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@@ -14,6 +14,40 @@ See the section on plugins in the [ManageIQ Developer Setup](http://manageiq.org
 
 For quick local setup run `bin/setup`, which will clone the core ManageIQ repository under the *spec* directory and setup necessary config files. If you have already cloned it, you can run `bin/update` to bring the core ManageIQ code up to date.
 
+### Running Opentofu Runner locally
+First create the certs
+```
+mkdir certs
+openssl req -x509 -newkey rsa -days 1095 -keyout certs/tf_runner.key -out certs/tf_runner.crt -subj "/CN=server" -nodes -batch
+chmod 666 certs/tf_runner.crt certs/tf_runner.key
+```
+
+Next ensure that you have the opentofu-runner image pulled locally:
+```
+docker pull docker.io/manageiq/opentofu-runner:latest
+```
+
+If your database connection requires a password then create a secret:
+```
+echo '{"DATABASE_PASSWORD":"mypassword"}' | docker secret create opentofu-runner-secret -
+```
+
+And add `--secret opentofu-runner-secret` to the command below
+
+Now you can start your opentofu-runner:
+```
+docker run --name=opentofu-runner --rm --network=host -v ./certs/tf_runner.crt:/opt/app-root/src/config/cert/tls.crt:z -v ./certs/tf_runner.key:/opt/app-root/src/config/cert/tls.key --env DATABASE_HOSTNAME=localhost --env DATABASE_NAME=vmdb_development --env DATABASE_USERNAME=root --env MEMCACHE_SERVERS=127.0.0.1:11211 --env PORT=6000 --expose=6000 docker.io/manageiq/opentofu-runner:latest
+```
+
+Verify that everything is working by checking `Terraform::Runner.available?` with a rails console:
+```
+$ TERRAFORM_RUNNER_URL=https://localhost:6000 rails c
+>> Terraform::Runner.available?
+=> true
+```
+
+To stop the opentofu-runner `docker stop opentofu-runner` in another terminal.
+
 ## License
 
 The gem is available as open source under the terms of the [Apache License 2.0](http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0).