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 # html-nginx-deployemnt
 
-A template repo for deploying basic HTML inside an NGINX pod in a Kubernetes Cluster, with Jenkins CI/CD integration.
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+A template repo for deploying basic HTML inside an NGINX pod in a Kubernetes Cluster, with Jenkins CI/CD integration.
+
+> NOTE: The steps below are not for this repo, but for those using it as a template.
+
+## Bootstrapping
+> If needed, steps starting with `[sudo]` require elevated permissions.
+
+1. Create a new repository by clicking the "Use this template" button on the template repo page.
+1. Configure the new repo settings. At the bottom, select `Template Items` -> `Git Content`.
+1. Create the new repo.
+1. Pull new repo to local PC.
+1. [sudo] Give the setup script permission to execute:
+    ```bash
+    chmod +x template/setup.sh
+    ```
+1. [sudo] Run the start script and fill in the prompts:
+    ```bash
+    ./template/setup.sh
+    ```
+
+## Running Locally
+> This works only if the required files have been made during the bootstrap process.
+1. You need to have Docker locally installed, as this will be using an NGINX
+container to host the files locally.
+1. From the repository root directory:
+    ```bash
+    ./start.sh
+    ```
+
+## Deploying
+If you configured the Sciocatti Jenkins pipeline during bootstrap, deployment happens automatically on branches `stage`, `main`, `prod`.
+
+These will be deployed to node ports on the cluster with ports as per the `deployment.yaml` specs in the `cicd` folder.
+
+> Due note that branches eligible for deployments are configured on the Jenkins server, as deployments happen transparently to developers.
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