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 TODO: [App-of-apps](https://argo-cd.readthedocs.io/en/stable/operator-manual/cluster-bootstrapping/#app-of-apps-pattern) to manage whole-cluster configuration in a more programmatic way.
 
+## Initial bootstrap
+
+Note that you need to have manually connected the source Repository _in_ ArgoCD before installing the App-of-apps.
+
+TODO - when we have a better secrets management system, export Gitea user password so that it can be used by ArgoCD to initialize that repository directly (https://argo-cd.readthedocs.io/en/stable/operator-manual/declarative-setup/#repositories)
+
 ## Other links
 
 * [General documentation on repositories](https://helm.sh/docs/topics/chart_repository/)