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+# Deployment Instructions
+
+## Local Installation
+
+### Create Local Repo
+
+- Fork this repo and then clone the fork to your local computer
+- Make sure you are using a `venv` python environment
+	- e.g. `source ~/ga-env/bin/active`
+	- create a new environment and use that
+- Install dependencies with `python -m pip install -r requirements.txt`
+
+### Postgres
+
+- Open app Postgres App
+- From menu icon, next to "New Server", choose "Start" and then "Open Postgres"
+- Double click on a sub-database and, in the terminal window that opens, run `CREATE DATABASE django_contacts` to create the sub database
+
+### In Terminal
+
+- Run `python manage.py migrate` to set up the tables in the DB
+- Run `python manage.py runserver` to start the server
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 # SECURITY WARNING: don't run with debug turned on in production!
 DEBUG = True
 
-ALLOWED_HOSTS = ['localhost', 'desolate-thicket-29906.herokuapp.com']
+ALLOWED_HOSTS = ['localhost', 'blooming-fjord-06511.herokuapp.com']
 
 
 # Application definition