From 9c157a630fe4fc136b6d9f14c564d25d3a2f381a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ian Renton <ian@ianrenton.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2025 14:41:22 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] README #5

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 README.md | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 36 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -45,6 +45,42 @@ The software can take a few seconds to start up, mostly because it is downloadin
 
 If you see some errors on startup, check your configuration, e.g. in case you have specified a port for the web server that is already in use by something else.
 
+### systemd configuration
+
+Create a file at `/etc/systemd/system/spothole.service`. Give it the following content, adjusting for the user you want to run it as and the directory in which you have installed it:
+
+```
+Unit]
+Description=Spothole
+After=syslog.target network.target
+
+[Service]
+Type=simple
+User=spothole
+WorkingDirectory=/home/spothole/spothole
+ExecStart=/home/spothole/spothole/.venv/bin/python /home/spothole/spothole/spothole.py --serve-in-foreground
+Restart=on-abort
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
+```
+
+Run the following:
+
+```bash
+sudo systemctl daemon-reload
+sudo systemctl enable spothole
+sudo systemctl start spothole
+```
+
+Check the service has started up correctly with `sudo journalctl -u spothole -f`.
+
+### nginx Reverse Proxy configuration
+
+TODO nginx
+
+TODO certbot
+
 ### Writing your own client
 
 TODO