diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a6a9fc2..547bf2f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -18,14 +18,14 @@ spec:
   # The number of wasmCloud host pods to run
   hostReplicas: 2
   # The lattice to connect the hosts to
-  lattice: 83a5b52e-17cf-4080-bac8-f844099f142e
+  lattice: default
   # Additional labels to apply to the host other than the defaults set in the operator
   hostLabels:
     some-label: value
   # The address to connect to nats
-  natsAddress: nats://nats-cluster.default.svc.cluster.local
+  natsAddress: nats://nats.default.svc.cluster.local
   # Which wasmCloud version to use
-  version: 1.0.2
+  version: 1.0.4
   # Enable the following to run the wasmCloud hosts as a DaemonSet
   #daemonset: true
   # The name of the image pull secret to use with wasmCloud hosts so that they
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ config:
 
 ```sh
 helm repo add nats https://nats-io.github.io/k8s/helm/charts/
-helm upgrade --install -f values.yaml nats-cluster nats/nats
+helm upgrade --install -f values.yaml nats nats/nats
 ```
 
 ### Running Wadm
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ NATS server deployed above, all you need in your `values.yaml` file is:
 wadm:
   config:
     nats:
-      server: "nats-cluster.default.svc.cluster.local:4222"
+      server: "nats.default.svc.cluster.local:4222"
 ```
 
 You can deploy Wadm using your values file and Helm:
diff --git a/examples/full-config/wasmcloud-annotated.yaml b/examples/full-config/wasmcloud-annotated.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..667e99a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/full-config/wasmcloud-annotated.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+apiVersion: k8s.wasmcloud.dev/v1alpha1
+kind: WasmCloudHostConfig
+metadata:
+  name: my-wasmcloud-cluster
+  namespace: default
+spec:
+  # Optional: Number of hosts (pods). Defaults to 1.
+  hostReplicas: 1
+  # Required: The lattice to connect the hosts to.
+  lattice: default
+  # Optional: Additional labels to apply to the host other than the defaults set in the controller.
+  hostLabels:
+    test: value
+    cluster: kind
+  # Required: Which wasmCloud version to use.
+  version: "1.0.4"
+  # Optional: The image to use for the wasmCloud host.
+  # If provided, the 'version' field will be ignored.
+  image: "registry/wasmcloud:tag"
+  # Optional: The image to use for the NATS leaf that is deployed alongside the wasmCloud host.
+  # If not provided, the default upstream image will be used.
+  natsLeafImage: "registry/nats:tag"
+  # Optional. The name of a secret containing a set of NATS credentials under 'nats.creds' key.
+  secretName: "wasmcloud-host-nats-secret"
+  # Optional: Enable structured logging for host logs. Defaults to "false".
+  enableStructuredLogging: true
+  # Optional: The name of a secret containing the registry credentials.
+  # See https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/configure-pod-container/pull-image-private-registry/#create-a-secret-by-providing-credentials-on-the-command-line
+  registryCredentialsSecret: "wasmcloud-pull-secret"
+  # Optional: The control topic prefix to use for the host. Defaults to "wasmbus.ctl"
+  controlTopicPrefix: "wasmbus.custom-ctl"
+  # Optional: The leaf node domain to use for the NATS sidecar. Defaults to "leaf".
+  leafNodeDomain: "custom-leaf"
+  # Optional: Enable the config service for this host. Defaults to "false".
+  # Makes wasmCloud host issue requests to a config service on startup.
+  configServiceEnabled: true
+  # Optional: The log level to use for the host. Defaults to "INFO".
+  logLevel: INFO
+  # Optional: The address of the NATS server to connect to. Defaults to "nats://nats.default.svc.cluster.local".
+  natsAddress: nats://nats.default.svc.cluster.local
+  # Optional: Allow the host to deploy using the latest tag on OCI components or providers. Defaults to "false".
+  allowLatest: true
+  # Optional: Allow the host to pull artifacts from OCI registries insecurely.
+  allowedInsecure:
+    - "localhost:5001"
+    - "kind-registry:5000"
+  # Optional: Policy service configuration.
+  policyService:
+    # If provided, enables policy checks on start actions and component invocations.
+    topic: "wasmcloud.policy"
+    # If provided, allows the host to subscribe to updates on past policy decisions. Requires 'topic' above to be set.
+    changesTopic: "wasmcloud.policy.changes"
+    # If provided, allows setting a custom timeout for requesting policy decisions. Defaults to 1000. Requires 'topic' to be set.
+    timeoutMs: 10000
+  # Optional: Observability options for configuring the OpenTelemetry integration.
