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distributed computing project for simulating protein dynamics, including the process of protein folding and the movements of proteins implicated in a variety of diseases. It brings together citizen scientists who volunteer to run simulations of protein dynamics on their personal computers. Insights from this data are helping scientists to better understand biology, and providing new opportunities for developing therapeutics.\n\n[![foldingathome](https://foldingathome.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/folding-at-home-logo.png)](https://foldingathome.org/)\n\n## Supported Architectures\n\nWe utilise the docker manifest for multi-platform awareness. More information is available from docker [here](https://distribution.github.io/distribution/spec/manifest-v2-2/#manifest-list) and our announcement [here](https://blog.linuxserver.io/2019/02/21/the-lsio-pipeline-project/).\n\nSimply pulling `lscr.io/linuxserver/foldingathome:latest` should retrieve the correct image for your arch, but you can also pull specific arch images via tags.\n\nThe architectures supported by this image are:\n\n| Architecture | Available | Tag |\n| :----: | :----: | ---- |\n| x86-64 | ✅ | amd64-\\\u003cversion tag\\\u003e |\n| arm64 | ✅ | arm64v8-\\\u003cversion tag\\\u003e |\n\n## Application Setup\n\nThis image sets up the Folding@home client. The interface is available at [https://app.foldingathome.org](https://app.foldingathome.org).\n\nBefore setting up this container, please register for an account on [https://app.foldingathome.org](https://app.foldingathome.org) and retrieve the account token shown in the account settings. That value should be populated in the `ACCOUNT_TOKEN` env var.\n\nOnce the container is created with the token and the machine name, the instance should be listed in the web app and can be controlled there.\n\nAfterwards, the `ACCOUNT_TOKEN` and the `MACHINE_NAME` vars can be removed as the instance will already be associated with the online account and the info stored in the config folder.\n\n## Migration from version 7.6\n\nVersion 8 of fah-client has been rewritten and has some breaking changes that we can't automatically mitigate in this container.\n\nUnlike v7, v8 no longer bundles a local webgui. The web app is loaded from an online source and can only auto-detect instances that are running on the same machine (bare metal) as the browser. This is not possible in a docker container. Therefore, upgrading to v8 requires registering for an online account, retrieving the account token and setting it in the new env var `ACCOUNT_TOKEN`, along with a friendly name in `MACHINE_NAME`.\n\n## GPU Hardware Acceleration\n\n### Nvidia\n\nHardware acceleration users for Nvidia will need to install the container runtime provided by Nvidia on their host, instructions can be found here:\nhttps://docs.nvidia.com/datacenter/cloud-native/container-toolkit/latest/install-guide.html\nWe automatically add the necessary environment variable that will utilise all the features available on a GPU on the host. Once nvidia container toolkit is installed on your host you will need to re/create the docker container with the nvidia container runtime `--runtime=nvidia` and add an environment variable `-e NVIDIA_VISIBLE_DEVICES=all` (can also be set to a specific gpu's UUID, this can be discovered by running `nvidia-smi --query-gpu=gpu_name,gpu_uuid --format=csv` ). NVIDIA automatically mounts the GPU and drivers from your host into the foldingathome docker container.\n\n## Read-Only Operation\n\nThis image can be run with a read-only container filesystem. For details please [read the docs](https://docs.linuxserver.io/misc/read-only/).\n\n## Usage\n\nTo help you get started creating a container from this image you can either use docker-compose or the docker cli.\n\n\u003e[!NOTE]\n\u003eUnless a parameter is flagged as 'optional', it is *mandatory* and a value must be provided.