diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index fa93ae3835..dda0d42736 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -25,6 +25,20 @@ endif
 deps:
 	@go mod tidy && go mod verify && go mod download
 
+.PHONY: update-codegen
+update-codegen:
+	# requires the root folder of the repo to be inside the GOPATH
+	./hack/update-codegen.sh
+
+.PHONY: verify-codegen
+verify-codegen:
+	# requires the root folder of the repo to be inside the GOPATH
+	./hack/verify-codegen.sh
+
+.PHONY: update-crds
+update-crds: ## Update CRDs
+	go run sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools/cmd/controller-gen crd:crdVersions=v1 schemapatch:manifests=./deploy/manifests/crds/ paths=./pkg/apis/... output:dir=./deploy/manifests/crds/
+
 .PHONY: create-kind-cluster
 create-kind-cluster:
 	kind create cluster --image kindest/node:v1.22.1
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 60f5c071c3..7d7dade6fa 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -29,10 +29,18 @@ If you'd like to use that Makefile to create a cluster, run:
    kubectl kustomize "github.com/kubernetes-sigs/gateway-api/config/crd?ref=v0.4.0" \
    | kubectl apply -f -
    ```
+1. Install NGINX Gateway CRDs:
+   ```
+   kubectl apply -f deploy/manifests/crds
+   ```
 1. Create the GatewayClass resource:
    ```
    kubectl apply -f deploy/manifests/gatewayclass.yaml 
    ```
+1. Create the GatewayConfig resource:
+   ```
+   kubectl apply -f deploy/manifests/gatewayconfig.yaml
+   ```
 1. Deploy the NGINX Gateway:
    
    If you're not using Kind, before deploying, make sure to edit the Deployment spec in `nginx-gateway.yaml` so that the image for `nginx-gateway` container points to your registry. 
diff --git a/deploy/manifests/crds/gateway.nginx.org_gatewayconfigs.yaml b/deploy/manifests/crds/gateway.nginx.org_gatewayconfigs.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ac01ce62c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deploy/manifests/crds/gateway.nginx.org_gatewayconfigs.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+apiVersion: apiextensions.k8s.io/v1
+kind: CustomResourceDefinition
+metadata:
+  annotations:
+    controller-gen.kubebuilder.io/version: v0.6.2
+  creationTimestamp: null
+  name: gatewayconfigs.gateway.nginx.org
+spec:
+  group: gateway.nginx.org
+  names:
+    kind: GatewayConfig
+    listKind: GatewayConfigList
+    plural: gatewayconfigs
+    shortNames:
+      - gcfg
+    singular: gatewayconfig
+  scope: Cluster
+  versions:
+    - name: v1alpha1
+      schema:
+        openAPIV3Schema:
+          type: object
+          required:
+            - spec
+          properties:
+            apiVersion:
+              description: 'APIVersion defines the versioned schema of this representation of an object. Servers should convert recognized schemas to the latest internal value, and may reject unrecognized values. More info: https://git.k8s.io/community/contributors/devel/sig-architecture/api-conventions.md#resources'
