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+# Quickstart
+
+The `dcae-cli` is a Python command-line tool built to aide component developers with the development and testing of their micro-service component for the DCAE platform.  It will help developers do functional and integration testing of their components locally and on remote environments as simple as possible.
+
+The tool requires the component developers to create a valid component specification for their component which is used by the tool.  This same component specification will be published in the [onboarding catalog](../../glossary#onboarding-catalog) at the end of development and testing.
+
+The git repository can be found [here](ONAP LINK TBD)
+
+## Pre-requisite
+
+### For Docker
+
+There are two options for development with Docker: developing locally on your machine which requires Docker to be installed and developing remotely by deploying onto remote infrastructure.
+
+#### For local development
+
+* You must install [Docker engine](https://docs.docker.com/engine/installation/) locally on your machine.
+* You must know the *external ip* of where the Docker engine is running.  The external ip is needed so that service discovery will wire up correctly.
+    - For OSX users, this means making sure the VirtualBox VM that is running your Docker engine has a bridged adapter and getting the ip of that adapter.
+
+#### For remote development
+
+You need access to a remote host with Docker engine installed with remote API access.  You must have the associated connection information: domain name or IP and port (should be either 2375 or 2376).  This information should be set in [an active profile](walkthrough.md#setting-profile).
+
+### For CDAP
+
+TBD
+
+## Install
+
+```
+pip install --extra-index-url https://YOUR_NEXUS_PYPI_SERVER/simple dcae-cli
+```
+
+To do an upgrade, use the `--upgrade` flag.
+
+### Configuration
+
+When you run the tool for the first time, the tool will create a [configuration directory](http://click.pocoo.org/5/api/#click.get_app_dir) and generate a configuration file.
+
+Configuration is first sourced from an remote server that the platform team manages.  This is overlaid with configuration details that you will be prompted to input particularly your AT&T UID.
+
+#### `--reinit`
+
+Configuration can be re-initialized or reset.  There is a `--reinit` flag that is to be used to re-initialize your configuration and your environment profiles.
+
+To re-initialize:
+
+```
+$ dcae_cli --reinit
+```
+
+### Verify
+
+Verify that its installed:
+
+```
+$ dcae_cli --help
+Usage: dcae_cli [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS]...
+
+Options:
+  -v, --verbose  Prints INFO-level logs to screen.
+  --reinit       Re-initialize dcae-cli configuration
+  --version      Show the version and exit.
+  --help         Show this message and exit.
+
+Commands:
+  catalog
+  component
+  data_format
+  profiles
+```
+## Version
+
+You can verify the version of the dcae-cli with the following command:
+
+```
+$ dcae_cli --version
+```