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+ITS WiFi Access Points Setup
+============================
+
+We build the access points in use at the space using the LEDE/OpenWrt image
+builder. The deployed images are completely hands-off no configuration of the
+running firmware should be necessary as all the device specific setup is done
+using `/etc/uci-defaults/` by keying off the MAC address.
+
+See [`files/common/its/etc/uci-defaults/50-config-from-mac`](files/common/its/etc/uci-defaults/50-config-from-mac) for details.
+
+Building Images
+---------------
+
+To build the `its` images, run:
+
+```
+$ make its
+```
+
+the resulting images land in `images/v0.$(date +'%Y%m%d')`. The build system
+also produces a `*.image-manifest` file which contains the URL to the
+ImageBuilder used as well its hash and the corresponding image's hash.
+
+Using Released Binaries
+-----------------------
+
+The offically released and deployed images are added to the repo using
+[`git annex`](https://git-annex.branchable.com) since this will not actually add
+the files to git but rather just a symlink containing its hash. The actual
+binary images can then be uploaded to an internal server.
+
+We also use git-annex to add secrets to the repo which will then only be
+available to authorized people using the internal git-annex store. For an
+example, see
+[`files/common/its/etc/uci-defaults/51-secrets`](files/common/its/etc/uci-defaults/51-secrets). This
+file just sets up secrets, such as the WiFi/root password.