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-wand
+# wand
+
+Wand makes it easy to configure dash, houdini and a media server.
+
+## Basic setup
+
+**Step 1** Install git, docker & docker-compose
+
+```bash
+$ sudo apt-get update
+$ sudo apt-get install apt-transport-https ca-certificates curl software-properties-common
+$ curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg | sudo apt-key add –
+$ sudo add-apt-repository "deb [arch=amd64] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu  $(lsb_release -cs)  stable" 
+$ sudo apt install git docker-ce
+$ sudo curl -L "https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/download/1.25.5/docker-compose-$(uname -s)-$(uname -m)" -o /usr/local/bin/docker-compose
+$ sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/docker-compose
+```
+
+**Step 2** Clone the repository
+```bash
+$ git clone https://github.com/solero/wand && cd wand
+```
+
+**Step 3** Edit the config file
+```bash
+$ nano .env
+```
+
+**Step 4** Start the services
+```bash
+$ sudo docker-compose up
+```
+
+**Step 5** You're done!
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