+              type: string
+            kind:
+              description: 'Kind is a string value representing the REST resource this object represents. Servers may infer this from the endpoint the client submits requests to. Cannot be updated. In CamelCase. More info: https://git.k8s.io/community/contributors/devel/sig-architecture/api-conventions.md#types-kinds'
+              type: string
+            metadata:
+              type: object
+            spec:
+              type: object
+              properties:
+                http:
+                  type: object
+                  properties:
+                    accessLogs:
+                      type: array
+                      items:
+                        type: object
+                        required:
+                          - destination
+                          - format
+                        properties:
+                          destination:
+                            type: string
+                          format:
+                            type: string
+                worker:
+                  type: object
+                  properties:
+                    processes:
+                      type: integer
+      served: true
+      storage: true
+status:
+  acceptedNames:
+    kind: ""
+    plural: ""
+  conditions: []
+  storedVersions: []
diff --git a/deploy/manifests/gatewayconfig.yaml b/deploy/manifests/gatewayconfig.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2c7fa19e0d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deploy/manifests/gatewayconfig.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+apiVersion: gateway.nginx.org/v1alpha1
+kind: GatewayConfig
+metadata:
+  name: nginx
+spec:
+  worker:
+    processes: 1
+  http:
+    accessLogs:
+    - format: '$remote_addr - $remote_user [$time_local] "$request" $status $body_bytes_sent "$http_referer" "$http_user_agent" "$http_x_forwarded_for"'
+      destination: stdout
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/deploy/manifests/nginx-gateway.yaml b/deploy/manifests/nginx-gateway.yaml
index 9085bb9117..14b4623f8a 100644
--- a/deploy/manifests/nginx-gateway.yaml
+++ b/deploy/manifests/nginx-gateway.yaml
@@ -22,6 +22,13 @@ rules:
   verbs:
   - list
   - watch
+- apiGroups:
+  - gateway.nginx.org
+  resources:
+  - gatewayconfigs
+  verbs:
+  - list
+  - watch
 ---
 kind: ClusterRoleBinding
 apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index abc0782016..be325a4ac7 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -4,19 +4,31 @@ go 1.17
 
 require (
 	github.com/go-logr/logr v0.4.0
+	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5
 	golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20210520170846-37e1c6afe023
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.22.2
+	k8s.io/client-go v0.22.2
+	k8s.io/code-generator v0.22.2
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.10.2
+	sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools v0.6.2
