# Local quick start

Prerequisites: Docker, `k3d`, and `kubectl`.

Create the cluster and verify all nodes become Ready:

```bash
k3d cluster create --config local-quickstart/k3d-cluster-config.yaml
kubectl config use-context k3d-security-baseline
kubectl get nodes -o wide
```

The config creates one server and two agents and disables the bundled Traefik
so later GitOps components own the cluster add-ons explicitly.

To remove the local cluster:

```bash
k3d cluster delete security-baseline
```