\n\n### docker-compose (recommended, [click here for more info](https://docs.linuxserver.io/general/docker-compose))\n\n```yaml\n---\nservices:\n  foldingathome:\n    image: lscr.io/linuxserver/foldingathome:latest\n    container_name: foldingathome\n    environment:\n      - PUID=1000\n      - PGID=1000\n      - TZ=Etc/UTC\n      - ACCOUNT_TOKEN=\n      - MACHINE_NAME=\n      - CLI_ARGS= #optional\n    volumes:\n      - /path/to/foldingathome/data:/config\n    ports:\n      - 7396:7396 #optional\n    restart: unless-stopped\n```\n\n### docker cli ([click here for more info](https://docs.docker.com/engine/reference/commandline/cli/))\n\n```bash\ndocker run -d \\\n  --name=foldingathome \\\n  -e PUID=1000 \\\n  -e PGID=1000 \\\n  -e TZ=Etc/UTC \\\n  -e ACCOUNT_TOKEN= \\\n  -e MACHINE_NAME= \\\n  -e CLI_ARGS= `#optional` \\\n  -p 7396:7396 `#optional` \\\n  -v /path/to/foldingathome/data:/config \\\n  --restart unless-stopped \\\n  lscr.io/linuxserver/foldingathome:latest\n```\n\n## Parameters\n\nContainers are configured using parameters passed at runtime (such as those above). These parameters are separated by a colon and indicate `\u003cexternal\u003e:\u003cinternal\u003e` respectively. For example, `-p 8080:80` would expose port `80` from inside the container to be accessible from the host's IP on port `8080` outside the container.\n\n| Parameter | Function |\n| :----: | --- |\n| `-p 7396` | Folding@home web gui (redirects to [https://app.foldingathome.org](https://app.foldingathome.org)). |\n| `-e PUID=1000` | for UserID - see below for explanation |\n| `-e PGID=1000` | for GroupID - see below for explanation |\n| `-e TZ=Etc/UTC` | specify a timezone to use, see this [list](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tz_database_time_zones#List). |\n| `-e ACCOUNT_TOKEN=` | Register for an account on `https://app.foldingathome.org` and retrieve account token in settings. Required on first start. |\n| `-e MACHINE_NAME=` | Assign a friendly name to this instance (no spaces). Required on first start. |\n| `-e CLI_ARGS=` | Optionally pass additional cli arguments to `fah-client` on container start. |\n| `-v /config` | Where Folding@home should store its database and config. |\n| `--read-only=true` | Run container with a read-only filesystem. Please [read the docs](https://docs.linuxserver.io/misc/read-only/). |\n\n## Environment variables from files (Docker secrets)\n\nYou can set any environment variable from a file by using a special prepend `FILE__`.\n\nAs an example:\n\n```bash\n-e FILE__MYVAR=/run/secrets/mysecretvariable\n```\n\nWill set the environment variable `MYVAR` based on the contents of the `/run/secrets/mysecretvariable` file.\n\n## Umask for running applications\n\nFor all of our images we provide the ability to override the default umask settings for services started within the containers using the optional `-e UMASK=022` setting.\nKeep in mind umask is not chmod it subtracts from permissions based on it's value it does not add. Please read up [here](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umask) before asking for support.\n\n## User / Group Identifiers\n\nWhen using volumes (`-v` flags), permissions issues can arise between the host OS and the container, we avoid this issue by allowing you to specify the user `PUID` and group `PGID`.\n\nEnsure any volume directories on the host are owned by the same user you specify and any permissions issues will vanish like magic.\n\nIn this instance `PUID=1000` and `PGID=1000`, to find yours use `id your_user` as below:\n\n```bash\nid your_user\n```\n\nExample output:\n\n```text\nuid=1000(your_user) gid=1000(your_user) groups=1000(your_user)\n```\n\n## Docker Mods\n\n[![Docker Mods](https://img.shields.io/badge/dynamic/yaml?color=94398d\u0026labelColor=555555\u0026logoColor=ffffff\u0026style=for-the-badge\u0026label=foldingathome\u0026query=%24.mods%5B%27foldingathome%27%5D.mod_count\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Fraw.githubusercontent.com%2Flinuxserver%2Fdocker-mods%2Fmaster%2Fmod-list.yml)](https://mods.linuxserver.io/?mod=foldingathome \"view available mods for this container.