diff --git a/kind/deploy.ps1 b/kind/deploy.ps1
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+kind delete cluster
+kind create cluster --config kind-ha-cluster.yml
diff --git a/kind/kind-ha-cluster.yml b/kind/kind-ha-cluster.yml
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+# a cluster with 3 control-plane nodes and 5 workers
+kind: Cluster
+apiVersion: kind.x-k8s.io/v1alpha4
+nodes:
+- role: control-plane
+- role: control-plane
+- role: control-plane
+- role: worker
+- role: worker
+- role: worker
+- role: worker
+- role: worker
+