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@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Deploying the Nominatim Python frontend
 
-The Nominatim can be run as a Python-based 
+Nominatim can be run as a Python-based
 [ASGI web application](https://asgi.readthedocs.io/en/latest/). You have the
 choice between [Falcon](https://falcon.readthedocs.io/en/stable/)
 and [Starlette](https://www.starlette.io/) as the ASGI framework.
@@ -12,30 +12,39 @@ to configure it.
 
 !!! Note
     Throughout this page, we assume your Nominatim project directory is
-    located in `/srv/nominatim-project` and you have installed Nominatim
-    using the default installation prefix `/usr/local`. If you have put it
-    somewhere else, you need to adjust the commands and configuration
-    accordingly.
+    located in `/srv/nominatim-project`. If you have put it somewhere else,
+    you need to adjust the commands and configuration accordingly.
 
-    We further assume that your web server runs as user `www-data`. Older
-    versions of CentOS may still use the user name `apache`. You also need
-    to adapt the instructions in this case.
 
 ### Installing the required packages
 
+The Nominatim frontend is best run from its own virtual environment. If
+you have already created one for the database backend during the
+[installation](Installation.md#building-nominatim), you can use that. Otherwise
+create one now with:
+
+```sh
+sudo apt-get install virtualenv
+virtualenv /srv/nominatim-venv
+```
+
+The Nominatim frontend is contained in the 'nominatim-api' package. To
+install directly from the source tree run:
+
+```sh
+cd Nominatim
+/srv/nominatim-venv/bin/pip install packaging/nominatim-api
+```
+
 The recommended way to deploy a Python ASGI application is to run
 the ASGI runner [uvicorn](https://uvicorn.org/)
 together with [gunicorn](https://gunicorn.org/) HTTP server. We use
 Falcon here as the web framework.
 
-Create a virtual environment for the Python packages and install the necessary
-dependencies:
+Add the necessary packages to your virtual environment:
 
 ``` sh
-sudo apt install virtualenv
-virtualenv /srv/nominatim-venv
-/srv/nominatim-venv/bin/pip install SQLAlchemy PyICU psycopg[binary] \
-   psycopg2-binary python-dotenv PyYAML falcon uvicorn gunicorn
+/srv/nominatim-venv/bin/pip install falcon uvicorn gunicorn
 ```
 
 ### Setting up Nominatim as a systemd job
@@ -43,6 +52,22 @@ virtualenv /srv/nominatim-venv
 Next you need to set up the service that runs the Nominatim frontend. This is
 easiest done with a systemd job.
 
+First you need to tell systemd to create a socket file to be used by
+hunicorn. Create the following file `/etc/systemd/system/nominatim.socket`:
+
+``` systemd
+[Unit]
+Description=Gunicorn socket for Nominatim
+
+[Socket]
+ListenStream=/run/nominatim.sock
+SocketUser=www-data
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
+```
+
+Now you can add the systemd service for Nominatim itself.
 Create the following file `/etc/systemd/system/nominatim.service`:
 
 ``` systemd
@@ -53,11 +78,10 @@ Requires=nominatim.socket
 
 [Service]
 Type=simple
-Environment="PYTHONPATH=/usr/local/lib/nominatim/lib-python/"
 User=www-data
 Group=www-data
 WorkingDirectory=/srv/nominatim-project
-ExecStart=/srv/nominatim-venv/bin/gunicorn -b unix:/run/nominatim.sock -w 4 -k uvicorn.workers.UvicornWorker nominatim.server.falcon.server:run_wsgi
+ExecStart=/srv/nominatim-venv/bin/gunicorn -b unix:/run/nominatim.sock -w 4 -k uvicorn.workers.UvicornWorker nominatim_api.server.falcon.server:run_wsgi
 ExecReload=/bin/kill -s HUP $MAINPID
 StandardOutput=append:/var/log/gunicorn-nominatim.log
 StandardError=inherit
@@ -74,12 +98,14 @@ its own Python process using
 [`NOMINATIM_API_POOL_SIZE`](../customize/Settings.md#nominatim_api_pool_size)
 connections to the database to serve requests in parallel.
 
-Make the new service known to systemd and start it:
+Make the new services known to systemd and start it:
 
 ``` sh
 sudo systemctl daemon-reload
-sudo systemctl enable nominatim
-sudo systemctl start nominatim
+sudo systemctl enable nominatim.socket
+sudo systemctl start nominatim.socket
+sudo systemctl enable nominatim.service
+sudo systemctl start nominatim.service
 ```
 
 This sets the service up, so that Nominatim is automatically started