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README.md

 # VIPS Backend single server
 
-Scripts and documentation for configuring the VIPS backend systems (VIPSLogic, VIPSCoreManager and VIPSCore) on a single Linux server
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+Scripts and documentation for configuring the VIPS backend systems (VIPSLogic, VIPSCoreManager and VIPSCore) on a single Linux server
+
+In order to clone this repository, issue this command:
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+git clone https://gitlab.nibio.no/vips-setup/vips-backend-single-server.git
+
+If you get this error message:
+
+fatal: unable to access 'https://gitlab.nibio.no/vips-setup/vips-backend-single-server.git/': server certificate verification failed. CAfile: /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt CRLfile: none
+
+...then you need to update your SSL certificates, running this command (as ROOT):
+
+echo $(echo -n | openssl s_client -showcerts -connect gitlab.nibio.no:443 2>/dev/null  | sed -ne '/-BEGIN CERTIFICATE-/,/-END CERTIFICATE-/p') >> /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt
+
+...and then run the git clone command again
+
+cd into the directory vips-backend-single-server/ and run the script:
+
+sudo ./vips-backend-single-server.sh