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+# Shardeum Network Monitoring Project
+
+This repository is designed to monitor the status of the Shardeum Network services.
+It provides users with information about the health of the Shardeum network, uptime, and latency.
+
+![Shardeum network status](https://res.cloudinary.com/kennyy/image/upload/v1716044789/CleanShot_2024-05-18_at_19.05.34_2x_kliwxi.png)
+
+
+### Prerequisites.
+* To get started, ensure you have `Node.js` installed preferably v18+ 
+* Adhere to the requirements of each submodule (frontend & backend)
+
+### Installation
+
+#### Clone the Network Status Repository.
+
+First, clone the Shardeum network status repository to your local machine.
+
+
+```
+git clone https://github.com/shardeum/network-status.git
+```
+
+#### Install the required dependencies for the frontend and backend:
+ For the backend,
+
+ ```bash
+ cd backend
+ npm i
+ ```
+
+This will install all the dependencies required for the backend project (i.e Node.js server)
+
+To start the local development server for the backend project, run the following command:
+
+```bash
+npm start
+```
+
+This will start the local Node server on port `3002` (or your locally specified port). 
+
+> Your Prometheus server should be running on port 9090  [how to set up Prometheus](https://github.com/shardeum/network-status/tree/main/backend#run-prometheus)
+> 
+For the frontend project, change directory into the frontend directory and install the dependencies.
+
+```bash
+cd ..
+cd frontend
+npm i
+```
+Start the frontend server by running the following command:
+
+```bash
+npm run dev
+```
+
+This will start the local development server for the frontend project on port `3000` (or your locally specified port).