Big revamp to remove kube-rbac-proxyu and uptate to latest operator-sdk. Also improve e2e tests.

Author: carlosedp

.github/copilot-instructions.md

@@ -11,17 +11,17 @@ This is a Kubernetes operator that automates external load-balancer configuratio
 ### Component Structure
 
 ```
+api/v1                                   # API Objects
 internal/controller/
-├── lb.lbconfig.carlosedp.com/          # Main reconciler
-│   └── externalloadbalancer_controller.go
-├── backend/
+├── externalloadbalancer_controller.go   # Main reconciler
+├── backend/                             # Backend management
 │   ├── backend_controller/              # Provider interface & orchestration
 │   ├── backend_loader/                  # Auto-registers all providers via init()
-│   ├── f5/                             # F5 BigIP implementation
-│   ├── netscaler/                      # Citrix ADC implementation
-│   ├── haproxy/                        # HAProxy Dataplane API implementation
-│   └── dummy/                          # Testing provider
-api/lb.lbconfig.carlosedp.com/v1/       # CRD types
+│   ├── f5/                              # F5 BigIP implementation
+│   ├── netscaler/                       # Citrix ADC implementation
+│   ├── haproxy/                         # HAProxy Dataplane API implementation
+│   └── dummy/                           # Testing provider
+api/v1/       # CRD types
 ```
 
 ### Provider Plugin Architecture
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ kubectl create secret generic dummy-creds \
   --from-literal=username=admin \
   --from-literal=password=admin \
   -n lbconfig-operator-system
-kubectl apply -f config/samples/lb_v1_externalloadbalancer-dummy.yaml
+kubectl apply -n lbconfig-operator-system -f examples/lb_v1_externalloadbalancer-dummy.yaml
 ```
 
 ### Testing
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ kubectl apply -f config/samples/lb_v1_externalloadbalancer-dummy.yaml
 - **Scorecard**: `make scorecard-run` - Validates operator with OLM scorecard tests
 
 **E2E Test Flow**:
+
 1. `e2e-build` - Builds operator binary, Docker image, bundle manifests, and bundle image (local arch only)
    - Uses dev version: sets patch to 0 and adds `-dev` suffix (e.g., `0.5.1` → `v0.5.0-dev`) to distinguish from published releases
    - Images tagged as `E2E_IMG` and `E2E_BUNDLE_IMG` variables
@@ -155,10 +156,10 @@ Prometheus metrics:
 
 ### Modifying CRD Spec
 
-1. Edit `api/lb.lbconfig.carlosedp.com/v1/externalloadbalancer_types.go`
+1. Edit `api/v1/externalloadbalancer_types.go`
 2. Add kubebuilder markers for validation/documentation
 3. Run `make generate` then `make manifests` then `make bundle`
-4. Update samples in `config/samples/`
+4. Update samples in `./examples/`
 
 ### Debugging Backend Issues
 

.github/workflows/check-bundle.yml

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ on:
     branches: [main]
 
 jobs:
-  bundle-check-changed:
+  check-bundle:
     permissions:
       contents: read
       pull-requests: write

.github/workflows/lint.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+name: Lint
+
+on:
+  push:
+  pull_request:
+
+jobs:
+  lint:
+    name: Run on Ubuntu
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Clone the code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Setup Go
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+        with:
+          go-version-file: go.mod
+
+      - name: Run linter
+        uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@v8
+        with:
+          version: v2.1.0

.github/workflows/test-e2e.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+name: E2E Tests
+
+on:
+  push:
+  pull_request:
+
+jobs:
+  test-e2e:
+    name: Run on Ubuntu
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Clone the code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Setup Go
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+        with:
+          go-version-file: go.mod
+
+      - name: Running Test e2e
+        run: |
+          go mod tidy
+          make e2e-test

.github/workflows/go.yml .github/workflows/test.yml.github/workflows/go.yml renamed to .github/workflows/test.yml

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ on:
     branches: [main]
 
 jobs:
-  go-test:
+  test:
     permissions:
       contents: read
       pull-requests: write
@@ -38,7 +38,9 @@ jobs:
           key: Envtest-cache-${{ steps.envtest-info.outputs.envtest-version }}-${{ steps.envtest-info.outputs.goos }}-${{ steps.envtest-info.outputs.goarch }}
 
       - name: Test
-        run: make test
+        run: |
+          go mod tidy
+          make test
 
       - name: Upload coverage to Codecov
         uses: codecov/codecov-action@v5

.golangci.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+version: "2"
+run:
+  allow-parallel-runners: true
+linters:
+  default: none
+  enable:
+    - copyloopvar
+    - dupl
+    - errcheck
+    - ginkgolinter
+    - goconst
+    - gocyclo
+    - govet
+    - ineffassign
+    - lll
+    - misspell
+    - nakedret
+    - prealloc
+    - revive
+    - staticcheck
+    - unconvert
+    - unparam
+    - unused
+  settings:
+    revive:
+      rules:
+        - name: comment-spacings
+        - name: import-shadowing
+  exclusions:
+    generated: lax
+    rules:
+      - linters:
+          - lll
+        path: api/*
+      - linters:
+          - dupl
+          - lll
+        path: internal/*
+    paths:
+      - third_party$
+      - builtin$
+      - examples$
+formatters:
+  enable:
+    - gofmt
+    - goimports
+  exclusions:
+    generated: lax
+    paths:
+      - third_party$
+      - builtin$
+      - examples$

.mergify.yml

@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ pull_request_rules:
     conditions:
       - base=main
       - label="Please Merge"
-      - check-success=bundle-check-changed
-      - check-success=go-test
+      - check-success=check-bundle
+      - check-success=test
       - "#review-requested=0"
     actions:
       merge:
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ pull_request_rules:
       - base=main
       - author=dependabot[bot]
       - label="github_actions"
-      - check-success=bundle-check-changed
-      - check-success=go-test
+      - check-success=check-bundle
+      - check-success=test
       - "#review-requested=0"
     actions:
       merge:

LICENSE

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 MIT License
 
-Copyright (c) 2022 Carlos Eduardo de Paula
+Copyright (c) 2025 Carlos Eduardo de Paula
 
 Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
 of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal