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+LEAP Web
+---------------------
+
+"LEAP Web" is the web-based component of the LEAP Platform, providing the following services:
+
+* REST API for user registration.
+* Admin interface to manage users.
+* Client certificate distribution and renewal.
+* User support help tickets.
+
+This web application is written in Ruby on Rails 3, using CouchDB as the backend data store.
+
+Original code specific to this web application is licensed under the GNU Affero General Public License (version 3.0 or higher). See http://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.html for more information.
+
+Documentation
+---------------------------
+
+For more information, see these files in the ``doc`` directory:
+
+* DEPLOY -- for notes on deployment.
+* DEVELOP -- for developer notes.
+* CUSTOM -- how to customize.
+
+Installation
+---------------------------
+
+Typically, this application is installed automatically as part of the LEAP Platform. To install it manually for testing or development, follow these instructions:
+
+### Install system requirements
+
+    sudo apt-get install git ruby1.8 rubygems1.8 couchdb
+    sudo gem install bundler
+
+On Debian Wheezy or later, there is a Debian package for bundler, so you can alternately run ``sudo apt-get install bundler``.
+
+### Download source
+
+    git clone git://leap.se/leap_web
+    cd leap_web
+    git submodule update --init
+
+### Install required ruby libraries
+
+    cd leap_web
+    bundle
+
+Typically, you run ``bundle`` as a normal user and it will ask you for a sudo password when it is time to install the required gems. If you don't have sudo, run ``bundle`` as root.
+
+Configuration
+----------------------------
+
+The webapp can hand out certs for the EIP client. These certs are either picked from a pool in CouchDB or from a file. For now you can either run [Leap CA](http://github.com/leapcode/leap_ca) to fill the pool or you can put your certs file in config/cert.
+
+We also ship provider information through the webapp. For now please add your eip-service.json to the public/config directory.
+
+Copy the example configuration file and customize as appropriate:
+     cp config/config.yml.example config/config.yml
+
+Running
+-----------------------------
+
+    cd leap_web
+    rails server
+
+Then open http://localhost:3000 in your web browser.
+
+To peruse the database, visit http://localhost:5984/_utils/
+