diff --git a/setup/docopts.md b/setup/docopts.md
index 926ce40..55e412a 100644
--- a/setup/docopts.md
+++ b/setup/docopts.md
@@ -24,19 +24,18 @@ Manage installation
 
 ```text
 Usage:
-  setup mini
+  setup mini [<apihost>]
   setup devcluster [--uninstall|--status|[--skip-check-ports] [--skip-preload-images]]
   setup cluster [<context>] [--uninstall|--status]
   setup server <server> [<user>] [--uninstall|--status]
   setup status
   setup uninstall
-  setup prereq
 ```
 
 ## Commands
 
 ```
-  setup mini          deploy mini Apache OpenServerless, slim local installation available as http://devel.miniops.me 
+  setup mini          deploy mini Apache OpenServerless, slim local installation available as http://devel.miniops.me (or your local domain)
   setup cluster       deploy Apache OpenServerless in the Kubernetes cluster using the <context>, default the current
   setup devcluster    deploy Apache OpenServerless in a devcluster created locally
                       you need Docker Desktop available with at least 6G of memory assigned
@@ -44,7 +43,6 @@ Usage:
                       the server must be accessible with ssh using the <user> with sudo power, default root
   setup status        show the status of the last installation
   setup uninstall     uninstall the last installation
-  setup prereq        validate current configuration
 ```
 
 ## Options
diff --git a/setup/nuvolaris/system-api/opsfile.yml b/setup/nuvolaris/system-api/opsfile.yml
index f217aac..fa9e15d 100644
--- a/setup/nuvolaris/system-api/opsfile.yml
+++ b/setup/nuvolaris/system-api/opsfile.yml
@@ -36,19 +36,19 @@ env:
   SYS_API_CDB_HOST: couchdb
 
   SYS_API_CDB_USER:
-    sh: kubectl -n nuvolaris get wsk/controller -o jsonpath='{.spec.couchdb.admin.user}'
+    sh: ops util kubectl -- -n nuvolaris get wsk/controller -o jsonpath='{.spec.couchdb.admin.user}'
 
   SYS_API_CDB_PASSWORD:
-    sh: kubectl -n nuvolaris get wsk/controller -o jsonpath='{.spec.couchdb.admin.password}'
+    sh: ops util kubectl -- -n nuvolaris get wsk/controller -o jsonpath='{.spec.couchdb.admin.password}'
 
   SYS_API_HOSTNAME:
-    sh: kubectl -n nuvolaris get ingress/apihost -o jsonpath='{.spec.rules[0].host}'
+    sh: ops util kubectl -- -n nuvolaris get ingress/apihost -o jsonpath='{.spec.rules[0].host}'
+  
+  REGISTRY_PASS:
+    sh: ops util kubectl -- -n nuvolaris get cm/config  -o jsonpath='{.metadata.annotations.registry_password}'
 
   INGRESS_TYPE:
     sh: ops util ingress-type
-  
-  REGISTRY_PASS:
-    sh: kubectl -n nuvolaris get cm/config  -o jsonpath='{.metadata.annotations.registry_password}'
 
 tasks:
   install-toml:
diff --git a/setup/opsfile.yml b/setup/opsfile.yml
index 1033cf1..2586d8c 100644
--- a/setup/opsfile.yml
+++ b/setup/opsfile.yml
@@ -76,26 +76,38 @@ tasks:
         done
         {{end}}
 
-  prereq:
-    silent: true
-    cmds:
-    - exit 0
 
   mini:
-    silent: true
     desc: install miniops
+    vars: 
+       APIHOST: '{{or ._apihost_ "http://miniops.me"}}'
+    cmds: 
+      - echo '{{.APIHOST}}' | rg 'https?://(?:[a-zA-Z0-9-]+\.)+[a-zA-Z]+/?' >/dev/null || die "please spefify an accessibile http://host"
+      - task: _mini
+        vars:
+          APIHOST: '{{.APIHOST}}'
+          PROTO:
+            sh:  echo '{{.APIHOST}}' | rg -o '(https?)://' -r '$1'
+          DOMAIN:
+            sh:  echo '{{.APIHOST}}' | rg -o 'https?://((?:[a-zA-Z0-9-]+\.)+[a-zA-Z]+)/?' -r '$1'
+
+  _mini:
+    silent: true
     cmds:
+      - echo APIHOST={{.APIHOST}}
+      - echo PROTO={{.PROTO}}
+      - echo DOMAIN={{.DOMAIN}}
       - docker -v || die "Docker is not installed. Please install Docker Desktop first."
       - docker info 2>/dev/null >/dev/null || die "Docker is not running. Please start Docker Desktop first."
       - |
         if test -z {{.__skip_check_cluster}}
         then          
-          if curl -sL http://miniops.me >/dev/null 2>/dev/null
+          if curl -sL {{.APIHOST}} >/dev/null 2>/dev/null
           then
-            if curl -sL http://miniops.me/api/info 2>/dev/null | jq  -r .description 2>/dev/null | rg OpenWhisk >/dev/null 2>/dev/null
+            if curl -sL {{.APIHOST}}/api/info 2>/dev/null | jq  -r .description 2>/dev/null | rg OpenWhisk >/dev/null 2>/dev/null
             then
               echo "*** Apache OpenServerless mini is already installed."
-              echo "*** Login with: ops ide login devel http://miniops.me"
+              echo "*** Login with: ops ide login devel {{.APIHOST}}"
               echo "*** You can find the password in .ops/devel.password in your home directory"
               echo "*** You can can uninstall and restart with: ops setup docker delete"
               exit 1
@@ -109,7 +121,7 @@ tasks:
         fi
       - ops setup docker check-space
       - ops config slim
-      - ops config apihost miniops.me --protocol=http
+      - ops config apihost '{{.DOMAIN}}' --protocol={{.PROTO}}
       - ops setup devcluster
       - ops setup nuvolaris streamer deploy
       - ops setup nuvolaris system-api deploy