complete installation instructions

README.md

@@ -34,3 +34,80 @@ During the poll, you can observe the vote counts:
 - If the question se allows voters to see results after casting their vote
   `show_results: true`, then observer can also see the results.
 
+
+# Example installation on debian
+
+## Install web server as root
+
+```
+apt install nginx virtualenv python3 git
+# edit the config of /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default to have your host name
+systemctl enable nginx
+systemctl start nginx
+virtualenv -p python3 certbot
+. cerbot/bin/activate
+pip install certbot-nginx
+certbot --nginx
+```
+
+- In /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/defaut: replace the "location /" with a proxy:
+
+```
+  location / {
+    proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:8041/;
+    proxy_set_header Host $host;
+    proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
+    proxy_set_header X-Scheme $scheme;
+  }
+```
+
+- Restart server, `systemctl restart nginx`
+- At this point your browser should error with a bad gateway
+
+## Install aBot as a normal user
+
+```
+git clone https://bitbucket.org/MoonQ/abot
+cd abot
+./install.me
+```
+- You can run the `./start.me` to test your installation
+- It's recommended to run service as a daemon for more robustness, to survive
+  reboots etc.. You can do it for example with runit.
+
+## Installing runit
+
+- Run these commands as root:
+
+```
+apt install runit runit-systemd
+systemctl enable runit
+systemctl start runit
+mkdir -p /etc/sv/abot/log
+```
+- Edit file /etc/sv/abot/run, with correct values
+
+```
+#!/bin/sh
+
+exec 2>&1
+cd /[PATH-TO-ABOT-INSTALLATION]
+exec chpst -u [NORMAL-USER-NAME] ./start.me
+```
+
+- Edit file /etc/sv/abot/log/run, with correct values
+
+```
+#!/bin/sh
+exec chpst -u [NORMAL-USER-NAME] svlogd -tt /[PATH-TO-ABOT-INSTALLATION]/log
+```
+
+- Enable service:
+
+```
+ln -s /etc/sv/abot /etc/service/abot
+```
+
+- Finally, as the normal user, create the log folder, `mkdir [PATH-TO-ABOT-INSTALLATION]/log`
+- The log folder should be populated with file `current` which has the log of the process.
+