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Folding@home on AWS

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2. Install necessary softwares (replace with version above)

wget https://download.foldingathome.org/releases/public/release/fahclient/debian-stable-64bit/v7.6/fahclient_7.6.21_amd64.deb
wget https://download.foldingathome.org/releases/public/release/fahcontrol/debian-stable-64bit/v7.6/fahcontrol_7.6.21-1_all.deb

sudo dpkg -i --force-depends fahclient_7.6.21_amd64.deb
sudo dpkg -i --force-depends fahcontrol_7.6.21-1_all.deb

3. Edit /etc/fahclient/config.xml

<config>
  <fold-anon v="false" />

  <gpu v="true" />
  <power v="full" />

  <user v="username" />
  <team v="12345" />
  <passkey v="" />

  <slot id="0" type="CPU" />
  <slot id="1" type="GPU" />
</config>

4. Restart service

sudo /etc/init.d/FAHClient stop
sudo /etc/init.d/FAHClient start
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