Platform</td>
<td>Enterprise</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Number of low priority nodes (F1, 1 Cores, 2GB)</td>
<td><strong>6<br>
</strong></td>
<td><strong>12<br>
</strong></td>
<td><strong>20<br>
</strong></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Cost of nodes for 31 days</td>
<td>~45$</td>
<td>~90$</td>
<td>~149$</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Monthly free credit</td>
<td>50$</td>
<td>100$</td>
<td>150$</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
If azure is using your local currency instead of USD the numbers might
look slightly different. If you run out of free credit before the end of
the month, just reduce the number of nodes by one and try again. <br>
<br>
Now go back to '<strong>Overview</strong>' and click on '<strong>Scale</strong>'.
Enter the desired number of nodes in the field '<strong>Low priority
nodes</strong>' (e.g. 20 if you have MSDN Enterprise), and click on
'Save'.<strong><br>
<br> <br>
</strong> </strong>
<h2><strong>Checking your Progress</strong></h2>
<p>You can check the logs from the individual nodes of the pool to see
your progress. Go to your pool and click on '<strong>Nodes</strong>'.
Then click on one of the nodes on the list. In the file-browser on the
bottom of the page, click on the folder '<strong>startup</strong>',
then click on the file '<strong>stdout.txt</strong>'. Scroll down to
the end of the file. You should see some lines like <br>
<samp><strong>13:52:17:WU00:FS00:0xa7:Completed 85000 out of 500000
steps (17%)<br>
13:55:36:WU00:FS00:0xa7:Completed 90000 out of 500000 steps (18%)</strong><br>
</samp>This shows the progress of the work-unit this node is currently
working on. Note that the VMs need some time to setup everything so it
will take several minutes after the start of the node before you can
see this output in the log. <br>
</p>
<h2><strong> </strong> </h2>
<h2>Important Notes</h2>
<ul>
<li>Once setup, the VMs will keep on running indefinetely. However, if
you start too many nodes then your free credits will get exhausted
before the end of the month and azure will delete your pools. If
that happens just reduce the number of nodes by one and setup
everything again.</li>
<li>When you use the generated script from this site, the VMs will be
folding 2% of the time with my personal User-ID. I hope you will
concede me that small piece of fame in exchange for providing this
guide.</li>
</ul>
<strong><br>
</strong>
<hr style=""> <hr style="">
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