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+# oliverdavies.uk
+
+## Hosting
+
+This site is hosted on a DigitalOcean droplet, which was created using [Ansible][] (see `tools/ansible/digitalocean.yml`).
+
+[Ansible]: https://www.ansible.com
+
+To download the required roles, run `ansible-galaxy install -r tools/ansible/requirements.yml`.
+
+### Deploying
+
+Deployments for this site for managed with Ansible and [Ansistrano][].
+Ansible Vault is used to manage sensitive information like database passwords.
+
+Deployments are triggered automatically when changes are pushed to GitHub, and are performed via [CircleCI][].
+
+To run a deployment manually, run `ansible-playbook tools/ansible/deploy.yml --ask-vault-pass`.
+The Vault password is stored in LastPass.
+
+[Ansistrano]: https://ansistrano.com
+[CircleCI]: https://circleci.com/gh/opdavies/oliverdavies-uk