update doc about running own server

bast · Oct 20, 2018 · 0b7719c · 0b7719c
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+Running your own server
+=======================
+
+You can run your own Cicero instance on your own server. Cicero is a Flask app
+and to serve it you should use a WSGI server for production.
+The sources are open source: https://github.com/bast/cicero
+
+
 Environment variables
 =====================
 
-``CICERO_URL_BASE``: defines the URL base for generated links in the Markdown file finder.
-
-As an example, for https://cicero.xyz we set::
+You will need to define ``CICERO_URL_BASE`` to the URL of your server. This sets the
+URL base for generated links in the Markdown file finder.
 
-  CICERO_URL_BASE=https://cicero.xyz
+As an example, for https://cicero.xyz we set ``CICERO_URL_BASE=https://cicero.xyz``.