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 # Webapps Deliverer
 
-Flask based web server for delivering file contents of the vaclab web applications.  
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+Flask based web server for delivering file contents of the vaclab web applications.  
+
+## Installation of the server
+
+```
+./install a73434.berlin.ptb.de
+```
+
+or to `localhost`:
+
+```
+./install 
+```
+
+Copies the relevant files to `host:/usr/local/share/webapps-deliverer/` and 
+then activates and starts the systemd process.
+
+## Installation of the data files
+
+The target is the directory `/srv/www/data/`: 
+
+```
+/srv/www/data/
+├── lib
+│   ├── css
+│   ├── fonts
+│   ├── img
+│   ├── js
+│   └── sounds
+└── web-apps
+    ├── css
+    ├── img
+    └── js
+```
+