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page_title: "Bootstrapping a Nomad Cluster"
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Learn how to bootstrap a Nomad cluster.
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# Bootstrapping a Nomad Cluster
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Nomad models infrastructure into regions and datacenters. Servers reside at the
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regional layer and manage all state and scheduling decisions for that region.
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Regions contain multiple datacenters, and clients are registered to a single
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datacenter (and thus a region that contains that datacenter). For more details on
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the architecture of Nomad and how it models infrastructure see the [architecture
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page](/docs/internals/architecture.html).
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There are two strategies for bootstrapping a Nomad cluster:
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1. <a href="/docs/cluster/automatic.html">Automatic bootstrapping</a>
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1. <a href="/docs/cluster/manual.html">Manual bootstrapping</a>
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Please refer to the specific documentation links above or in the sidebar for
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more detailed information about each strategy.
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