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+# fLotte User Management Server
+
+## Dev Requirements
+
+- a full rust toolchain installation (for example with [rustup](https://rustup.rs/))
+- a postgres installation
+
+## Building
+
+```sh
+# in the projects folder
+> cargo build --release
+```
+
+The resulting binary is being stored in the `target` folder.
+
+
+## Running
+
+The server can be run either directly from the built binary or with the command
+
+```sh
+cargo run --release
+```
+
+The `--release` indicates that an optimized release built should be run.