From a2dadc97c547958f2425866d8d26e66f66c7b22e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: lza_menace <lza_menace@protonmail.com>
Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2023 21:21:35 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] add more info in docs

---
 README.md | 17 +++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0b44c16..f5c79e7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -34,6 +34,21 @@ make dev
 # access at http://127.0.0.1:5000
 ```
 
+### Background Tasks
+
+There are 3 things that need to run in the background:
+* validating nodes that have been added
+* checking existing node health
+* scraping peer lists
+
+I accomplish this via `crontab` and some management scripts.
+
+```
+./manage.sh validate
+./manage.sh check
+./manace.sh get_peers
+```
+
 ### Production
 
 For production, update `SERVER_NAME` in `.env` to your production URL/domain. Use `manage.sh` (or provided `Makefile`) to serve the Flask process using Gunicorn. 
@@ -45,3 +60,5 @@ For production, update `SERVER_NAME` in `.env` to your production URL/domain. Us
 Runs the Gunicorn process on port 4000. Setup a web server to proxy requests to that port.
 
 Kill production Gunicorn with `make kill`.
+
+