diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index efe3b790b..4dbe546fa 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ bin/
 
 # Test binary, build wiith `go test -c`
 *.test
+*.example
 
 # Output of the go coverage tool
 *.out
diff --git a/cmd/config/init.go b/cmd/config/init.go
index f381c3579..31f5c8b70 100644
--- a/cmd/config/init.go
+++ b/cmd/config/init.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*l
+/*
 Copyright 2014 The Kubernetes Authors.
 
 Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 
 	"opendev.org/airship/airshipctl/pkg/environment"
-	"opendev.org/airship/airshipctl/pkg/errors"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -33,7 +32,14 @@ func NewCmdConfigInit(rootSettings *environment.AirshipCTLSettings) *cobra.Comma
 		Use:   "init",
 		Short: configInitLong,
 		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
-			return errors.ErrNotImplemented{}
+			c := rootSettings.Config()
+
+			err := c.PersistConfig()
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+
+			return nil
 		},
 	}
 
diff --git a/cmd/config/init_test.go b/cmd/config/init_test.go
index 0ce36c2de..ca9c919cf 100644
--- a/cmd/config/init_test.go
+++ b/cmd/config/init_test.go
@@ -19,17 +19,15 @@ package config
 import (
 	"testing"
 
-	"opendev.org/airship/airshipctl/pkg/errors"
 	"opendev.org/airship/airshipctl/testutil"
 )
 
 func TestConfigInit(t *testing.T) {
 	cmdTests := []*testutil.CmdTest{
 		{
-			Name:    "config-init",
-			CmdLine: "",
+			Name:    "config-init-help",
+			CmdLine: "-h",
 			Cmd:     NewCmdConfigInit(nil),
-			Error:   errors.ErrNotImplemented{},
 		},
 	}
 
diff --git a/cmd/config/testdata/TestConfigInitGoldenOutput/config-init.golden b/cmd/config/testdata/TestConfigInitGoldenOutput/config-init-help.golden
similarity index 53%
rename from cmd/config/testdata/TestConfigInitGoldenOutput/config-init.golden
rename to cmd/config/testdata/TestConfigInitGoldenOutput/config-init-help.golden
index 319f291f4..6303793da 100644
--- a/cmd/config/testdata/TestConfigInitGoldenOutput/config-init.golden
+++ b/cmd/config/testdata/TestConfigInitGoldenOutput/config-init-help.golden
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-Error: Not implemented
+Generate initial configuration files for airshipctl
+
 Usage:
   init [flags]
 
 Flags:
   -h, --help   help for init
-
diff --git a/pkg/config/config.go b/pkg/config/config.go
index 18a2e72b9..4f3bc6db4 100644
--- a/pkg/config/config.go
+++ b/pkg/config/config.go
@@ -82,7 +82,25 @@ func (c *Config) loadKubeConfig(kubeConfigPath string) error {
 	// If I can read from the file, load from it
 	var err error
 	if _, err = os.Stat(kubeConfigPath); os.IsNotExist(err) {
-		c.kubeConfig = clientcmdapi.NewConfig()
+		// Default kubeconfig matching Airship target cluster
+		c.kubeConfig = &clientcmdapi.Config{
+			Clusters: map[string]*clientcmdapi.Cluster{
+				AirshipDefaultContext: {
+					Server: "https://172.17.0.1:6443",
+				},
+			},
+			AuthInfos: map[string]*clientcmdapi.AuthInfo{
+				"admin": {
+					Username: "airship-admin",
+				},
+			},
+			Contexts: map[string]*clientcmdapi.Context{
+				AirshipDefaultContext: {
+					Cluster:  AirshipDefaultContext,
+					AuthInfo: "admin",
+				},
+			},
+		}
 		return nil
 	} else if err != nil {
 		return err
diff --git a/pkg/config/constants.go b/pkg/config/constants.go
index 936c238d1..fd4369631 100644
--- a/pkg/config/constants.go
+++ b/pkg/config/constants.go
@@ -27,6 +27,16 @@ const (
 
 	AirshipConfigEnv     = "AIRSHIPCONFIG"
 	AirshipKubeConfigEnv = "AIRSHIP_KUBECONFIG"
+
+	AirshipDefaultContext              = "default"
+	AirshipDefaultManifest             = "default"
+	AirshipDefaultManifestRepo         = "treasuremap"
+	AirshipDefaultManifestRepoLocation = "https://opendev.org/airship/" + AirshipDefaultManifestRepo
+
+	// Modules
+	AirshipDefaultBootstrapImage = "quay.io/airshipit/isogen:latest"
+	AirshipDefaultIsoURL         = "http://localhost:8099/debian-custom.iso"
+	AirshipDefaultRemoteType     = "redfish"
 )
 
 // Constants defining CLI flags
diff --git a/pkg/config/utils.go b/pkg/config/utils.go
index 52ff7218a..25a3b5f93 100644
--- a/pkg/config/utils.go
+++ b/pkg/config/utils.go
@@ -19,13 +19,48 @@ package config
 // NewConfig returns a newly initialized Config object
 func NewConfig() *Config {
 	return &Config{
-		Kind:          AirshipConfigKind,
-		APIVersion:    AirshipConfigApiVersion,
-		Clusters:      make(map[string]*ClusterPurpose),
-		Contexts:      make(map[string]*Context),
-		AuthInfos:     make(map[string]*AuthInfo),
-		Manifests:     make(map[string]*Manifest),
-		ModulesConfig: NewModules(),
+		Kind:       AirshipConfigKind,
+		APIVersion: AirshipConfigApiVersion,
+		Clusters:   make(map[string]*ClusterPurpose),
+		AuthInfos:  make(map[string]*AuthInfo),
+		Contexts: map[string]*Context{
+			AirshipDefaultContext: {
+				Manifest: AirshipDefaultManifest,
+			},
+		},
+		Manifests: map[string]*Manifest{
+			AirshipDefaultManifest: {
+				Repository: &Repository{
+					URLString: AirshipDefaultManifestRepoLocation,
+					CheckoutOptions: &RepoCheckout{
+						CommitHash: "master",
+						Branch:     "master",
+						RemoteRef:  "master",
+					},
+				},
+				TargetPath: "/tmp/" + AirshipDefaultManifest,
+			},
+		},
+		ModulesConfig: &Modules{
+			BootstrapInfo: map[string]*Bootstrap{
+				AirshipDefaultContext: {
+					Container: &Container{
+						Volume:           "/srv/iso:/config",
+						Image:            AirshipDefaultBootstrapImage,
+						ContainerRuntime: "docker",
+					},
+					Builder: &Builder{
+						UserDataFileName:       "user-data",
+						NetworkConfigFileName:  "network-config",
+						OutputMetadataFileName: "output-metadata.yaml",
+					},
+					RemoteDirect: &RemoteDirect{
+						RemoteType: AirshipDefaultRemoteType,
+						IsoURL:     AirshipDefaultIsoURL,
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
 	}
 }