From aa590effb23c5f14f9c4c0615e1ac4d07e64b330 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alex Tavarez <admin@sukaato.moe>
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2026 12:54:34 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] added missing step or assurance

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 README.md | 2 ++
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 ## Essential Usage
 
+Before running any Ansible playbooks in either development or production mode, make sure to specify the username and the home directory path of the user on the system you are currently using in `{ANSIBLE_PROJECT_ROOT}/vars/local_facts.yml`.
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 ### Development Mode
 
 For development purposes in the container routing case, either first manually set up two Debian virtual machines, or (**recommended**) change into the `${ANSIBLE_PROJECT_ROOT}/staging0.test/` directory then `${ANSIBLE_PROJECT_ROOT}/staging1.test/` directory, running `vagrant up` for each. Running the [playbooks](https://docs.ansible.com/projects/ansible/latest/playbook_guide/playbooks_intro.html) in development mode also requires supplying "dev" as an argument for the extra `mode` parameter.