Run locally (make sure local kubectl points to the correct cluster) mvn mn:run -Dmn.appArgs=operator prepare k8s cluster kubectl apply -f src/main/crds kubectl apply -f src/main/k8s Run operator in cluster (not using manifests) kubectl run elasticactors-operator --image=elasticactors/cloudnative-elasticactors -- operator deploy test-actorsystem (using docker-image from docker hub) kubectl apply -f src/test/resources