Docker container for running Folding@Home

Example usage

docker run --rm -it -p7396:7396 johnktims/folding-at-home:latest \
    --user=Anonymous --team=0 --power=full

The web console is available on port 7396.

GPU support

If you have Docker 19.03+, Nvidia drivers, and nvidia-docker-toolkit installed on the host, you can start folding by adding --gpus all.

docker run --gpus all --rm -it -p7396:7396 johnktims/folding-at-home:latest \
    --user=Anonymous --team=0 --power=full

Ubuntu setup guide

Install docker

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y \
    apt-transport-https \
    ca-certificates \
    curl \
    gnupg-agent \
    software-properties-common &&\
curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg | sudo apt-key add - &&\
    sudo apt-key fingerprint 0EBFCD88 &&\
sudo add-apt-repository \
   "deb [arch=amd64] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu \
   $(lsb_release -cs) \
   stable" &&\
sudo apt-get update &&\
    sudo apt-get install -y ubuntu-drivers-common docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io

Install Nvidia drivers and toolkit

# Install the recommended drivers or pick one from the list and install (e.g. sudo apt install nvidia-driver-435)
sudo ubuntu-drivers devices &&\
    sudo ubuntu-drivers autoinstall &&\
distribution=$(. /etc/os-release;echo $ID$VERSION_ID) &&\
    curl -s -L https://nvidia.github.io/nvidia-docker/gpgkey | sudo apt-key add - &&\
    curl -s -L https://nvidia.github.io/nvidia-docker/$distribution/nvidia-docker.list | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nvidia-docker.list &&\
    sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y nvidia-container-toolkit &&\
    sudo systemctl restart docker

Start folding

docker run --rm -it --gpus=all -p7396:7396 johnktims/folding-at-home:latest \
                    --user=Anonymous --team=0 --power=full