---
title: 'VMware Appliance for Folding@Home'
url: 'https://patrik.kernstock.net/blog/vmware-appliance-for-folding-at-home'
markdown: 'https://patrik.kernstock.net/blog/vmware-appliance-for-folding-at-home.md'
date: '2020-03-21'
description: 'PhotonOS-based OVA appliance allows you quickly deploying Folding@Home folding proteins using your compute resources to help fighting COVID-19.'
taxonomy:
  category:
    - VMware
  tag:
    - Fling
    - 'Photon OS'
---

# [VMware Appliance for Folding@Home](https://patrik.kernstock.net/blog/vmware-appliance-for-folding-at-home)

   March 21, 2020    1 min 

   [VMware](https://patrik.kernstock.net/category:VMware)    [Fling](https://patrik.kernstock.net/tag:Fling) [Photon OS](https://patrik.kernstock.net/tag:Photon%20OS)  

 Note

This article is more than 6 year(s) old – information may be outdated.

 ![VMware Appliance for Folding@Home](https://patrik.kernstock.net/images/f/a/h/l/o/fahlogo-79c2db04.jpg?g-b3a1b014 "VMware Appliance for Folding@Home") 

The PhotonOS-based appliance allows you quickly deploying the software by [Folding@Home](http://www.foldingathome.org) running protein folding calculations using your available CPU/GPU resources to help fighting COVID-19.

Deploying the OVA gives you different set of options:

[![](https://patrik.kernstock.net/images/2/0/2/0/-/2020-03-2113-06-17-0mrsrmto-0d433ea5.png?g-b3a1b014 "Deployment of OVA through vCenter HTML5 Client")](https://patrik.kernstock.net/user/pages/01.blog/2020-03-21-vmware-appliance-for-folding-at-home/2020-03-21_13-06-17-0MrsRMto.png?g-b3a1b014)
Deployment of OVA through vCenter HTML5 Client

In the end, looking like:

[![](https://patrik.kernstock.net/images/2/0/2/0/-/2020-03-1908-20-18-3rvaqphi-93e0b8d6.png?g-b3a1b014)](https://patrik.kernstock.net/user/pages/01.blog/2020-03-21-vmware-appliance-for-folding-at-home/2020-03-19_08-20-18-3RVaQphI.png?g-b3a1b014)
(Guess who made that local console! Also posted on Twitter [here](https://twitter.com/Patschi95/status/1240599233230704641).)

**Want to know more?**
Read the official blog post from VMware: [octo.vmware.com/vmware-appliance-fah/](https://octo.vmware.com/vmware-appliance-fah/)

**Interested in contributing?**
Check out the fling website at [flings.vmware.com/vmware-appliance-for-folding-home#summary](https://flings.vmware.com/vmware-appliance-for-folding-home#summary).

The most amazing and exciting part of this project for me: From the idea by [William Lam](https://twitter.com/lamw), creating and intensive testing (including GPUs!), writing documentation, going through audits and reviews until the final publication of the appliance – in just about 72 hours. It was really great to see how people work together, turning an idea into reality in just such a short period of time.

In case you’re interesting in finding out how I’ve made the "Local Console/F@H Stats", you might want to read my [post over here](https://patrik.kernstock.net/blog/vmware-fah-appliance-making-of-fh-stats).

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