1. A non-transitory computer readable storage device comprising instructions stored thereon that when executed by one or more processors cause the one or more processors to: determine that a first node of a cluster comprising multiple nodes is not fully functional; create a configuration bundle using a second node of the cluster to enable automatic recovery of an operational state of the first node of the cluster, wherein the configuration bundle includes: a system database, and one or more configuration files comprising a set of configuration data for the second node; request initiation of an installation program on the first node to enable a base operation of the first node; and restore the first node of the computing appliance to an operational state, wherein restoring includes: restoring the set of configuration data in the configuration bundle as configuration data for the first node