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 # dahak-spy
 
-Dotfiles and setup for a monitoring node.
+This repo contains files for setting up a monitoring/logging node.
+
+The services are run through Docker, so Dockerfiles are provided,
+along with build and run scripts.
+
+## Databases
+
+### Prometheus
+
+### MongoDB and MongoExpress
+
+MongoDB is a NoSQL database that is ideal for unstructured data.
+There is a natural mapping between NoSQL documents (the NoSQL equivalent
+of SQL records) and Python dictionaries.
+
+MongoDB binds to port 27017.
+
+MongoExpress provides 
+
+
 
 Services: