Added instructions to run gunicorn server

README.md

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Forked from Sean Redmond's [original protype](https://github.com/seanredmond/cce
 
 ## Setting up the virtual environment
 
-Using a virtual environment is very important for ensuring that all work is done in a standardized Python environment. This is a quick and dirty guide to working with the virtual environment, for a more detailed guide, read [this](https://docs.python.org/3.7/tutorial/venv.html). 
+Using a virtual environment is very important for ensuring that all work is done in a standardized Python environment. This is a quick and dirty guide to working with the virtual environment. For a more detailed guide, read [this](https://docs.python.org/3.7/tutorial/venv.html). 
 
 *Note: these commands all assume your system refers to your Python 3 installation as `python3`. On your system it may be different. You should confirm this before you try these commands.*
 
@@ -49,4 +49,18 @@ After activation, your shell prompt should change to reflect the environment you
 
 **Always do this when you're finished working, otherwise your other Python work will screw up the project!**
 
-`deactivate`
+`deactivate`
+
+## Deploying the project locally
+
+After activating the virtual environment, run the following command from within the root directory of the project:
+
+`gunicorn -w=4 wsgi:app`
+
+This will run the Flask application on a Gunicorn WSGI server. You can then go to [localhost:8080](localhost:8080) to use the application.
+
+To close the application, end the process with `ctrl-c` in your terminal. 
+
+**TODO:**
+* Update Gunicorn config file to automatically specify number of worker processes
+* Use nginx to keep Gunicorn behind proxy server, as seen [here](https://gunicorn.org/#deployment)