 	sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api v0.4.0
 )
 
 require (
+	github.com/PuerkitoBio/purell v1.1.1 // indirect
+	github.com/PuerkitoBio/urlesc v0.0.0-20170810143723-de5bf2ad4578 // indirect
 	github.com/beorn7/perks v1.0.1 // indirect
 	github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.1.1 // indirect
 	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 // indirect
+	github.com/emicklei/go-restful v2.9.5+incompatible // indirect
 	github.com/evanphx/json-patch v4.11.0+incompatible // indirect
+	github.com/fatih/color v1.12.0 // indirect
 	github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.4.9 // indirect
 	github.com/go-logr/zapr v0.4.0 // indirect
+	github.com/go-openapi/jsonpointer v0.19.5 // indirect
+	github.com/go-openapi/jsonreference v0.19.5 // indirect
+	github.com/go-openapi/swag v0.19.14 // indirect
+	github.com/gobuffalo/flect v0.2.3 // indirect
 	github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.3.2 // indirect
 	github.com/golang/groupcache v0.0.0-20210331224755-41bb18bfe9da // indirect
 	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.2 // indirect
@@ -25,7 +37,12 @@ require (
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.1.2 // indirect
 	github.com/googleapis/gnostic v0.5.5 // indirect
 	github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.12 // indirect
+	github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.0.0 // indirect
+	github.com/josharian/intern v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.11 // indirect
+	github.com/mailru/easyjson v0.7.6 // indirect
+	github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.8 // indirect
+	github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.12 // indirect
 	github.com/matttproud/golang_protobuf_extensions v1.0.2-0.20181231171920-c182affec369 // indirect
 	github.com/modern-go/concurrent v0.0.0-20180306012644-bacd9c7ef1dd // indirect
 	github.com/modern-go/reflect2 v1.0.1 // indirect
@@ -34,15 +51,18 @@ require (
 	github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/prometheus/common v0.26.0 // indirect
 	github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.6.0 // indirect
-	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5 // indirect
+	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.2.1 // indirect
 	go.uber.org/atomic v1.9.0 // indirect
 	go.uber.org/multierr v1.7.0 // indirect
 	go.uber.org/zap v1.19.1 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/mod v0.4.2 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.0.0-20210402161424-2e8d93401602 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20211103235746-7861aae1554b // indirect
 	golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20210220032956-6a3ed077a48d // indirect
 	golang.org/x/text v0.3.6 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/time v0.0.0-20210723032227-1f47c861a9ac // indirect
+	golang.org/x/tools v0.1.5 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20200804184101-5ec99f83aff1 // indirect
