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Expand Up @@ -404,14 +404,18 @@ From the first terminal sessions, run:

3: Launch the web backend

From a new terminal session, run:

```sh
cd web/backend
# if this is the first time, run `npm install` first
# if this is the first time, run `npm install` and `cp config.env.template config.env` first
npm start
```

4: Launch the web frontend

From a new terminal session, run:

```sh
cd web/frontend
# if this is the first time, run `npm install` first
Expand All @@ -429,6 +433,37 @@ election.
./kill_test.sh
```

6: Troubleshoot

If while running

```sh
npm start
```

in the web backend folder, you get this error:

```sh
Error: listen EADDRINUSE: address already in use :::5000
```

then run this instead:

```sh
PORT=4000 npm start
#or any other available port
```
and in the web/frontend/src/setupProxy.js file, change :

```sh
target: 'http://localhost:5000',
```
with

```sh
target: 'http://localhost:4000',
```

# Run the nodes

In three different terminal sessions, from the root folder:
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