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+DISCORD_WEBHOOK_URL	= 
+DATABASE_USER		= statsBot
+DATABASE_PASSWORD	= statsBot
+DATABASE_HOST		= 127.0.0.1
+DATABASE_NAME		= asteriskcdrdb
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 # FreePBX Stats Bot
 Simple bit of code to run via crontab that tracks call stats and sends them to Discord
 
-Original code by ChatGPT and CaptainChris, thanks for the idea and base to work off!
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+Original code by ChatGPT and CaptainChris, thanks for the idea and base to work off!
+
+## MySQL Setup
+In this example we're going to assume you want to run the code on the PBX itself.
+
+In order for our script to access the call logs, we need to make a user on the SQL server.
+- While logged in as `root` on your PBX, run `mysql -u root` to get to an SQL shell.
+- Create the user with `CREATE USER 'statsBot'@'127.0.0.1' IDENTIFIED BY 'statsBot';`. The `@'127.0.0.1'` will make it only allow logins from the local machine.
+	- If you need the code to run on a remote machine (not your PBX), change that to the IP of the remote machine.
+- Next, we need to grant `SELECT` perms for our user with `GRANT SELECT ON asteriskcdrdb.cdr TO 'statsBot'@'127.0.0.1';`
+
+At this point you can type `EXIT;` to exit the SQL prompt.
+
+## Configuring with `.env`
+Configuring the script is really simple, just copy `.env.example` to `.env`, open it up, and set the values you need to change.
+For anybody that's running this on their PBX directly, and used the above SQL setup, you just need to set a webhook URL!
+
+Otherwise, you probably know how to configure it the way you need.
+
+## Automatic running
+For LiteNet, we're using `crontab` to run this every day at midnight.
+That looks a little something like this:
+`0 0 * * *       cd /root/freepbx-stats/ && /usr/bin/node .`
+You can edit the crontab with `crontab -e`
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