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 # useful links
 ## Install mongosh
 https://www.mongodb.com/docs/mongodb-shell/install/#std-label-mdb-shell-install
+
+# fresh setup
+
+Follow the README in `scripts/README.md`
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+# Setup
+
+## Setup host
+
+- Install docker
+- Install minikube (https://minikube.sigs.k8s.io/docs/start/)
+- Install helm
+- Run `setup-env.sh`
+
+## Start minikube
+
+`minikube start`
+
+`./scripts/minikube-setup`
+
+## Install cert-manager
+
+`./scripts/cert-manager.sh`
+
+## Apply configs
+
+First, apply all the configs in `./kube` directly. Only apply `server-ingress.yaml`, not `local-ingress.yaml`!
+Then, apply all configs in `./kube/apps`.
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