-[Bootstrapping a cluster](discovery-cluster-formation/modules-discovery-bootstrap-cluster.md): Bootstrapping a cluster is required when an {{es}} cluster starts up for the very first time. In [development mode](../deploy/self-managed/bootstrap-checks.md#dev-vs-prod-mode), with no discovery settings configured, this is automatically performed by the nodes themselves. As this auto-bootstrapping is [inherently unsafe](discovery-cluster-formation/modules-discovery-quorums.md), running a node in [production mode](../deploy/self-managed/bootstrap-checks.md#dev-vs-prod-mode) requires bootstrapping to be [explicitly configured](discovery-cluster-formation/modules-discovery-bootstrap-cluster.md).
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