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 # RIC Dashboard Web Application Backend
 
-## Launch server
+The RIC Dashboard back-end provides REST services to the Dashboard
+front-end Typescript features running in the user's browser.  For
+production use, it also serves the Angular application files.
 
-Run `mvn -Dspring.config.name=application-abc spring-boot:run` to run a server configured
-by the file 'application-abc.properties' in the local directory.
+Please see the documentation in the docs/ folder.
 
-## Development server
-
-Set an environment variable via JVM argument "-Dorg.oransc.ric.portal.dashboard=mock"
-and run the JUnit test case DashboardServerTest for a development server to run standalone
-with mock configuration and data that simulates the behavior of remote endpoints.
-
-## Swagger API documentation
-
-View the server's API documentation at URL `http://localhost:8080/swagger-ui.html`.
+The backend server publishes live API documentation at the
+URL `http://your-host-name-here:8080/swagger-ui.html`
 
 ## License