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README.md

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-# payroll_manager
+# Payroll manager
+
+#### This is a simple system to keep a record of employees where they will peform differnt tasks within the company and will be paid accordingly in a montly bases.
+
+## Getting started
+
+### Pre requisites
+##### Installing docker
+#
+```sh
+curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg | sudo apt-key add -
+
+sudo add-apt-repository "deb [arch=amd64] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu $(lsb_release -cs) stable"
+
+sudo apt-get update
+
+apt-cache policy docker-ce
+
+sudo apt-get install -y docker-ce
+```
+
+##### Installing docker compose
+#
+```sh
+sudo curl -L https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/download/1.19.0/docker-compose-`uname -s`-`uname -m` -o /usr/local/bin/docker-compose
+
+sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/docker-compose
+```
+
+### Starting up
+##### To initialize the system it can be run with docker compose which will create the service for apache + php and the mysql instance used by the service
+#
+```sh
+sudo docker-compose up --build -d
+```
+
+##### Note: if the service is run without docker it'll be necesary to adjust the connection parameters in the file
+#
+```
+api-payroll/src/settings.php
+```
+##### The login page can be accessed at
+#
+```
+http://localhost:8085/public/html/login.php
+```
+
+###### Note: To access the system the user is 'sloth' while the password is 'slothness'
+
+## For more detailed documentation about the different components:
+ [api-payroll](https://github.com/PootisPenserHere/payroll_manager/blob/master/api-payroll/README.md)
+ 
+ [database](https://github.com/PootisPenserHere/payroll_manager/blob/master/database/README.md)
+
+### Data volumes
+
+### Considerations when calculating the salary