From 975f56b118dc33ac3f6db71fbf5a917fcd094f3e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Lougheed <david.lougheed@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2023 13:39:27 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] docs: add section on starting in a non-docker context

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 README.md | 15 +++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+++ b/README.md
@@ -42,6 +42,21 @@ SERVICE_LISTEN_ON=8080
 SERVICE_LISTEN_ON="/path/to/event_relay.sock"
 ```
 
+## Starting
+
+To start `bento_event_relay` in "production" mode, run the following:
+
+```bash
+NODE_ENV=production npm run start
+````
+
+To start it in "development" mode (with automatic restart on file changes), 
+run the following:
+
+```bash
+NODE_ENV=development npx nodemon
+```
+
 ## HTTP Endpoints
 
 The `bento_event_relay` service only has one HTTP endpoint, `/service-info`,