+  observability:
+    # NOTE: Enables all signals (logs/metrics/traces) at once. Set it to 'false' and enable each signal individually in case you don't need all of them.
+    enable: true
+    endpoint: "otel-collector.svc"
+    # Either 'grpc' or 'http'
+    protocol: "http"
+    logs:
+      enable: false
+      endpoint: "logs-specific-otel-collector.svc"
+    metrics:
+      enable: false
+      endpoint: "metrics-specific-otel-collector.svc"
+    traces:
+      enable: false
+      endpoint: "traces-specific-otel-collector.svc"
+  # Optional: Additional options to control how the underlying wasmCloud hosts are scheduled in Kubernetes.
+  # This includes setting resource requirements for the nats and wasmCloud host
+  # containers along with any additional pot template settings.
+  schedulingOptions:
+    # Optional: Enable the following to run the wasmCloud hosts as a DaemonSet. Defaults to "false".
+    daemonset: true
+    # Optional: Set the resource requirements for the nats and wasmCloud host containers.
+    # See https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/configuration/manage-resources-containers/ for valid values
+    resources:
+      nats:
+        requests:
+          cpu: "1"
+      wasmCloudHost:
+        requests:
+          cpu: "1"
+    # Optional: Any additional pod template settings to apply to the wasmCloud host pods.
+    # See https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/generated/kubernetes-api/v1.29/#podspec-v1-core for all valid options.
+    # Note that you *cannot* set the `containers` field here as it is managed by the controller.
+    podTemplateAdditions:
+      spec:
+        nodeSelector:
+          kubernetes.io/os: linux
diff --git a/examples/quickstart/README.md b/examples/quickstart/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2abfdfd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/quickstart/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+# Example setup
+
+This example shows the bare minimum requirements to deploy applications on wasmCloud.
+
+It relies on the Kubernetes `default` namespace for simplicity.
+
+## Install [NATS](https://github.com/nats-io/nats-server)
+
+```bash
+helm repo add nats https://nats-io.github.io/k8s/helm/charts/
+helm upgrade --install -f nats-values.yaml nats nats/nats
+```
+
+Validate installation with:
+
+```bash
+# make sure pods are ready
+kubectl rollout status deploy,sts -l app.kubernetes.io/instance=nats
+```
+
+## Install wasmCloud Application Deployment Manager - [wadm](https://github.com/wasmCloud/wadm)
+
+```sh
+helm install wadm -f wadm-values.yaml oci://ghcr.io/wasmcloud/charts/wadm
+```
+
+Validate installation with:
+
+```bash
+# make sure pods are ready
+kubectl rollout status deploy -l app.kubernetes.io/instance=wadm
+```
+
+## Install the operator
+
+```sh
+kubectl apply -k ../../deploy/base
+```
+
+Validate installation with:
+
+```bash
+# make sure pods are ready
+kubectl rollout status deploy -l app=wasmcloud-operator -n wasmcloud-operator
+# apiservice should be available
+kubectl get apiservices.apiregistration.k8s.io v1beta1.core.oam.dev
+```
+
+## Create wasmcloud cluster
+
+```bash
+kubectl apply -f wasmcloud-host.yaml
+```
+
+Check wasmCloud host status with:
+
+```bash
+kubectl describe wasmcloudhostconfig wasmcloud-host
+```
+
+## Managing applications using kubectl
+
+Install the rust hello world application:
+
+```bash
+kubectl apply -f hello-world-application.yaml
+```
+
+Check application status with:
+
+```bash
+kubectl get applications
+```
+
+## Managing applications with wash
+
+Port forward into the NATS cluster. 4222 = NATS Service, 4223 = NATS Websockets
+
+```bash
+kubectl port-forward svc/nats 4222:4222 4223:4223
+```
+
+In another shell:
+
+```bash
+wash app list
+```
diff --git a/examples/quickstart/hello-world-application.yaml b/examples/quickstart/hello-world-application.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..967c8e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/quickstart/hello-world-application.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+apiVersion: core.oam.dev/v1beta1
+kind: Application
+metadata:
+  name: hello-world
+  annotations:
+    version: v0.0.1
+    description: "HTTP hello world demo in Rust, using the WebAssembly Component Model and WebAssembly Interfaces Types (WIT)"
+    wasmcloud.dev/authors: wasmCloud team
+    wasmcloud.dev/source-url: https://github.com/wasmCloud/wasmCloud/blob/main/examples/rusg/components/http-hello-world/wadm.yaml
+    wasmcloud.dev/readme-md-url: https://github.com/wasmCloud/wasmCloud/blob/main/examples/rusg/components/http-hello-world/README.md
+    wasmcloud.dev/homepage: https://github.com/wasmCloud/wasmCloud/tree/main/examples/rusg/components/http-hello-world
