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+# 📖 Guidelines
+
+- Pull requests should be created on the master branch.
+
+# ⚒️ Building and Testing the Sources
+
+## Build JFrog Registry Operator
+
+Make sure Go is installed by running:
+
+```
+go version
+```
+
+Clone the sources and CD to the root directory of the project:
+
+```
+git clone https://github.com/jfrog/jfrog-registry-operator.git
+cd jfrog-registry-operator
+```
+
+Build the sources as follows:
+
+Before running the application, generate mocks by running the following command from within the root directory of the project:
+
+```sh
+make generate
+make manifests
+```
+
+To run the code, follow these steps:
+
+```sh
+kubectl apply -f config/crd/bases
+```
+
+```sh
+go run main.go
+```
+
+Once operator is in running state, configure artifactoryUrl, refreshTime, namespaceSelector and secretMetadata in [secretrotator.yaml](https://github.com/jfrog/jfrog-registry-operator/blob/main/charts/jfrog-registry-operator/examples/secretrotator.yaml) diff terminal
+
+```sh
+kubectl apply -f config/samples/jfrog_v1alpha1_secretrotator.yaml`
+```
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 Follow [monitoring setup docs](./config/monitoring/).
 
-## How to contribute
-1. Fork and clone the repo
-2. Add your changes, make sure you update new specs by running `make generate` and `make manifests`
-3. Run locally : `make install`
-4. Apply CR(`kubectl apply -f config/samples/jfrog_v1alpha1_secretrotator.yaml`) and check application is working as expected
-4. Once changes are tested raise a PR, [Ref](https://docs.github.com/en/desktop/working-with-your-remote-repository-on-github-or-github-enterprise/creating-an-issue-or-pull-request-from-github-desktop)
+## 🔥 Reporting issues
+
+Please help us improve Frogbot by [reporting issues](https://github.com/jfrog/jfrog-registry-operator/issues/new/choose) you encounter.
+
+<div id="contributions"></div>
+
+## 💻 Contributions
+
+We welcome pull requests from the community. To help us improve this project, please read our [Contribution](./CONTRIBUTING.md#-guidelines) guide.