 	gomodules.xyz/jsonpatch/v2 v2.2.0 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/appengine v1.6.7 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.26.0 // indirect
@@ -51,8 +71,8 @@ require (
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20210107192922-496545a6307b // indirect
 	k8s.io/api v0.22.2 // indirect
 	k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.22.2 // indirect
-	k8s.io/client-go v0.22.2 // indirect
 	k8s.io/component-base v0.22.2 // indirect
+	k8s.io/gengo v0.0.0-20201214224949-b6c5ce23f027 // indirect
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.10.0 // indirect
 	k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20210421082810-95288971da7e // indirect
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20210820185131-d34e5cb4466e // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index c58e717aed..940f4d427a 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -55,7 +55,9 @@ github.com/BurntSushi/xgb v0.0.0-20160522181843-27f122750802/go.mod h1:IVnqGOEym
 github.com/NYTimes/gziphandler v0.0.0-20170623195520-56545f4a5d46/go.mod h1:3wb06e3pkSAbeQ52E9H9iFoQsEEwGN64994WTCIhntQ=
 github.com/NYTimes/gziphandler v1.1.1/go.mod h1:n/CVRwUEOgIxrgPvAQhUUr9oeUtvrhMomdKFjzJNB0c=
 github.com/OneOfOne/xxhash v1.2.2/go.mod h1:HSdplMjZKSmBqAxg5vPj2TmRDmfkzw+cTzAElWljhcU=
+github.com/PuerkitoBio/purell v1.1.1 h1:WEQqlqaGbrPkxLJWfBwQmfEAE1Z7ONdDLqrN38tNFfI=
 github.com/PuerkitoBio/purell v1.1.1/go.mod h1:c11w/QuzBsJSee3cPx9rAFu61PvFxuPbtSwDGJws/X0=
+github.com/PuerkitoBio/urlesc v0.0.0-20170810143723-de5bf2ad4578 h1:d+Bc7a5rLufV/sSk/8dngufqelfh6jnri85riMAaF/M=
 github.com/PuerkitoBio/urlesc v0.0.0-20170810143723-de5bf2ad4578/go.mod h1:uGdkoq3SwY9Y+13GIhn11/XLaGBb4BfwItxLd5jeuXE=
 github.com/ahmetb/gen-crd-api-reference-docs v0.3.0/go.mod h1:TdjdkYhlOifCQWPs1UdTma97kQQMozf5h26hTuG70u8=
 github.com/alecthomas/template v0.0.0-20160405071501-a0175ee3bccc/go.mod h1:LOuyumcjzFXgccqObfd/Ljyb9UuFJ6TxHnclSeseNhc=
@@ -122,6 +124,7 @@ github.com/dustin/go-humanize v0.0.0-20171111073723-bb3d318650d4/go.mod h1:Htrtb
 github.com/dustin/go-humanize v1.0.0/go.mod h1:HtrtbFcZ19U5GC7JDqmcUSB87Iq5E25KnS6fMYU6eOk=
 github.com/elazarl/goproxy v0.0.0-20180725130230-947c36da3153/go.mod h1:/Zj4wYkgs4iZTTu3o/KG3Itv/qCCa8VVMlb3i9OVuzc=
 github.com/emicklei/go-restful v0.0.0-20170410110728-ff4f55a20633/go.mod h1:otzb+WCGbkyDHkqmQmT5YD2WR4BBwUdeQoFo8l/7tVs=
+github.com/emicklei/go-restful v2.9.5+incompatible h1:spTtZBk5DYEvbxMVutUuTyh1Ao2r4iyvLdACqsl/Ljk=
 github.com/emicklei/go-restful v2.9.5+incompatible/go.mod h1:otzb+WCGbkyDHkqmQmT5YD2WR4BBwUdeQoFo8l/7tVs=
 github.com/envoyproxy/go-control-plane v0.9.0/go.mod h1:YTl/9mNaCwkRvm6d1a2C3ymFceY/DCBVvsKhRF0iEA4=
 github.com/envoyproxy/go-control-plane v0.9.1-0.20191026205805-5f8ba28d4473/go.mod h1:YTl/9mNaCwkRvm6d1a2C3ymFceY/DCBVvsKhRF0iEA4=
@@ -135,6 +138,7 @@ github.com/evanphx/json-patch v4.9.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:50XU6AFN0ol/bzJsmQLi
