Terminal only device

[cus]

Hello,
I have recently decided to get back to F@H and I have installed the client v8.4 on my debian home-server, and I was thinking, how can I control it knowing that my device does not have a GUI.

What Ive tried:
-links(TUI browser)
-reverse proxy onto the 127.0.0.1

[Joe_H]

The way I have heard of to control a headless device is to use any other system with a usable web browser and set up an account with the Web Control - https://v8-4.foldingathome.org/. Once the account has been set up and verified you would have a folding Token set in your settings window, you can pass that into the headless client settings by creating a config.xml file in the data directory for the client and restarting. The client will read that file on initial installation or restarts and update settings if they are different from what is stored. Config.xml is otherwise read only, the client settings are written to a client.db file.

I found a sample config.xml file that I think has the syntax correct for doing this:

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<config>
<account-token v=“   ”/>
  <machine-name v="   "/>
</config>

The machine-name line is optional, I don't know the limitations on what can be used. If not set here it will be taken from the local network name for the machine. The token value and optional machine name should be copied between the double quotes without spaces.

[cus]

Well with this config file I get parsing error in line 2:17, so here:

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                v
<account-token v="not telling ya"/>

And I cant seem to be able to find any example config files nor docs for them on github or anywhere else

EDIT: I get this error code:

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16:44:32:E :Exception: Parse failed: 4: not well-formed (invalid token)
16:44:32:E :       At: /etc/fah-client/config.xml:2:17

and before you ask, I have tried copy pasting my token more than once for that reason and I leave no spaces inside the v field

[Joe_H]

Hopefully someone who has done this sees it and gives some fix to the exact syntax. I personally have not done it. About the only difference I see after looking closer is the example I copied had curly double quotes instead of the regular double quotes in what you posted. I don't know if that is important or just an artifact from where I copied it from.

There is this topic from an earlier beta test of the v8 client - viewtopic.php?t=41161. There is also this from Github - https://github.com/FoldingAtHome/fah-cl ... ssions/214.

[cus]

Now that you have pointed it out it works if I use standard qoutes, but even then it does not appear on the web control panel
(systemctl status fah-client) reports that everything is fine

EDIT: it just appeared later, probably needed some time for smth to refetch

[arisu]

I use lufah (https://github.com/kbernhagen/lufah) which can control it from command line.

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pipx install lufah

Simple as that! Then you don't need to set up an account or use a browser.

[calxalot]

You do need an account and linking if you want secure remote monitoring and control from anywhere on your phone.

[arisu]

You do need an account and linking if you want secure remote monitoring and control from anywhere on your phone.

I connect to it with SSH remotely. I was just throwing out a suggestion in case it helps OP and in case they want to control it through a terminal directly.

[calxalot]

Fair enough.