updated readme

Author: briancaffey

README.md

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 [https://verbose-equals-true.gitlab.io/django-postgres-vue-gitlab-ecs/](https://verbose-equals-true.gitlab.io/django-postgres-vue-gitlab-ecs/)
 
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 ## Architecture
 
 ![png](/architecture.png)
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 Currently I am working on replacing CloudFormation with CDK for infrastructure and deployment.
 
+To work with CDK, do the following:
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+- Make sure you are using at least version 10 of node: `nvm use 13`
+- Activate the virtual environment with `source awscdk/.env/bin/activate`
+- `pip install -e awscdk` to install CDK dependencies
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 ### Social Authentication Keys
 
 To use social sign on in development, you will need to create an application with the given provider.
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 This will make the docs available at `http://localhost:8082/docs/`. Hot-reloading through websockets is supported, so changes will show up as they are saved in your code editor.
 
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 ### Access Django Shell in Jupyter Notebook
 
 With all containers running, run the following commands: