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+# Systemd services
+
+## Installing
+
+Install all Systemd services with:
+
+    cp systemd/conservancy-www-*.{service,timer} /etc/systemd/system
+    systemctl enable conservancy-www-cleanup.service
+    systemctl start conservancy-www-cleanup.service
+    systemctl enable conservancy-www-update.timer
+    systemctl start conservancy-www-update.timer
+    systemctl enable conservancy-www-db.service
+    systemctl enable conservancy-www-db.path
+    systemctl start conservancy-www-db.path
+
+
+##  Website updates
+
+Monitor the website update service with:
+
+    systemctl list-timers --all
+    journalctl --catalog --follow --unit conservancy-www-update.service
+
+Updates will fail unless `/var/www/website` has a git upstream, so set that with:
+
+    git remote add upstream https://k.sfconservancy.org/website
+    git branch --set-upstream-to=upstream/master master
+    
+Note that the update script does not run `migrate`.
+
+
+## Fundraiser/sustainer database updates
+
+The `conservancy-www-db.service` applies SQL updates to the website database
+automatically when the file `django-supporters-list.sql` file is modified. These
+include the fundraising total and sustainers to be publicly acknowledged.