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 This is a **real-time** websocket service for handling live updates of stream data. This includes basic token authentication
 through the CMS for creating/updating data.
 
-## Todos
+## Instructions to deploy
 
-- [x] data
-  - [x] create migrations with stream consideration
-  - [x] read from db
-  - [x] create data
-  - [x] update data
-  - [x] delete data
-- [x] websocket
-  - [x] create ws server
-  - [x] handle events
-- [x] authentication
-  - [x] create collection
-  - [x] figure out auth
-- [x] casters and hosts stuff
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+1. Copy `env.example` as `.env` and fill in the details (make sure `NODE_ENV` is set to production)
+2. Run `npm i`
+3. Expose port 5000 or use a reverse proxy which supports WebSockets
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