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 ## Installation
 
-### Create virtualenvironment for python
+### Create a virtual environment for python
 
-virtualenv -p python3 virtualenv.sikweb
+`virtualenv -p python3 virtualenv.sikweb`
 
-### Install py3 dev
-`sudo apt-get install python3-dev`
+### Clone this repository and enter it
 
-### clone This repo and enter it
+Set up your SSH key authentication in GitLab Profile Settings. Then clone the repository:
 
-git clone url_to_repo
+```
+git clone git@sika.sahkoinsinoorikilta.fi:vtmk/web2.0.git
+cd web2.0
+```
 
-cd url_to_repo
+Change to the development branch:
 
-### Activate virtualenv (assuming we are on root of this repo and virtualenv is one step above)
+```
+git checkout develop
+```
+
+### Activate virtualenv (assuming we are at the root of this repository and virtualenv is one level above)
 `. ../virtualenv.sikweb/bin/activate`
 
-### install required python modules
-
-`pip install --upgrade pip`
-
-`pip install -r requirements.txt`
-
-
 ### Install Mariadb and create necessary tables
 
-`sudo apt-get install mariadb`
+#### Run the following commands to install dependencies and to run the mariadb installation script
+
+```
+sudo apt-get install mariadb-server libmysqlclient-dev python3-dev libffi-dev python3-cffi
+sudo mysql_secure_installation
+# Setup root password and say yes to all other questions
+sudo mysql -u root -p
+# Log in with your new password
+```
+
+#### Create a user called 'sik' with password 'password123' and create the db
+
+**PLEASE CHANGE THE PASSWORD TO SOMETHING MORE SECURE!**  
+
+Paste the following into the mysql client prompt:
 
 ```SQL
-CREATE USER 'sik'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'jokutmpassu';
+CREATE USER 'sik'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password123';
 CREATE DATABASE sik DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8 DEFAULT COLLATE utf8_general_ci;
 GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON sik.* TO 'sik'@'localhost';
 CREATE DATABASE sik_test DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8 DEFAULT COLLATE utf8_general_ci;
 GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON sik_test.* TO 'sik'@'localhost';
 ```
 
-## Configure django's settings
+### Install required python modules
 
-cp sikweb/settings-sample.py sikweb/settings.py
+```
+pip install --upgrade pip
+pip install -r requirements.txt
+```
 
-edit database settings from sikweb/settings.py according to what you used above.
 
-run `./manage.py migrate`
+## Configure Django settings
 
-you should be now have succesfully setup a devel version of sikweb 2.0
+`cp sikweb/settings-sample.py sikweb/settings.py`
+
+
+Change the following fields in sikweb/settings.py:
+
+```
+NAME (default: sik)
+USER (default: sik)
+PASSWORD (default: password123)
+```
+under DATABASES -> 'default' around line 80.
+
+## Run migrations
+`./manage.py migrate`
+
+You should be now have succesfully set up a development version of SikWeb 2.0
 
 ## Running
 
 ### Activate virtualenv 
 
-assuming we are on root of this repo and virtualenv is one step above:
+Assuming we are on root of this repo and virtualenv is one step above:
 
 `. ../virtualenv.sikweb/bin/activate`
 
-### use runserver command
-`./manage.py runserver`
+### Use runserver command
 
-`or./manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8000` if you need to connect from anywhere else than localhost
+`./manage.py runserver`  
+
+or  
+
+`or./manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8000`   
+
+if you need to connect from anywhere else than localhost.
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