From cba79943a356cf62f02d2d4347418cb416a4cebb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Markus Opolka <7090372+martialblog@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2026 13:58:07 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Update README

---
 README.md | 17 +++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5ddf4be..c553f11 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-# Icinga2 API exporter
+# Icinga2 exporter
 
-Prometheus exporter for the Icinga2 API.
+Prometheus exporter for Icinga2.
 
 ## Installation and Usage
 
@@ -66,6 +66,19 @@ The tables below list all existing collectors.
 
 # Development
 
+Prerequisites:
+
+* [Go compiler](https://golang.org/dl/)
+
+Building:
+
+```
+git clone https://github.com/NETWAYS/icinga2-exporter.git
+cd icinga2-exporter
+make build
+./dist/icinga2-exporter <flags>
+```
+
 Running tests:
 
 ```