}

  # Now deploy the specified number of KinD clusters and
  # wait till they are provisioned successfully.
  declare -a DEPLOY_KIND_JOBS
  for i in "${!CLUSTER_NAMES[@]}"; do
    deploy_kind "${i}" & DEPLOY_KIND_JOBS+=("${!}")
  done

  for pid in "${DEPLOY_KIND_JOBS[@]}"; do
    wait "${pid}" || exit 1
  done

  # Install MetalLB for LoadBalancer support. Must be done synchronously since METALLB_IPS is shared.

#
# Separately, if TFCI is set *and* there are also additional TFCI_ variables
# set in the shell environment, those variables will be restored after the
# TFCI env has been loaded. This is useful for e.g. on-demand "generic" jobs
# where the user may wish to change just one option.
if [[ -z "${TFCI:-}" ]]; then
  echo '==TFCI==: The $TFCI variable is not set. This is fine as long as you'