+    wasmcloud.dev/categories: |
+      http,http-server,rust,hello-world,example
+spec:
+  components:
+    - name: http-component
+      type: component
+      properties:
+        image: ghcr.io/wasmcloud/components/http-hello-world-rust:0.1.0
+      traits:
+        # Govern the spread/scheduling of the component
+        - type: spreadscaler
+          properties:
+            replicas: 1
+
+    # Add a capability provider that enables HTTP access
+    - name: httpserver
+      type: capability
+      properties:
+        image: ghcr.io/wasmcloud/http-server:0.21.0
+      traits:
+        # Establish a unidirectional link from this http server provider (the "source")
+        # to the `http-component` component (the "target") so the component can handle incoming HTTP requests,
+        #
+        # The source (this provider) is configured such that the HTTP server listens on 127.0.0.1:8080
+        - type: link
+          properties:
+            target: http-component
+            namespace: wasi
+            package: http
+            interfaces: [incoming-handler]
+            source_config:
+              - name: default-http
+                properties:
+                  address: 127.0.0.1:8080
diff --git a/examples/quickstart/nats-values.yaml b/examples/quickstart/nats-values.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..457bdd9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/quickstart/nats-values.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+config:
+  cluster:
+    enabled: true
+    replicas: 3
+  leafnodes:
+    enabled: true
+  websocket:
+    enabled: true
+    port: 4223
+  jetstream:
+    enabled: true
+    fileStore:
+      pvc:
+        size: 10Gi
+    merge:
+      domain: default
diff --git a/examples/quickstart/wadm-values.yaml b/examples/quickstart/wadm-values.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b7c209b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/quickstart/wadm-values.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+wadm:
+  image:
+    tag: v0.12.2
+  config:
+    nats:
+      server: "nats.default.svc.cluster.local:4222"
diff --git a/examples/quickstart/wasmcloud-host.yaml b/examples/quickstart/wasmcloud-host.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b9a87d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/quickstart/wasmcloud-host.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+apiVersion: k8s.wasmcloud.dev/v1alpha1
+kind: WasmCloudHostConfig
+metadata:
+  name: wasmcloud-host
+spec:
+  lattice: default
+  version: "1.0.4"
diff --git a/sample.yaml b/sample.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index de77ab7..0000000
--- a/sample.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,53 +0,0 @@
-apiVersion: k8s.wasmcloud.dev/v1alpha1
-kind: WasmCloudHostConfig
-metadata:
-  name: my-wasmcloud-cluster
-  namespace: default
-spec:
-  hostReplicas: 1
-  # The lattice to connect the hosts to
-  lattice: default
-  # Additional labels to apply to the host other than the defaults set in the controller
-  hostLabels:
-    test: value
-    cluster: kind
-  # Which wasmCloud version to use
-  version: "1.0.2"
-  logLevel: INFO
-  natsAddress: nats://nats-cluster.default.svc.cluster.local
-  ################################################
-  # Additional options that can be set for hosts:
-  ################################################
-  # allowLatest: true
-  # allowedInsecure:
-  #   - "localhost:5001"
-  #   - "kind-registry:5000"
-  # Policy service configuration
-  # policyService:
-  #  topic: "wasmcloud.policy"
-  #  changesTopic: "bar"
-  #  timeoutMs: 10000
-  # Additional options to control how the underlying wasmCloud hosts are scheduled in Kubernetes.
-  # This includes setting resource requirements for the nats and wasmCloud host
-  # containers along with any additional pot template settings.
-  # schedulingOptions:
-  # Enable the following to run the wasmCloud hosts as a DaemonSet
-  # daemonset: true
-  # Set the resource requirements for the nats and wasmCloud host containers.
-  # resources:
-  #   nats:
-  #     requests:
-  #       cpu: 100m
-  #  wasmCloudHost:
-  #     requests:
-  #       cpu: 100m
-  # Any additional pod template settings to apply to the wasmCloud host pods.
-  # See https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/generated/kubernetes-api/v1.29/#podspec-v1-core for all valid options.
-  # Note that you *cannot* set the `containers` field here as it is managed by the controller.
-  # podTemplateAdditions:
-  #   spec:
-  #     env:
-  #       - name: HOST_IP
-  #         value: spec.hostIP
-  #  nodeSelector:
-  #    kubernetes.io/os: linux