 github.com/evanphx/json-patch v4.11.0+incompatible h1:glyUF9yIYtMHzn8xaKw5rMhdWcwsYV8dZHIq5567/xs=
 github.com/evanphx/json-patch v4.11.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:50XU6AFN0ol/bzJsmQLiYLvXMP4fmwYFNcr97nuDLSk=
 github.com/fatih/color v1.7.0/go.mod h1:Zm6kSWBoL9eyXnKyktHP6abPY2pDugNf5KwzbycvMj4=
+github.com/fatih/color v1.12.0 h1:mRhaKNwANqRgUBGKmnI5ZxEk7QXmjQeCcuYFMX2bfcc=
 github.com/fatih/color v1.12.0/go.mod h1:ELkj/draVOlAH/xkhN6mQ50Qd0MPOk5AAr3maGEBuJM=
 github.com/felixge/httpsnoop v1.0.1/go.mod h1:m8KPJKqk1gH5J9DgRY2ASl2lWCfGKXixSwevea8zH2U=
 github.com/form3tech-oss/jwt-go v3.2.2+incompatible/go.mod h1:pbq4aXjuKjdthFRnoDwaVPLA+WlJuPGy+QneDUgJi2k=
@@ -161,17 +165,21 @@ github.com/go-logr/zapr v0.4.0 h1:uc1uML3hRYL9/ZZPdgHS/n8Nzo+eaYL/Efxkkamf7OM=
 github.com/go-logr/zapr v0.4.0/go.mod h1:tabnROwaDl0UNxkVeFRbY8bwB37GwRv0P8lg6aAiEnk=
 github.com/go-openapi/jsonpointer v0.19.2/go.mod h1:3akKfEdA7DF1sugOqz1dVQHBcuDBPKZGEoHC/NkiQRg=
 github.com/go-openapi/jsonpointer v0.19.3/go.mod h1:Pl9vOtqEWErmShwVjC8pYs9cog34VGT37dQOVbmoatg=
+github.com/go-openapi/jsonpointer v0.19.5 h1:gZr+CIYByUqjcgeLXnQu2gHYQC9o73G2XUeOFYEICuY=
 github.com/go-openapi/jsonpointer v0.19.5/go.mod h1:Pl9vOtqEWErmShwVjC8pYs9cog34VGT37dQOVbmoatg=
 github.com/go-openapi/jsonreference v0.19.2/go.mod h1:jMjeRr2HHw6nAVajTXJ4eiUwohSTlpa0o73RUL1owJc=
 github.com/go-openapi/jsonreference v0.19.3/go.mod h1:rjx6GuL8TTa9VaixXglHmQmIL98+wF9xc8zWvFonSJ8=
+github.com/go-openapi/jsonreference v0.19.5 h1:1WJP/wi4OjB4iV8KVbH73rQaoialJrqv8gitZLxGLtM=
 github.com/go-openapi/jsonreference v0.19.5/go.mod h1:RdybgQwPxbL4UEjuAruzK1x3nE69AqPYEJeo/TWfEeg=
 github.com/go-openapi/spec v0.19.3/go.mod h1:FpwSN1ksY1eteniUU7X0N/BgJ7a4WvBFVA8Lj9mJglo=
 github.com/go-openapi/spec v0.19.5/go.mod h1:Hm2Jr4jv8G1ciIAo+frC/Ft+rR2kQDh8JHKHb3gWUSk=
 github.com/go-openapi/swag v0.19.2/go.mod h1:POnQmlKehdgb5mhVOsnJFsivZCEZ/vjK9gh66Z9tfKk=
 github.com/go-openapi/swag v0.19.5/go.mod h1:POnQmlKehdgb5mhVOsnJFsivZCEZ/vjK9gh66Z9tfKk=
+github.com/go-openapi/swag v0.19.14 h1:gm3vOOXfiuw5i9p5N9xJvfjvuofpyvLA9Wr6QfK5Fng=
 github.com/go-openapi/swag v0.19.14/go.mod h1:QYRuS/SOXUCsnplDa677K7+DxSOj6IPNl/eQntq43wQ=
 github.com/go-stack/stack v1.8.0/go.mod h1:v0f6uXyyMGvRgIKkXu+yp6POWl0qKG85gN/melR3HDY=
 github.com/go-task/slim-sprig v0.0.0-20210107165309-348f09dbbbc0/go.mod h1:fyg7847qk6SyHyPtNmDHnmrv/HOrqktSC+C9fM+CJOE=
+github.com/gobuffalo/flect v0.2.3 h1:f/ZukRnSNA/DUpSNDadko7Qc0PhGvsew35p/2tu+CRY=
 github.com/gobuffalo/flect v0.2.3/go.mod h1:vmkQwuZYhN5Pc4ljYQZzP+1sq+NEkK+lh20jmEmX3jc=
 github.com/godbus/dbus/v5 v5.0.4/go.mod h1:xhWf0FNVPg57R7Z0UbKHbJfkEywrmjJnf7w5xrFpKfA=
 github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.1.1/go.mod h1:r8qH/GZQm5c6nD/R0oafs1akxWv10x8SbQlK7atdtwQ=
@@ -295,10 +303,12 @@ github.com/ianlancetaylor/demangle v0.0.0-20200824232613-28f6c0f3b639/go.mod h1:
 github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.5/go.mod h1:2EnlNZ0deacrJVfApfmtdGgDfMuh/nq6Ok1EcJh5FfA=
