diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1b883c8..ca03682 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 gcpServiceAccount/credentials.json
-storage/.terraform/plugins
+storage/.terraform
+storage/.terraform*
+storage/terraform*
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index cbec3d9..34cde38 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -7,3 +7,57 @@ docker run -it --rm -v ${PWD}/storage:/storage -w /storage akshit8/terraform
 
 chmod +x .terraform/providers/registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/google/3.54.0/linux_amd64/terraform-provider-google_v3.54.0_x5
 ```
+
+## setting up a test cluster with kind
+```bash
+kind create cluster --name test-cluster --image kindest/node:v1.17.0
+
+docker run -it --rm -v ${HOME}:/root/ -v ${PWD}:/work -w /work --net host debian:buster
+
+apt-get update && apt install curl vim
+
+curl -LO https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/`curl -s https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/stable.txt`/bin/linux/amd64/kubectl
+
+chmod +x ./kubectl
+
+mv ./kubectl /usr/local/bin/kubectl
+
+root@my-vm:/work# kubectl get nodes
+NAME                         STATUS   ROLES    AGE     VERSION
+test-cluster-control-plane   Ready    master   5m15s   v1.17.0
+
+curl -L -o /tmp/velero.tar.gz https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/releases/download/v1.5.1/velero-v1.5.1-linux-amd64.tar.gz
+
+tar -C /tmp -xvf /tmp/velero.tar.gz
+
+mv /tmp/velero-v1.5.1-linux-amd64/velero /usr/local/bin/velero
+
+chmod +x /usr/local/bin/velero
+
+velero --help
+
+kubectl create ns sample
+
+kubectl -n sample apply -f ./k8s-objects
+
+export BUCKET=velero-akshit
+export REGION=asia-east1
+
+velero install \
+    --provider gcp \
+    --plugins velero/velero-plugin-for-gcp:v1.1.0 \
+    --bucket $BUCKET \
+    --secret-file ./gcpServiceAccount/credentials.json
+
+root@my-vm:/work# kubectl -n velero get pods
+NAME                      READY   STATUS    RESTARTS   AGE
+velero-86bb45cdfb-987ps   1/1     Running   0          23s
+
+kubectl logs deployment/velero -n velero
+
+velero backup create sample-namespace-backup --include-namespaces sample
+
+velero backup describe sample-namespace-backup
+
+velero backup logs sample-namespace-backup
+```
diff --git a/k8s-objects/deployment.yml b/k8s-objects/deployment.yml
index f468238..312bc73 100644
--- a/k8s-objects/deployment.yml
+++ b/k8s-objects/deployment.yml
@@ -38,18 +38,4 @@ spec:
             cpu: "50m"
           limits:
             memory: "256Mi"
-            cpu: "500m"
-#NOTE: comment out `volumeMounts` section for configmap and\or secret guide
-        volumeMounts:
-        - name: secret-volume
-          mountPath: /secrets/
-        - name: config-volume
-          mountPath: /configs/
-#NOTE: comment out `volumes` section for configmap and\or secret guide
-        volumes:
-        - name: secret-volume
-          secret:
-            secretName: sample-secret
-        - name: config-volume
-          configMap:
-            name: sample-config #name of our configmap object
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+            cpu: "500m"
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diff --git a/storage/main.tf b/storage/main.tf
index 88773fe..dbcdae5 100644
--- a/storage/main.tf
+++ b/storage/main.tf
@@ -20,8 +20,4 @@ resource "google_storage_bucket" "k8s-backup" {
     location = "ASIA-EAST1"
 
     storage_class = "STANDARD"
-
-    labels {
-        usage = "storage bucket for k8s backup and restoration"
-    }
 }
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diff --git a/storage/variables.tf b/storage/variables.tf
index 277d4d8..aa7abab 100644
--- a/storage/variables.tf
+++ b/storage/variables.tf
@@ -9,6 +9,6 @@ variable "region" {
 }
 
 variable "credentials_file" {
-  default = "gcpServiceAccount/credentials.json"
+  default = "../gcpServiceAccount/credentials.json"
   description = "credential file name"
 }
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