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 Quick summary of current rewrite/migration goal.
 
 - **Phase:** Backend rewrite
-- **Last updated:** 2026-05-27
+- **Last updated:** 2026-06-17
 
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-## Setup / Installation
+# Install
 
-How to run the current version of the app.
+## Files needed to be downloaded before install.
+
+### To run the server
+
+-   [PostgresSQL](https://www.postgresql.org/download/windows/) - current version using is 17
+-   [NodeJS](https://nodejs.org)
+-   [NSSM](https://nssm.cc/)
+
+### To manage the server
+
+-   [VSCODE](https://code.visualstudio.com/)
+
+## Creating directories needed
+
+-   Create a new folder where we will host the server files.
+    -   Copy the nssm.exe into this folder
+-   Copy the get the build from the releases and extract.
+    -   This will house all the compiles and minified files needed to start the server up, this includes the frontend.
+-   Save the nssm.exe into this folder as well, this will be used to control the service.
+
+## Do the initial install
+
+### DB instal setup
+
+1. Install postgres
+2. Open pgAdmin
+3. create a new Database named lst_db_v3. this can also be to your liking
+
+### Initial server setup
+
+1. Open VSCode and navigate to the folder where you extracted the files.
+2. Click trusted when it pops up.
+3. Open a terminal window inside vscode.
+4. Run the install script this will install all dependence's needed as well as do all the database migrations
+
+
+### Create the .env file
+
+In the root of the folder create a new .env file by renaming .env-example to .env
+
+change all the parameters to your desired server
 
 ```bash
-git clone https://git.tuffraid.net/cowch/lst_v3.git
-cd lst_v3
-npm install
+npm run install --omit=dev
 ```
 
-Rename the .env-example to .env
+Next we want to do an initial db
 
-Update all the fields 
-
-```bash 
+```bash
 npm run dev:db:migrate
-npm run dev
-```
\ No newline at end of file
+```
+
+### Run the start command to get all the basic settings and modules installed
+
+1. Run the below
+
+```bash
+npm start
+```
+
+### Creating first user.
+
+ Open http://[SERVER]:[PORT]/api/docs or postman and create a user.
+    - Please do not try to manually enter a new user this is due to how the password is hashed, as well as setting systemAdmin for the first user.
+    - Change the server and port to what you changed in the DB.
+
+### Running as a serivice.
+
+You want to CD into the scripts folder.
+
+```bash
+cd .\scripts\
+```
+
+Next use the example command below to get the service up and running.
+
+-   Options legend
+    -   serviceName = not recommended to change to reduce issues with the update process
+    -   option = use install for the install, but you can use this script later to stop, start, restart the service.
+    -   appPath = where did you extract the server files
+    -   description = no need to change this unless you want it to be something else
+    -   command = do not change this unless you know what your doing and really need to change this.
+
+```powershell
+.\services.ps1 -serviceName "LSTV3_app" -option "install" -appPath "D:\LS_V3T" -description "Logistics Support Tool V3" -command "run start"
+```