 github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.12 h1:b6R2BslTbIEToALKP7LxUvijTsNI9TAe80pLWN2g/HU=
 github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.12/go.mod h1:jmQim1M+e3UYxmgPu/WyfjB3N3VflVyUjjjwH0dnCYA=
+github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.0.0 h1:Z8tu5sraLXCXIcARxBp/8cbvlwVa7Z1NHg9XEKhtSvM=
 github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.0.0/go.mod h1:PxqpIevigyE2G7u3NXJIT2ANytuPF1OarO4DADm73n8=
 github.com/jessevdk/go-flags v1.4.0/go.mod h1:4FA24M0QyGHXBuZZK/XkWh8h0e1EYbRYJSGM75WSRxI=
 github.com/jonboulle/clockwork v0.1.0/go.mod h1:Ii8DK3G1RaLaWxj9trq07+26W01tbo22gdxWY5EU2bo=
 github.com/jonboulle/clockwork v0.2.2/go.mod h1:Pkfl5aHPm1nk2H9h0bjmnJD/BcgbGXUBGnn1kMkgxc8=
+github.com/josharian/intern v1.0.0 h1:vlS4z54oSdjm0bgjRigI+G1HpF+tI+9rE5LLzOg8HmY=
 github.com/josharian/intern v1.0.0/go.mod h1:5DoeVV0s6jJacbCEi61lwdGj/aVlrQvzHFFd8Hwg//Y=
 github.com/jpillora/backoff v1.0.0/go.mod h1:J/6gKK9jxlEcS3zixgDgUAsiuZ7yrSoa/FX5e0EB2j4=
 github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.6/go.mod h1:+SdeFBvtyEkXs7REEP0seUULqWtbJapLOCVDaaPEHmU=
@@ -332,11 +342,14 @@ github.com/magiconair/properties v1.8.5/go.mod h1:y3VJvCyxH9uVvJTWEGAELF3aiYNyPK
 github.com/mailru/easyjson v0.0.0-20190614124828-94de47d64c63/go.mod h1:C1wdFJiN94OJF2b5HbByQZoLdCWB1Yqtg26g4irojpc=
 github.com/mailru/easyjson v0.0.0-20190626092158-b2ccc519800e/go.mod h1:C1wdFJiN94OJF2b5HbByQZoLdCWB1Yqtg26g4irojpc=
 github.com/mailru/easyjson v0.7.0/go.mod h1:KAzv3t3aY1NaHWoQz1+4F1ccyAH66Jk7yos7ldAVICs=
+github.com/mailru/easyjson v0.7.6 h1:8yTIVnZgCoiM1TgqoeTl+LfU5Jg6/xL3QhGQnimLYnA=
 github.com/mailru/easyjson v0.7.6/go.mod h1:xzfreul335JAWq5oZzymOObrkdz5UnU4kGfJJLY9Nlc=
 github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.0.9/go.mod h1:9vuHe8Xs5qXnSaW/c/ABM9alt+Vo+STaOChaDxuIBZU=
+github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.8 h1:c1ghPdyEDarC70ftn0y+A/Ee++9zz8ljHG1b13eJ0s8=
 github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.8/go.mod h1:u6P/XSegPjTcexA+o6vUJrdnUu04hMope9wVRipJSqc=
 github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.3/go.mod h1:M+lRXTBqGeGNdLjl/ufCoiOlB5xdOkqRJdNxMWT7Zi4=
 github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.4/go.mod h1:M+lRXTBqGeGNdLjl/ufCoiOlB5xdOkqRJdNxMWT7Zi4=
+github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.12 h1:wuysRhFDzyxgEmMf5xjvJ2M9dZoWAXNNr5LSBS7uHXY=
 github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.12/go.mod h1:cbi8OIDigv2wuxKPP5vlRcQ1OAZbq2CE4Kysco4FUpU=
 github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.2/go.mod h1:LwmH8dsx7+W8Uxz3IHJYH5QSwggIsqBzpuz5H//U1FU=
 github.com/matttproud/golang_protobuf_extensions v1.0.1/go.mod h1:D8He9yQNgCq6Z5Ld7szi9bcBfOoFv/3dc6xSMkL2PC0=
@@ -452,6 +465,7 @@ github.com/spf13/cast v1.3.1/go.mod h1:Qx5cxh0v+4UWYiBimWS+eyWzqEqokIECu5etghLkU
 github.com/spf13/cobra v0.0.3/go.mod h1:1l0Ry5zgKvJasoi3XT1TypsSe7PqH0Sj9dhYf7v3XqQ=
