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+# DCAE Blueprints and Bootstrap Container
+This repository holds the source code needed to build the
+Docker image for the DCAE bootstrap container. The bootstrap
+container runs at DCAE deployment time (via a Helm chart) and
+does initial setup of the DCAE environment. This includes
+deploying several service components using Cloudify Manager.
+
+This repository also holds Cloudify blueprints for service components.
+The Docker build process copies these blueprints into the Docker image
+for the bootstrap container.
+
+_Note: Prior to the Frankfurt release (R6), this repository held blueprint templates
+for components deployed using Cloudify Manager. The build process for this
+repository expanded the templates and pushed them to the Nexus raw
+repository. The DCAE bootstrap container was hosted in the `dcaegen2.deployments` repository. The Docker build process for the bootstrap containter image pulled the blueprints it needed from the Nexus raw repository._
+
+## DCAE Bootstrap Container
+This container is responsible for loading plugins and wagons onto the
+DCAE Cloudify Manager instance and for launching DCAE components.
+
+The Docker image build process loads plugins and blueprints into the
+image's file system. The plugins are pulled from the Nexus raw repository. The
+blueprints are copied from the `blueprints` directory in this repository. At run time, the main script in the container
+(`bootstrap.sh`) uploads the plugins to Cloudify Manager, then installs
+components using the blueprints.
+
+The container expects to be started with two environment variables:
+ - `CMADDR` -- the address of the target Cloudify Manager
+ - `CMPASS` -- the password for Cloudify Manager
+
+The container expects input files to use when deploying the blueprints.
+It expects to find them in /inputs. The normal method for launching
+the container is via a Helm Chart launched by OOM. That chart creates
+a Kubernetes ConfigMap containing the input files. The ConfigMap is
+mounted as a volume at /inputs.
+