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@@ -59,3 +59,22 @@ Report bugs to Pierre-Francois Carpentier <carpentier.pf@gmail.com>.
 $ cmake .
 $ make -j 2
 ```
+
+## Playing with it
+
+```bash
+# building with civetweb embedded (will recover civetweb from github)
+$ cmake . -DBUNDLE_CIVETWEB=ON
+$ make
+
+# create some test certificates
+$ ./tests/cfg/pki/create_tsa_certs
+
+# launching the timestamp server with test configuration in debug mode
+$ ./uts-server -c tests/cfg/uts-server.cnf -D
+
+# in another shell, launching a timestamp script on the README.md file
+$ ./goodies/timestamp-file.sh -i README.md -u http://localhost:2020 -r -O "-cert";
+```
+
+