diff --git a/README.rdoc b/README.rdoc
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--- a/README.rdoc
+++ b/README.rdoc
@@ -22,6 +22,12 @@ MIT License
* Install gems without production bundle install --without production
+* Set local development variables for the applicaiton to work
+
+export WRESTLINGDEV_SECRET_KEY_BASE=077cdbef5c2ccf22543fb17a67339f234306b7fa2e1e4463d851c444c10a5611829a2290b253da78339427f131571fac9a42c83d960b2d25ecc10a4a0a7ce1a2
+
+export WRESTLINGDEV_DEVISE_SECRET_KEY=2f29d49db6704377ba263f7cb9db085b386bcb301c0cd501126a674686ab1a109754071165b08cd72af03cec4642a4dd04361c994462254dd5d85e9594e8b9aa
+
* Test with minitest rake test
* Seeds created for development rake db:seed
@@ -34,6 +40,38 @@ MIT License
* After running the above script, you'll be presented a shell. You'll need to run bash rails-dev-db.sh to set up the development db's. After those are set up, you can run rake test to run the tests or rails s -b 0.0.0.0 to run a development server. You can also run any other rails commands from here.
+Production details:
+
+* Set up env file
+
+export WRESTLINGDEV_ENV_FILE=/path/where/envfile/exists/envfilename.env
+
+* Env file should contain the following env's
+
+WRESTLINGDEV_DB_NAME=databasename
+
+WRESTLINGDEV_DB_USER=databaseusername
+
+WRESTLINGDEV_DB_PWD=databasepassword
+
+WRESTLINGDEV_DB_HOST=database.homename
+
+WRESTLINGDEV_DB_PORT=databaseport
+
+WRESTLINGDEV_DEVISE_SECRET_KEY=devise_key can be generated with rake secret
+
+WRESTLINGDEV_SECRET_KEY_BASE=secret_key can be generated with rake secret
+
+*Optional env's
+
+WRESTLINGDEV_NEW_RELIC_LICENSE_KEY=new_relic_license_key this is only needed to use new relic
+
+MEMCACHIER_PASSWORD=memcachier_password this is only needed for caching
+
+MEMCACHIER_SERVERS=memcachier_hostname:memcachier_port this is only needed for caching
+
+MEMCACHIER_USERNAME=memcachier_username this is only needed for caching
+
* Production docker image: Run bash rails-prod.sh wrestlingapp. This will create a self-signed ssl certificate and set up wrestlingapp on passenger/apache. The container will run with port 80 and port 443 open and will have a restart policy of always.