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 ## How to Deploy
 
+### Prerequisites
+
+These instructions assume:
+
+- You have a running kubernetes cluster
+- You have `KUBECONFIG` environment variable set to a kubeconfig file giving you cluster-admin role on that cluster
+
 ### Deploy Hub
 
 1. Run `make deploy-hub`