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-# jira-service-desk-operator
+# [WIP] jira-service-desk-operator
 Kubernetes operator for Jira Service Desk
 
-# WORK IN PROGRESS
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+## About
+
+Jira service desk(JSD) operator is used to automate the process of setting up JSD for alertmanager in a k8s native way. By using CRDs it lets you:
+
+1. Manage Projects
+2. Manage customer/organization for projects
+3. Configure Issues
+
+It uses [Jira REST API](https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/platform/rest/v3/intro/) in it's underlying layer and can be extended to perform other tasks that are supported via the REST API.
+
+## Usage
+
+### Prerequisites
+
+- Atlassian account
+- API Token to access Jira REST API (https://id.atlassian.com/manage-profile/security/api-tokens)
+
+### Create secret
+
+Create the following secret which is required for jira-service-desk-operator:
+
+```yaml
+kind: Secret
+apiVersion: v1
+metadata:
+  name: jira-service-desk-config
+  namespace: default
+data:
+  JIRA_SERVICE_DESK_API_TOKEN: <API_TOKEN>
+  #Example: https://stakater-cloud.atlassian.net/
+  JIRA_SERVICE_DESK_API_BASE_URL: <JSD_BASE_URL>
+  JIRA_SERVICE_DESK_EMAIL: <EMAIL>
+type: Opaque
+```
+
+### Deploy operator
+
+```terminal
+$ oc apply -f bundle/manifests
+```
+
+## Local Development
+
+[Operator-sdk v0.19.0](https://github.com/operator-framework/operator-sdk/releases/tag/v0.19.0) is required for local development.
+
+1. Create `jira-service-desk-config` secret
+2. Run `make run ENABLE_WEBHOOKS=false WATCH_NAMESPACE=default OPERATOR_NAMESPACE=default` where `WATCH_NAMESPACE` denotes the namespaces that the operator is supposed to watch and `OPERATOR_NAMESPACE` is the namespace in which it's supposed to be deployed.
+
+3. Before committing your changes run the following to ensure that everything is verified and up-to-date:
+   - `make verify`
+   - `make bundle`
+   - `make packagemanifests`
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