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 ## Setup
 
 * git clone (to //opt for verbatim use of the .service file)
-* npm install
-* create certs (`./create_certs.sh`)
-* populate .env from template for database creds and listening port for API, and working directory
+* `npm install`
+* create certs: `chmod 700 create_certs.sh` , `./create_certs.sh`
+* create .env from template .env.sample sepcifiying database creds and listening port for API, and working directory
+* `node index.js`
+to setup as service
 * copy .service file to //etc/systemd/system/ (adjust user/working direct if needed)
 * `sudo systemctl enable forecast_api.service`
 
 ## Initial Forecast
 
 * all SQL depends on unchanged core sales matrix table schema
-* build/build_baseline.sql