From 512a684828115ad6c079710586d1a575861b01f7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Finn Christiansen <kontakt@finnchristiansen.de>
Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2024 22:15:27 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] =?UTF-8?q?=F0=9F=93=9D=20Update=20Readme?=
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 ## Software setup
 
-- Copy the `.env.example` to `.env` and change it to your needs.
+- Copy the `.env.example` to `/etc/powermeter-environment` and change it to your needs.
 - Acivate at least InfluxDB (which I would recommend) or Flask output.
 
 Clone this repository and create a virtualenv within it:
@@ -28,8 +28,20 @@ Clone this repository and create a virtualenv within it:
 ```
 git clone https://code.f2n.me/finn/powermeter.git
 cd powermeter
+cp .env.example /etc/powermeter-environment
+cp powermeter.service /etc/systemd/system/powermeter.service
+systemctl enable powermeter
+systemctl start powermeter
+```
+
+For Flask app also to the following steps:
+
+```
 virtualenv .
 pip install -r requirements.txt
+cp apache2_sample_config.conf /etc/apache2/sites-available/powermeter.conf # modifiy to fit your needs
+a2ensite powermeter
+systemctl reload apache2
 ```
 
 ## Developing (Flask app)
@@ -42,6 +54,12 @@ export APP_DEVELOPMENT_DATABASE_URI=postgres://username:passwort@hostname/databa
 flask run
 ```
 
+## Future thoughts
+
+- build container for flask app
+- Microcontroller edition
+- and more
+
 ## Screenshots
 
 Node-RED usage example: