diff --git a/cmapi/mcs_cluster_tool/__main__.py b/cmapi/mcs_cluster_tool/__main__.py
index b7bfdbadf..4c15284b6 100644
--- a/cmapi/mcs_cluster_tool/__main__.py
+++ b/cmapi/mcs_cluster_tool/__main__.py
@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@ app.command(
     'cspasswd', rich_help_panel='Tools commands',
     short_help='Encrypt a Columnstore plaintext password.'
 )(tools_commands.cspasswd)
+app.command(
+    'bootstrap-single-node', rich_help_panel='Tools commands',
+)(tools_commands.bootstrap_single_node)
 
 
 @app.command(
diff --git a/cmapi/mcs_cluster_tool/cluster_app.py b/cmapi/mcs_cluster_tool/cluster_app.py
index 2b76728e4..d93c8cc2c 100644
--- a/cmapi/mcs_cluster_tool/cluster_app.py
+++ b/cmapi/mcs_cluster_tool/cluster_app.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ from typing_extensions import Annotated
 from cmapi_server.constants import (
     CMAPI_CONF_PATH, DEFAULT_MCS_CONF_PATH, REQUEST_TIMEOUT
 )
+from cmapi_server.controllers.api_clients import ClusterControllerClient
 from cmapi_server.exceptions import CMAPIBasicError
 from cmapi_server.helpers import (
     get_config_parser, get_current_key, get_version, build_url
@@ -21,7 +22,6 @@ from cmapi_server.helpers import (
 from cmapi_server.managers.transaction import TransactionManager
 from mcs_cluster_tool.decorators import handle_output
 from mcs_node_control.models.node_config import NodeConfig
-from cmapi_server.controllers.api_clients import ClusterControllerClient
 
 
 logger = logging.getLogger('mcs_cli')
diff --git a/cmapi/mcs_cluster_tool/tools_commands.py b/cmapi/mcs_cluster_tool/tools_commands.py
index 0e4377688..3d3ddc0dc 100644
--- a/cmapi/mcs_cluster_tool/tools_commands.py
+++ b/cmapi/mcs_cluster_tool/tools_commands.py
@@ -1,15 +1,19 @@
 import logging
 import os
+import secrets
+from datetime import datetime, timedelta
 
 import typer
 from typing_extensions import Annotated
 
 
 from cmapi_server.constants import (
-    MCS_DATA_PATH, MCS_SECRETS_FILENAME
+    MCS_DATA_PATH, MCS_SECRETS_FILENAME, REQUEST_TIMEOUT, TRANSACTION_TIMEOUT,
 )
+from cmapi_server.controllers.api_clients import ClusterControllerClient
 from cmapi_server.exceptions import CEJError
 from cmapi_server.handlers.cej import CEJPasswordHandler
+from cmapi_server.managers.transaction import TransactionManager
 from mcs_cluster_tool.decorators import handle_output
 
 
@@ -112,4 +116,37 @@ def cspasswd(
             typer.echo(cej_error.message, color='red')
             raise typer.Exit(code=1)
         typer.echo(f'Encoded password: {encoded_password}', color='green')
-    raise typer.Exit(code=0)
\ No newline at end of file
+    raise typer.Exit(code=0)
+
+
+@handle_output
+def bootstrap_single_node(
+    key: Annotated[
+        str,
+        typer.Option(
+            '--api-key',
+            help='API key to set.',
+        )
+    ] = ''
+):
+    """Bootstrap a single node (localhost) Columnstore instance."""
+    node = 'localhost'
+    client = ClusterControllerClient(request_timeout=REQUEST_TIMEOUT)
+    if not key:
+        # Generate API key if not provided
+        key = secrets.token_urlsafe(32)
+    # handle_output decorator will catch, show and log errors
+    api_key_set_resp = client.set_api_key(key)
+    # if operation takes minutes, then it is better to raise by timeout
+    with TransactionManager(
+        timeout=TRANSACTION_TIMEOUT, handle_signals=True,
+        extra_nodes=[node]
+    ):
+        add_node_resp = client.add_node({'node': node})
+
+    result = {
+        'timestamp': str(datetime.now()),
+        'set_api_key_resp': api_key_set_resp,
+        'add_node_resp': add_node_resp,
+    }
+    return result