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+# POC to ModbusTCP Connector
+# Installation
+For consistency, let's install the software into the `/root` directory
+1. Install docker/docker-compose
+2. `sudo chmod 777 /root`
+3. `cd /root`
+4. Clone this repository
+5. `cd` into this directory
+6. Run `docker-compose up` to test the setup
+7. `sudo cp docker-compose.service /etc/systemctl/system/`
+8. sudo systemctl enable docker-compose
+