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+# check-http
+
+This is a HTTP server that allow a YunoHost instance to check if it can be
+reached by HTTP from outside before trying to generate a LE certificate.
+
+This is done because some network configration prevent HTTP loopback.
+
+# Installation
+
+This is a travial python 3 (yes 3) project to install, juste create a
+virtualenv, install the content of the requirements.txt (there is a "-frozen"
+version if need) and do `python server.py`. No other configuration/db needed.