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+# Network Management
+This directory contains scripts useful for working with a test network.  It's
+intended to be both dev and CD friendly.
+
+### User Account Prerequisites
+
+Log in to GCP with:
+```bash
+$ gcloud auth login
+```
+
+Also ensure that `$(whoami)` is the name of an InfluxDB user account with enough
+access to create a new database.
+
+You currently must be running on a Linux system (for now, TODO fix this)
+
+## Quick Start
+
+```bash
+$ cd net/
+
+$ ./gce.sh create -n 5 -c 1  #<-- Create a GCE testnet with 5 validators, 1 client (billing starts here)
+$ ./init-metrics $(whoami)   #<-- Configure a metrics database for the testnet
+$ ./net.sh start             #<-- Deploy the network from the local workspace
+$ ./ssh.sh                   #<-- Details on how to ssh into any testnet node
+$ ./gce.sh delete            #<-- Dispose of the network (billing stops here)
+```
+