add readme and ignore countries geojson

.gitignore

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 *.pyc
 db.sqlite3
 media/images/
+site_settings/data
 
 # Wagtail-specific files
 staticfiles/

README.md

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 # nmhs-cms
+
 Template Content Management System for NMHSs in Africa
 
+## Quickstart with test data
+
+The `quickstart` arguement in `nmhs-ctl.py` deploys nmhs-cms with test data with a single command and requires python3 setup. When using nmhs-cms from source, the default port for web components is 8081.
+
+1. Download from source:
+
+    `git clone https://github.com/wmo-raf/nmhs-cms.git`
+
+    `cd nmhs-cms`
+
+2. Run quick instance.
+
+    `python3 nmhs-ctl.py quickstart`
+
+
+The `quickstart` executes the following steps:
+
+```py
+[1/6] BUILDING CONTAINERS
+[2/6] STARTING UP CONTAINERS 
+[3/6] MIGRATING DATABASE TABLES
+[4/6] LOADING DUMP DATA
+[5/6] COLLECTING STATIC FILES
+[6/6] FETCHING 7-DAY FORECAST
+```
+
+The instance can be found at `http://localhost:8081`
+
+
+---
+
+## Installation and configuration
+
+In progress ...
+
+<!-- git clone repo
+
+`wget https://github.com/wmo-raf/nmhs-cms/archive/refs/tags/v0.0.1.zip`
+
+`unzip 
+
+
+python3 nmhs-ctl.py setup_cms
+
+python3 nmhs-ctl.py setup_db
+
+python3 nmhs-ctl.py build
+
+python3 nmhs-ctl.py up
+
+python3 nmhs-ctl.py loaddata
+
+python3 nmhs-ctl.py forecast
+
+python3 manage.py  createsuperuser -->
+
+
+---
+
+## User Guide
+
 User guide - https://github.com/wmo-raf/nmhs-cms/wiki
+
+