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README.md

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 ## Requirements
 
-- Rust 1.54+
+- Rust 1.54+ (when building from source)
 - PostgreSQL 12+
 - IPFS node (optional, see [guide](./docs/ipfs.md))
 - Ethereum node (optional)
 
+## Installation
+
+### Building from source
+
+Run:
+
+```
+cargo build --release
+```
+
+This command will produce two binaries in `target/release` directory, `mitra` and `mitractl`.
+
+Create a database and a configuration file (see [example](./config.yaml.example)).
+
+When starting Mitra, set the value of `ENVIRONMENT` variable to `production` and specify the path to configuration file with `CONFIG_PATH`:
+
+```
+ENVIRONMENT=production CONFIG_PATH=/etc/mitra/config.yaml mitra
+```
+
+An HTTP server will be needed to handle HTTPS requests and serve the frontend. See the example of [nginx configuration file](./contrib/mitra.nginx).
+
+Building instructions for `mitra-web` frontend can be found at https://codeberg.org/silverpill/mitra-web#project-setup.
+
+To run Mitra as a systemd service, check out the [systemd unit file example](./contrib/mitra.service).
+
 ## Development
 
 ### Create database

contrib/mitra.nginx

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+server {
+    server_name example.tld;
+
+    listen 80;
+    listen [::]:80;
+
+    location / {
+        return 301 https://$server_name$request_uri;
+    }
+}
+
+server {
+    server_name example.tld;;
+
+    listen 443 ssl http2;
+    listen [::]:443 ssl http2;
+
+    ssl_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/example.tld/fullchain.pem;
+    ssl_certificate_key /etc/letsencrypt/live/example.tld/privkey.pem;
+    ssl_trusted_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/example.tld/chain.pem;
+
+    ssl_session_timeout 1d;
+    ssl_session_cache shared:MozSSL:10m;  # about 40000 sessions
+    ssl_session_tickets off;
+
+    ssl_protocols TLSv1.2 TLSv1.3;
+    ssl_ciphers "ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-ECDSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305:ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384:!aNULL:!eNULL:!EXPORT:!DES:!MD5:!PSK:!RC4";
+    ssl_prefer_server_ciphers off;
+
+    ssl_stapling on;
+    ssl_stapling_verify on;
+
+    location / {
+        # Frontend
+        root /usr/share/mitra/www;
+        try_files $uri /index.html;
+    }
+
+    location ~ ^/(actor|api|contracts|feeds|media|nodeinfo|oauth|objects|users|.well-known) {
+        # Backend
+        proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:8383;
+        proxy_set_header Host $http_host;
+        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $remote_addr;
+    }
+}

contrib/mitra.service

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+[Unit]
+Description=Mitra Server
+After=postgresql.service
+Requires=postgresql.service
+
+[Service]
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/mitra
+WorkingDirectory=/var/lib/mitra
+Environment="ENVIRONMENT=production"
+Environment="CONFIG_PATH=/etc/mitra/config.yaml"
+User=mitra
+Group=mitra
+
+PrivateTmp=true
+ProtectSystem=full
+ProtectHome=true
+NoNewPrivileges=true
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target