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-# invsystem
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+# Inventarium
+
+This project is a django server inventarization system. It requires docker 
+and docker compose as well as the python modules stated in the requirements.txt. It can be used to
+ inventarize and document basically everything.
+##Setup
+###Installation
+1. Install `docker` and `docker-compose` from [here](https://www.docker.com/get-started) and [here](https://docs.docker.com/compose/install/)
+2. Clone this repository
+3. Go into the root directory of the repository (where docker-compose.yml) lives and open 
+a terminal
+4. Execute the command `docker-compose up`. Container images for a postgresSQL 
+database and the django server will be pulled and configured automatically. This step 
+requires some disk space and an active internet connection
+5. You now need to create a database user
+###Creating a database user
+In order to access the system you will need to create a database user so django can 
+interface with the database and you can log in to interact with the server e.g. create 
+additional users or inventarize objects.
+1. Run `docker ps` while the containers are running do determine the container ID of the 
+web server. Something like this will show up:
+```
+CONTAINER ID        IMAGE               COMMAND                  CREATED               STATUS               PORTS                    NAMES
+f1b377c3700f        invsystem_web       "python3 manage.py r…"   1 minute ago          Up 1 minute          0.0.0.0:8000->8000/tcp   invsystem_web_1
+1289f9bcdd04        postgres            "docker-entrypoint.s…"   1 minute ago          Up 1 minute          0.0.0.0:5432->5432/tcp   invsystem_db_1
+```
+You need to copy the `CONTAINER ID` for the image `invsystem_web`
+2. Execute the command `docker exec -i -t <CONTAINER ID> /bin/bash`
+3. You are now attatched to the docker container via a shell. <br>
+Enter `python3 manage.py makemigrations` and `python3 manage.py migrate`.<br> 
+This sets up the database and initializes it. 
+4. Create the superuser using `python3 manage.py createsuperuser` and enter the 
+requested information
+5. Open your browser and visit `localhost:8000` or click [here](http://localhost:8000)
+6. Click the "Einloggen" button in the top right corner and log in with the account you 
+just created using `createsuperuser`
+7. You can now access the server and use all of its features
+
+If you need the django admin panel you can just access `localhost:8000/admin` and log in 
+with the same superuser account there as well