# Example setup for development The CRD must be deployed independently. Apart from that, the `kustomize.yaml` * creates a small image repository and * deploys the operator in namespace `vmop-dev` with a replica of 0. This allows you to run the manager in your IDE. The `kustomize.yaml` also changes the image repository for the operator to a private repository for development. You have to either remove this or adapt it to your own repository if you also want to test your development version in a container. If you want to run the unittests, this setup must be run with a private repository and the private repository must match the one configured for gradle pushImages.