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+# PDA-New
+
+A from-the-ground-up rewrite and reimplementation of PowerDNS-Admin
+
+Like its predecessor, it will communicate with PDNS via the latter's web API, and add user access control and a proper web frontend.
+
+## Requirements
+A system capable of running python.
+
+## Building
+
+Use python to create a virtual environment, then activate it:
+```
+python3 -m venv .venv
+source .venv/bin/activate
+```
+
+Use pip to install the required modules:
+```
+pip3 install --upgrade pip
+pip3 install -f src/requirements.txt
+```
+
+## Installation
+
+Run it manually via:
+```
+python3 src/manage.py test
+```
+
+For production environments, gunicorn or a similar UWSGI implementation, preferably using a webserver as a proxy is recommended.
+