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 # Building the project
 
-From inside the project directory, run the following commands:
+First, `cp` to the project directory, then run the following commands:
+
+```
+$ make cp-env build install-deps start
+```
+
+Create the `blog_api` database and to run the migrations:
+
 ```
-docker-compose build
-docker-compose up
+$ docker exec -it $(docker ps -q --filter name=api_mysql) mysql CREATE DATABASE blog_api;
+$ docker exec -it $(docker ps -q --filter name=api_php) bin/console doctrine:migrations:migrate
 ```
 
-# Installing dependencies
-`docker-compose exec php composer update`
+You now have an API running on `http://localhost:8081`.
+
+
+# Deploying to production
+
+First, create a release tag from the master branch on github, i.e. `v1.0`.
+
+Then, use the following command to deploy:
+
+```
+$ STAGE=prod IMAGE_TAG=v1.0 make build push remote-deploy
+```