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 * Multi-architecture
 
   The underlaying hardware type shouldn't be a constraint, within reason.
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+## Node installation
+
+1. Clone the repo.
+2. Create a directory to hold the config and certificates.
+3. Copy `node-config.yaml` as `config.yaml` in the new directory.
+4. Update the `docker-compose.yaml` to...
+   1. Set the `hostname` value.
+   2. Bind mount the newly created directory to `/etc/nebula`.
+5. Run the container with `docker-compose up -d`.  This will create two files, `host.key` and `host.csr`.
+6. Send the contents of the `host.csr` file and your chosen hostname to a cluster admin to sign.
+7. The signed certificate should go alongside the `host.csr` file and be called, `host.crt`.
+8. The admin should have also provided an IP address in CIDR notation (e.g. `10.10.100.99/24`).  Set that with the `NEBULA_IP` environment variable in the `docker-compose.yaml`.
+9. Start the container again and it should find the config and certificates and then connect to the existing cluster.