diff --git a/kubernetes/pipeline/00setup b/kubernetes/pipeline/00setup
index 4952e031..15210ce3 100644
--- a/kubernetes/pipeline/00setup
+++ b/kubernetes/pipeline/00setup
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ export -a MOD_PASSTHROUGH_OPTS=()
 export -A MOD_MSGS=()
 # Use order 0 to ensure this is first displayed
 MOD_MSGS[0_common.0]="run ./configure to initialise your deployment"
+MOD_MSGS[0_common.1]="run ./tools/bootstrap-k8s-cloud.sh to deploy k8s bundles"
 
 # Array list of overlays to use with this deployment.
 export -a MOD_OVERLAYS=()
diff --git a/microk8s/pipeline/00setup b/microk8s/pipeline/00setup
index b2fe9748..14dc30e4 100644
--- a/microk8s/pipeline/00setup
+++ b/microk8s/pipeline/00setup
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ export -a MOD_PASSTHROUGH_OPTS=()
 export -A MOD_MSGS=()
 # Use order 0 to ensure this is first displayed
 MOD_MSGS[0_common.0]="run ./configure to initialise your deployment"
+MOD_MSGS[0_common.1]="run ./tools/bootstrap-k8s-cloud.sh to deploy k8s bundles"
 
 # Array list of overlays to use with this deployment.
 export -a MOD_OVERLAYS=()
diff --git a/tools/bootstrap-k8s-cloud.sh b/tools/bootstrap-k8s-cloud.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..ebda052a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/bootstrap-k8s-cloud.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+#!/bin/bash -x
+# Usage: ./tools/bootstrap-k8s-cloud.sh <cloud-name> <model-name> <controller-name>
+CLOUD="${1:-k8scloud}"
+MODEL="${2:-secloud}"
+CONTROLLER="${3:-k8slord}"
+
+check_kubeconfig() {
+	if [[ -z "$KUBECONFIG" && ! -f "${HOME}/.kube/config" ]]; then
+		echo 'ERROR: Cannot find KUBECONFIG! Set as environment variable.'
+		exit 1
+	fi
+}
+
+get_storageclass() {
+	default_storageclass="$(kubectl get sc | grep default | awk '{print $1}')"
+	if [[ -z "$default_storageclass" ]]; then
+		enable_storage
+	fi
+}
+
+enable_storage() {
+	if leader="$(juju status --format json| jq -r '.applications["microk8s"].units|to_entries[]|select(.value["leader"])|.key' 2> /dev/null)"; then
+		echo 'Enabling hostpath-storage and MetalLB on Microk8s.'
+		juju ssh "$leader" sudo microk8s enable hostpath-storage
+		iprange="$(for i in `kubectl get nodes -o json | jq -r '.items[].status.addresses[] | select(.type=="InternalIP") | .address'`; do iprange+="$i-${i},"; done; echo $iprange | sed -e 's/,$//')"
+		juju ssh "$leader" sudo microk8s enable metallb:"$iprange"
+	elif leader="$(juju status --format json| jq -r '.applications["k8s"].units|to_entries[]|select(.value["leader"])|.key' 2> /dev/null)"; then
+		echo 'Enabling local-storage and load-balancer on Canonical K8s.'
+		juju ssh "$leader" sudo k8s enable local-storage
+    juju ssh "$leader" sudo k8s enable load-balancer
+	else
+		echo 'ERROR: No default storage class in Kubernetes. Try deploying a k8s bundle with --ceph.'
+		exit 1
+	fi
+}
+
+bootstrap_k8s() { 
+	juju add-k8s "$CLOUD" --client
+	juju bootstrap "$CLOUD" "$CONTROLLER"
+	juju add-model "$MODEL"
+}
+
+check_kubeconfig
+get_storageclass
+bootstrap_k8s