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-##TETHYS
+# ![](/public/images/favicon/favicon-32x32.png) TETHYS
+
+TETHYS - Data Publisher for Geoscience Austria is a digital data library and a data publisher for earth system science. Data can be georeferenced in time (date/time) and space (latitude, longitude, depth/height). 
+
+----------
+
+# Getting Started
+
+These instructions will get you a copy of the project up and running on your local machine for development and testing purposes. See deployment for notes on how to deploy the project on a live system.
+
+## Installation
+
+Please check the official laravel installation guide for server requirements before you start. [Official Documentation](https://laravel.com/docs/6.x/installation#installation)
+
+
+Clone the repository
+
+    git clone git@github.com:geolba/tethys.git
+
+Switch to the repo folder
+
+    cd tethys-app
+
+Install all the dependencies using composer
+
+    composer install --optimize-autoloader --no-dev
+
+Copy the example env file and make the required configuration changes in the .env file
+
+    cp .env.example .env
+
+Generate a new application key
+
+    php artisan key:generate
+
+Run the database migrations (**Set the database connection in .env before migrating**)
+
+    php artisan migrate
+
+Grant folder permissions (**Set the database connection in .env before migrating**)
+
+    sudo chgrp -R www-data storage bootstrap/cache
+    sudo chmod -R ug+rwx storage bootstrap/cache
+
+Start the local development server
+
+    php artisan serve
+
+
+## Environment variables
+
+- .env - Environment variables can be set in this file
+
+***Note*** : You can quickly set the database information, the solr connection string and other variables in this file and have the application fully working.
+
+----------
+
+## Versioning
+
+For the versions available, see the [tags on this repository](https://github.com/geolba/tethys/tags). 
+
+## Authors
+
+* **Arno Kaimbacher** - *Initial work* 
+
+See also the list of [contributors](https://github.com/geolba/tethys/contributors) who participated in this project.
+
+## License
+
+This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the [license](LICENSE) file for details
+
 
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