\") [![Docker Universal Mods](https://img.shields.io/badge/dynamic/yaml?color=94398d\u0026labelColor=555555\u0026logoColor=ffffff\u0026style=for-the-badge\u0026label=universal\u0026query=%24.mods%5B%27universal%27%5D.mod_count\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Fraw.githubusercontent.com%2Flinuxserver%2Fdocker-mods%2Fmaster%2Fmod-list.yml)](https://mods.linuxserver.io/?mod=universal \"view available universal mods.\")\n\nWe publish various [Docker Mods](https://github.com/linuxserver/docker-mods) to enable additional functionality within the containers. The list of Mods available for this image (if any) as well as universal mods that can be applied to any one of our images can be accessed via the dynamic badges above.\n\n## Support Info\n\n* Shell access whilst the container is running:\n\n    ```bash\n    docker exec -it foldingathome /bin/bash\n    ```\n\n* To monitor the logs of the container in realtime:\n\n    ```bash\n    docker logs -f foldingathome\n    ```\n\n* Container version number:\n\n    ```bash\n    docker inspect -f '{{ index .Config.Labels \"build_version\" }}' foldingathome\n    ```\n\n* Image version number:\n\n    ```bash\n    docker inspect -f '{{ index .Config.Labels \"build_version\" }}' lscr.io/linuxserver/foldingathome:latest\n    ```\n\n## Updating Info\n\nMost of our images are static, versioned, and require an image update and container recreation to update the app inside. With some exceptions (noted in the relevant readme.md), we do not recommend or support updating apps inside the container. Please consult the [Application Setup](#application-setup) section above to see if it is recommended for the image.\n\nBelow are the instructions for updating containers:\n\n### Via Docker Compose\n\n* Update images:\n    * All images:\n\n        ```bash\n        docker-compose pull\n        ```\n\n    * Single image:\n\n        ```bash\n        docker-compose pull foldingathome\n        ```\n\n* Update containers:\n    * All containers:\n\n        ```bash\n        docker-compose up -d\n        ```\n\n    * Single container:\n\n        ```bash\n        docker-compose up -d foldingathome\n        ```\n\n* You can also remove the old dangling images:\n\n    ```bash\n    docker image prune\n    ```\n\n### Via Docker Run\n\n* Update the image:\n\n    ```bash\n    docker pull lscr.io/linuxserver/foldingathome:latest\n    ```\n\n* Stop the running container:\n\n    ```bash\n    docker stop foldingathome\n    ```\n\n* Delete the container:\n\n    ```bash\n    docker rm foldingathome\n    ```\n\n* Recreate a new container with the same docker run parameters as instructed above (if mapped correctly to a host folder, your `/config` folder and settings will be preserved)\n* You can also remove the old dangling images:\n\n    ```bash\n    docker image prune\n    ```\n\n### Image Update Notifications - Diun (Docker Image Update Notifier)\n\n\u003e[!TIP]\n\u003eWe recommend [Diun](https://crazymax.dev/diun/) for update notifications. Other tools that automatically update containers unattended are not recommended or supported.\n\n## Building locally\n\nIf you want to make local modifications to these images for development purposes or just to customize the logic:\n\n```bash\ngit clone https://github.com/linuxserver/docker-foldingathome.git\ncd docker-foldingathome\ndocker build \\\n  --no-cache \\\n  --pull \\\n  -t lscr.io/linuxserver/foldingathome:latest .\n```\n\nThe ARM variants can be built on x86_64 hardware and vice versa using `lscr.io/linuxserver/qemu-static`\n\n```bash\ndocker run --rm --privileged lscr.io/linuxserver/qemu-static --reset\n```\n\nOnce registered you can define the dockerfile to use with `-f Dockerfile.aarch64`.\n\n## Versions\n\n* **10.08.24:** - Add libexpat1 for Nvidia support.\n* **25.06.24:** - ***Breaking Changes*** - Please see the Application Setup section for more details. 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