Added instructions to run the application in production

README.md

@@ -6,7 +6,31 @@ Python web app to publish documentation compiled using Sphinx
 cd sphinx-web
 python3 -m venv venv
 source venv/bin/activate # on Windows execute instead: venv\Scripts\activate.bat
-python3 -m pip install -r requirements.txt
+pip install -U pip setuptools wheel
+pip install -r requirements.txt
+```
+
+# Executing in a producton environment
+
+``` shell
+cd sphinx-web
+source venv/bin/activate
+pip install waitress
+```
+
+Create your configuration file, for example `/etc/sphinx-web/config.py`:
+
+```
+ADMIN_PASSWORD = 'specify a strong password here'
+BEHIND_REVERSE_PROXY = False # Set to True if you use a reverse proxy such as nginx
+```
+
+Start the application:
+
+``` shell
+cd sphinx-web/src
+source ../venv/bin/activate
+CONFIG_PATH=/etc/sphinx-web/config.py waitress-serve --port 8080 --call "app:create_app"
 ```
 
 # Development