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+# Getting Started
+
+1. Install Docker.
+2. Set up an environment variable `LAB_MONOLITH_DB_IP` and assign the docker host's IP.
+
+ For docker machine type `docker-machine env` and the value of `$DOCKER_HOST`,
+ otherwise `localhost` is probably correct.
+
+3. Set up an environment variable `LAB_MONOLITH_DB_PASSWORD` and assign any password. 
+
+4. `./start-db.sh`
+
+ Starts a PostgreSQL database using the password from `LAB_MONOLITH_DB_PASSWORD`.
+
+5. `gradle bootRun`
+6. Open http://localhost:8080