github.com/smintz/nomad@v0.8.3/website/source/guides/cluster/bootstrapping.html.md (about) 1 --- 2 layout: "guides" 3 page_title: "Bootstrapping a Nomad Cluster" 4 sidebar_current: "guides-cluster-bootstrap" 5 description: |- 6 Learn how to bootstrap a Nomad cluster. 7 --- 8 9 # Bootstrapping a Nomad Cluster 10 11 Nomad models infrastructure into regions and datacenters. Servers reside at the 12 regional layer and manage all state and scheduling decisions for that region. 13 Regions contain multiple datacenters, and clients are registered to a single 14 datacenter (and thus a region that contains that datacenter). For more details on 15 the architecture of Nomad and how it models infrastructure see the [architecture 16 page](/docs/internals/architecture.html). 17 18 There are two strategies for bootstrapping a Nomad cluster: 19 20 1. <a href="/guides/cluster/automatic.html">Automatic bootstrapping</a> 21 1. <a href="/guides/cluster/manual.html">Manual bootstrapping</a> 22 23 Please refer to the specific documentation links above or in the sidebar for 24 more detailed information about each strategy.