diff --git a/forge.sh b/forge.sh
index 102b7e2..1559590 100755
--- a/forge.sh
+++ b/forge.sh
@@ -2,23 +2,74 @@
 
 # Functions
 function setup {
-    echo -e "${YELLOW}Heating up the forge for the first time..${ENDCOLOR}"
-    podman play kube forge-pod.yml --build --replace && podman logs --color -f ublue-os_forge-setup.ublue.local
+    echo -e "${YELLOW}Creating secret configuration...${ENDCOLOR}"
+    create_secrets
+    echo ""
+    echo -e "${YELLOW}Heating up forge for the first time...${ENDCOLOR}"
+    podman play kube forge-pod.yml --configmap forge-pod-ConfigMap.yml --build --replace & PID_BUILD=$!
+    wait ${PID_BUILD}
+    echo -e "${YELLOW}Configuring Host system...${ENDCOLOR}"
+    configure_host & PID_CONFIG=$!
+    wait ${PID_CONFIG}
+    echo ""
+    echo -e "${YELLOW}Configuring forge...${ENDCOLOR}"
+    podman logs --color -f ublue-os_forge-setup.ublue.local
+    echo ""
+    echo -e "${YELLOW}Cleaning up secrets...${ENDCOLOR}"
+    delete_secrets
+    show_info
     echo -e "${GREEN}Done. Happy forging!${ENDCOLOR}"
 }
 
 function up {
-    echo -e "${YELLOW}Heating up the forge..${ENDCOLOR}"
+    echo -e "${YELLOW}Heating up forge...${ENDCOLOR}"
     podman pod start ublue-os_forge
     echo -e "${GREEN}Done. Happy forging!${ENDCOLOR}"
 }
 
 function down {
-    echo -e "${YELLOW}Cooling down the forge..${ENDCOLOR}"
+    echo -e "${YELLOW}Cooling down forge...${ENDCOLOR}"
     podman pod stop ublue-os_forge --ignore
     echo -e "${GREEN}Done. Have a nice day${ENDCOLOR}"
 }
 
+function configure_host {
+    if [ ! -f ~/.config/.ublue-os_forge-host-setup-done ];
+    then
+        echo "adding ssh public key to ~/.ssh/authorized_keys"
+        VOLUME_DIR="$(podman volume inspect ublue-os_forge-certs | jq -r '.[0].Mountpoint')"
+        SSH_PUBLIC_KEY_FILE="${VOLUME_DIR}/ssh/ublue-os_forge-id_ed25519.pub"
+        SSH_PUBLIC_KEY="$(cat ${SSH_PUBLIC_KEY_FILE})"
+        echo "#uBlue forge ssh key" >> ~/.ssh/authorized_keys
+        echo "$SSH_PUBLIC_KEY" >> ~/.ssh/authorized_keys
+        touch ~/.config/.ublue-os_forge-host-setup-done
+    else
+        echo "Host system already configured. Nothing to do..."
+    fi
+}
+
+function create_secrets {
+    # Get user input
+    echo -e "${YELLOW}Gathering user input${ENDCOLOR}"
+    read -s -p "Enter sudo password for user $USER: " ANSIBLE_FORGE_HOST_BECOME_PASSWORD
+    cat <<EOF | jq '.|map_values(@base64)' | podman secret create ublue-os_forge-secure - >/dev/null
+    {
+    "ANSIBLE_FORGE_HOST_USER": "$USER",
+    "ANSIBLE_FORGE_HOST_BECOME_PASSWORD": "${ANSIBLE_FORGE_HOST_BECOME_PASSWORD}"
+    }
+EOF
+}
+
+function delete_secrets {
+    podman secret rm ublue-os_forge-secure
+}
+
+function show_info {
+    VOLUME_DIR="$(podman volume inspect ublue-os_forge-certs | jq -r '.[0].Mountpoint')"
+    echo -e "${GREEN}Forge is available at: https://forge.ublue.local${ENDCOLOR}"
+    echo -e "${GREEN}Make sure to install the root certificate from ${VOLUME_DIR}/tls/ublue-os_forge-root.pem${ENDCOLOR}"
+}
+
 # Bash colors
 RED="\e[31m"
 YELLOW="\e[33m"