diff --git a/deploy/queue/nats-operator/deployment.yaml b/deploy/queue/nats-operator/deployment.yaml
diff --git a/deploy/queue/nats/cluster.yaml b/deploy/queue/nats/cluster.yaml
diff --git a/docs/cluster-setup.md b/docs/cluster-setup.md
@@ -1,14 +1,19 @@
-## ON ALL NODES
+# Cluster Setup
 
-### install docker
+## Kubernetes Configuration
+
+RKE is needed, but once installed run this command to create a cluster
 
 ```
-apt-get update && apt-get install -qy docker.io
+rke up --config cluster.yml
 ```
-
-### disable swap
+
+## Core Cluster Components
+
+This will set up the full monitoring stack with PVCs created from NFS.
 
 ```
-cat /proc/swaps
-swapoff /dev/dm-1
+kubectl apply -f config/monitoring/influxdb
+kubectl apply -f config/monitoring/telegraf
+kubectl apply -f config/monitoring/grafana
 ```
diff --git a/docs/metal-setup.md b/docs/metal-setup.md
@@ -30,4 +30,7 @@ Here are some helpful commands for debugging and finding information
 ```
 # view all facts about host
 ansible -m setup octo1.lan -i hosts
+
+# ensure all hosts can be accessed
+ansible -m ping all -i hosts
 ```