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title: Project Scaffolding Layout for Operator SDK
linkTitle: Project Layout
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The `operator-sdk` CLI generates a number of packages for each project. The following table describes a basic rundown of each generated file/directory.


| File/Folders   | Purpose                           |
| :---           | :--- |
| cmd       | Contains `manager/main.go` which is the main program of the operator. This instantiates a new manager which registers all custom resource definitions under `pkg/apis/...` and starts all controllers under `pkg/controllers/...`  . |
| pkg/apis | Contains the directory tree that defines the APIs of the Custom Resource Definitions(CRD). Users are expected to edit the `pkg/apis/<group>/<version>/<kind>_types.go` files to define the API for each resource type and import these packages in their controllers to watch for these resource types.|
| pkg/controller | This pkg contains the controller implementations. Users are expected to edit the `pkg/controller/<kind>/<kind>_controller.go` to define the controller's reconcile logic for handling a resource type of the specified `kind`. |
| build | Contains the `Dockerfile` and build scripts used to build the operator. |
| deploy | Contains various YAML manifests for registering CRDs, setting up [RBAC][RBAC], and deploying the operator as a Deployment.
| go.mod go.sum | The [Go mod][go_mod] manifests that describe the external dependencies of this operator. |
| vendor | The golang [vendor][Vendor] directory that contains local copies of external dependencies that satisfy Go imports in this project. [Go modules][go_mod] manages the vendor directory directly. This directory will not exist unless the project is initialized with the `--vendor` flag, or `go mod vendor` is run in the project root. |
| version | Contains version information of the operator.
[RBAC]: https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/access-authn-authz/rbac/
[Vendor]: https://golang.org/cmd/go/#hdr-Vendor_Directories
[go_mod]: https://github.com/golang/go/wiki/Modules
