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-This is the new reddwarf lite goodness
+Reddwarf
+--------
 
-TODO::
+Reddwarf is Database as a Service for Open Stack.
 
 
+To run all tests and PEP8, run tox, like so:
+$ tox
 
+To quickly run the tests for Python 2.7, run:
+$ tox -epy27
+
+To generate a coverage report,run:
+$ tox -ecover
+(note: on some boxes, the results may not be accurate unless you run it twice)
+
+If you'd like to start up a fake Reddwarf API daemon for integration testing
+with your own tool, run:
+$ ./bin/start_server
+
+Stop the server with:
+$ ./bin/stop_server