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+/*
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package controllers
+
+import (
+	"path/filepath"
+	"testing"
+
+	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
+	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
+
+	certmanagerv1beta1 "github.com/smallstep/step-issuer/api/v1beta1"
+	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/scheme"
+	"k8s.io/client-go/rest"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/envtest"
+	logf "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/log"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/log/zap"
+	// +kubebuilder:scaffold:imports
+)
+
+// These tests use Ginkgo (BDD-style Go testing framework). Refer to
+// http://onsi.github.io/ginkgo/ to learn more about Ginkgo.
+
+var cfg *rest.Config
+var k8sClient client.Client
+var testEnv *envtest.Environment
+
+func TestAPIs(t *testing.T) {
+	RegisterFailHandler(Fail)
+
+	RunSpecsWithDefaultAndCustomReporters(t,
+		"Controller Suite",
+		[]Reporter{envtest.NewlineReporter{}})
+}
+
+var _ = BeforeSuite(func(done Done) {
+	logf.SetLogger(zap.LoggerTo(GinkgoWriter, true))
+
+	By("bootstrapping test environment")
+	testEnv = &envtest.Environment{
+		CRDDirectoryPaths: []string{filepath.Join("..", "config", "crd", "bases")},
+	}
+
+	var err error
+	cfg, err = testEnv.Start()
+	Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
+	Expect(cfg).ToNot(BeNil())
+
+	err = certmanagerv1beta1.AddToScheme(scheme.Scheme)
+	Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+
+	// +kubebuilder:scaffold:scheme
+
+	k8sClient, err = client.New(cfg, client.Options{Scheme: scheme.Scheme})
+	Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
+	Expect(k8sClient).ToNot(BeNil())
+
+	close(done)
+}, 60)
+
+var _ = AfterSuite(func() {
+	By("tearing down the test environment")
+	err := testEnv.Stop()
+	Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
+})