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First Steps

You've successfully bootstrapped an OpenFrame environment. Here are the first 5 things to explore and configure to get the most out of your installation.

1. Verify Your Environment

Start by confirming the state of your cluster and platform:

# Check cluster status
openframe cluster status

# Check application status
openframe app status

Cluster Status Output

NAME             STATUS    NODES    VERSION
openframe-dev    running   3        v1.29.x

App Status Output

The app status command aggregates both Kubernetes cluster health and ArgoCD application sync state into a single unified report. You'll see each deployed application with its sync and health status.

# For machine-readable output (e.g., in scripts)
openframe cluster list --output json
openframe cluster status --output yaml

2. Access the OpenFrame Platform

Get access information for the deployed OpenFrame services:

openframe app access

This command displays the URLs and connection details for the OpenFrame platform running in your local cluster.

Tip: Bookmark the displayed URLs for quick access to the OpenFrame web interface and ArgoCD dashboard.

3. Explore the Cluster Commands

The cluster command group (also aliased as k) manages your Kubernetes cluster lifecycle:

# List all managed clusters
openframe cluster list

# Get detailed status of a cluster
openframe cluster status

# Create an additional cluster with a custom name
openframe cluster create my-second-cluster

# Delete a cluster
openframe cluster delete my-second-cluster

# Reclaim disk space by pruning unused container images on cluster nodes
openframe cluster cleanup

Shorthand: openframe k list is equivalent to openframe cluster list.

4. Explore the App Commands

The app command group manages the OpenFrame platform deployment:

# Install OpenFrame on an existing cluster
openframe app install

# Check application status
openframe app status

# Upgrade to a different OpenFrame version/branch
openframe app upgrade

# Uninstall OpenFrame from a cluster
openframe app uninstall

# Show access details
openframe app access

Upgrading OpenFrame

There are two upgrade modes:

# Mode 1: Switch to a different git ref (branch, tag, or commit)
openframe app upgrade --ref v2.0.0

# Mode 2: Force re-sync of the current ref
openframe app upgrade --force-sync

5. Keep the CLI Up to Date

OpenFrame CLI includes a built-in self-update mechanism with cryptographic verification:

# Check if an update is available
openframe update --check

# Apply the latest update
openframe update

# Roll back to the previous version if needed
openframe update --rollback

Security note: All updates are verified using Sigstore/cosign against the official GitHub Actions release workflow. Only binaries produced by the flamingo-stack/openframe-cli release pipeline are accepted.

Initial Configuration: The Helm Values File

When you ran openframe bootstrap, a configuration file called openframe-helm-values.yaml was created in your working directory. This file controls the OpenFrame platform deployment:

# View the generated configuration
cat openframe-helm-values.yaml

Key configurable areas include:

To apply changes to an existing deployment:

openframe app upgrade

Verbose and Silent Modes

Control the CLI's output verbosity:

# Show detailed debug output (ArgoCD sync events, Helm operations, etc.)
openframe bootstrap --verbose

# Suppress all non-error output (perfect for scripts)
openframe bootstrap --silent

# Machine-readable output for cluster commands
openframe cluster list --output json

Running in CI/CD

For automated pipelines, use --non-interactive to skip all prompts:

# Full non-interactive bootstrap
openframe bootstrap --non-interactive

# With a specific cluster name
openframe bootstrap --non-interactive my-ci-cluster

The CLI reads from an existing openframe-helm-values.yaml file in the current directory when running non-interactively.

Getting Help

Every command has built-in help:

# General help
openframe --help

# Help for a specific command
openframe bootstrap --help
openframe cluster create --help
openframe app install --help
openframe update --help

Community & Support

• OpenMSP Slack: https://www.openmsp.ai/ — Join for help, discussions, and announcements
• Slack invite: https://join.slack.com/t/openmsp/shared_invite/zt-36bl7mx0h-3~U2nFH6nqHqoTPXMaHEHA
• OpenFrame platform repo: https://github.com/flamingo-stack/openframe-oss-tenant
• CLI releases: https://github.com/flamingo-stack/openframe-cli/releases

Summary: First Steps Checklist

• Verified cluster status with openframe cluster status
• Checked app status with openframe app status
• Accessed the platform with openframe app access
• Explored openframe cluster --help and openframe app --help
• Reviewed openframe-helm-values.yaml configuration file
• Ran openframe update --check to see if a newer version is available
• Joined the OpenMSP Slack community