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From: Patrick Nagurny <patrick@openaccounting.io>
Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2018 15:32:17 -0400
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+# Open Accounting Server
+
+## Prerequisites
+
+1. Go 1.8+
+2. MySQL 5.7+
+
+## Database setup
+
+Use schema.sql and indexes.sql to create a MySQL database to store Open Accounting data.
+
+## Configuration
+
+Copy config.json.sample to config.json and edit to match your information.
+
+## Run
+
+`go run core/server.go`
+
+## Build
+
+`go build core/server.go`