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@@ -2,3 +2,34 @@ PrivateStorageio
 ================
 
 The backend for a private, secure, and end-to-end encrypted storage solution
+
+Building
+--------
+
+The build system uses `Nix`_ which must be installed before anything can be built.
+
+Documentation
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+The documentation can be built using this command::
+
+  nix-build docs.nix
+
+The documentation is also built on and published by CI.
+
+Testing
+-------
+
+The test system uses `Nix`_ which must be installed before any tests can be run.
+
+Unit tests are run using this command::
+
+  $ nix-build nixos/unit-tests.nix
+
+Unit tests are also run on CI.
+
+The system tests are run using this command::
+
+  $ nix-build nixos/system-tests.nix
+
+The system tests boot QEMU VMs which prevents them from running on CI at this time.