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 # lare's autopeering implementation
+
+This is my (LARE-MNT) implementation of an auto peering system
+
+It consists of two parts:
+1. the "server" 
+   - handling user auth (via kioubit) 
+   - add/edit/delete peerings (#todo)
+   - communicate new/update peerings with nodes #todo
+2. the "nodes daemon" #todo
+   - reveives new/updated peering configs from the "server" #todo
+
+
+## Installation
+
+see [installation.md](installation.md)
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+# Installation
+
+## Server
+
+1. clone repository to the main server
+2. change into `web`
+3. create VirtualEnv: run `python3 -m venv venv` then `source venv/bin/activate`
+4. install dependencies: `pip install -r requirement.txt`
+5. create config file: 
+   1. `cp backend/config.example.json config.json`
+   2. edit example config to represent your situation
+   3. remove comments in config file
+6. run the server: `python backend/main.py`
+
+## Nodes
+#todo
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     "port": 8042, 
     "domain": "example.org", // domain to use for kioubit verification service
     "base-dir": "/", //optional:directury for which it is reachable (if behind some sort of reverse proxy) default "/"
-    "peerings-dir": "/path/to/peering-configs/", // optional; default "$PWD/peerings", directory to save existing peerings to
+    "peerings": "/path/to/peering-config.json", // optional; default "$PWD/peerings", directory to save existing peerings to
     "production": true, //optional, default true; 
     "debug-mode": false, // optional; whethet to enable debugging; default false
     "flask-secret-key": "<secret-please-replace>", // secret key for session cookies