First version for the guide on setting up the basic debug server.

Basic-Setup.md

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+This guide details an initial setup of an EteSync server.
+It is specifically written for Ubuntu, but you should be able to use it as a guide for different systems as well.
+Making a separate user to run the application is also recommended.
+
+### Download EteSync server
+First we install the [Python virtual environment](https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/venv.html) package, clone the repo, set up the virtual environment and install the Python dependencies.
+
+```
+apt-get install python3-virtualenv
+
+cd ~  # To set up the server in your home dir
+git clone https://github.com/etesync/server-skeleton.git
+cd server-skeleton
+
+virtualenv -p python3 venv  # If doesn't work, try: virtualenv3 venv
+source venv/bin/activate
+
+pip3 install -r requirements.txt
+```
+
+### Configure the application
+
+To configure the application, you need a Django `.ini` file.
+Luckily, the repo already contains a basic ini called `etesync-server.ini.example` which we can copy.
+
+```
+cp etesync-server.ini.example etesync-server.ini
+```
+
+Open the file, and set allowed hosts to `*`. (Note: this is just for testing purposes. **Set this to your domain name later**.)
+
+It should now look like this:
+
+```
+[global]
+secret_file = secret.txt
+debug = false
+
+[allowed_hosts]
+allowed_host1 = *
+
+[database]
+engine = django.db.backends.sqlite3
+name = db.sqlite3
+```
+
+### Test the application
+
+After initialising the server, you can run it for the first time.
+
+```
+./manage.py migrate
+./manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8000
+```
+
+On the machine, you can now surf to `localhost:8000` and it should show a page saying "It works!"
+If you're on a different machine than the one running the server, surf to it's local IP address followed by the portnumber, e.g. `192.168.x.x:8000`.
+
+If this works, congratulations!
+You now have a functioning Django application.
+
+**Using this server in production is not recommended, so please continue in the wiki to set up a proper deployment.**