 github.com/spf13/cobra v1.1.1/go.mod h1:WnodtKOvamDL/PwE2M4iKs8aMDBZ5Q5klgD3qfVJQMI=
 github.com/spf13/cobra v1.1.3/go.mod h1:pGADOWyqRD/YMrPZigI/zbliZ2wVD/23d+is3pSWzOo=
+github.com/spf13/cobra v1.2.1 h1:+KmjbUw1hriSNMF55oPrkZcb27aECyrj8V2ytv7kWDw=
 github.com/spf13/cobra v1.2.1/go.mod h1:ExllRjgxM/piMAM+3tAZvg8fsklGAf3tPfi+i8t68Nk=
 github.com/spf13/jwalterweatherman v1.0.0/go.mod h1:cQK4TGJAtQXfYWX+Ddv3mKDzgVb68N+wFjFa4jdeBTo=
 github.com/spf13/jwalterweatherman v1.1.0/go.mod h1:aNWZUN0dPAAO/Ljvb5BEdw96iTZ0EXowPYD95IqWIGo=
@@ -579,6 +593,7 @@ golang.org/x/mod v0.3.0/go.mod h1:s0Qsj1ACt9ePp/hMypM3fl4fZqREWJwdYDEqhRiZZUA=
 golang.org/x/mod v0.3.1-0.20200828183125-ce943fd02449/go.mod h1:s0Qsj1ACt9ePp/hMypM3fl4fZqREWJwdYDEqhRiZZUA=
 golang.org/x/mod v0.4.0/go.mod h1:s0Qsj1ACt9ePp/hMypM3fl4fZqREWJwdYDEqhRiZZUA=
 golang.org/x/mod v0.4.1/go.mod h1:s0Qsj1ACt9ePp/hMypM3fl4fZqREWJwdYDEqhRiZZUA=
+golang.org/x/mod v0.4.2 h1:Gz96sIWK3OalVv/I/qNygP42zyoKp3xptRVCWRFEBvo=
 golang.org/x/mod v0.4.2/go.mod h1:s0Qsj1ACt9ePp/hMypM3fl4fZqREWJwdYDEqhRiZZUA=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20180724234803-3673e40ba225/go.mod h1:mL1N/T3taQHkDXs73rZJwtUhF3w3ftmwwsq0BUmARs4=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20180826012351-8a410e7b638d/go.mod h1:mL1N/T3taQHkDXs73rZJwtUhF3w3ftmwwsq0BUmARs4=
@@ -798,6 +813,7 @@ golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20210105154028-b0ab187a4818/go.mod h1:emZCQorbCU4vsT4f
 golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20210106214847-113979e3529a/go.mod h1:emZCQorbCU4vsT4fOWvOPXz4eW1wZW4PmDk9uLelYpA=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.1.0/go.mod h1:xkSsbof2nBLbhDlRMhhhyNLN/zl3eTqcnHD5viDpcZ0=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.1.2/go.mod h1:o0xws9oXOQQZyjljx8fwUC0k7L1pTE6eaCbjGeHmOkk=
+golang.org/x/tools v0.1.5 h1:ouewzE6p+/VEB31YYnTbEJdi8pFqKp4P4n85vwo3DHA=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.1.5/go.mod h1:o0xws9oXOQQZyjljx8fwUC0k7L1pTE6eaCbjGeHmOkk=
 golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20190717185122-a985d3407aa7/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
 golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20191011141410-1b5146add898/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
@@ -974,12 +990,14 @@ k8s.io/client-go v0.22.2 h1:DaSQgs02aCC1QcwUdkKZWOeaVsQjYvWv8ZazcZ6JcHc=
 k8s.io/client-go v0.22.2/go.mod h1:sAlhrkVDf50ZHx6z4K0S40wISNTarf1r800F+RlCF6U=
 k8s.io/code-generator v0.21.3/go.mod h1:K3y0Bv9Cz2cOW2vXUrNZlFbflhuPvuadW6JdnN6gGKo=
 k8s.io/code-generator v0.22.0/go.mod h1:eV77Y09IopzeXOJzndrDyCI88UBok2h6WxAlBwpxa+o=
+k8s.io/code-generator v0.22.2 h1:+bUv9lpTnAWABtPkvO4x0kfz7j/kDEchVt0P/wXU3jQ=
 k8s.io/code-generator v0.22.2/go.mod h1:eV77Y09IopzeXOJzndrDyCI88UBok2h6WxAlBwpxa+o=
 k8s.io/component-base v0.21.3/go.mod h1:kkuhtfEHeZM6LkX0saqSK8PbdO7A0HigUngmhhrwfGQ=
 k8s.io/component-base v0.22.2 h1:vNIvE0AIrLhjX8drH0BgCNJcR4QZxMXcJzBsDplDx9M=
 k8s.io/component-base v0.22.2/go.mod h1:5Br2QhI9OTe79p+TzPe9JKNQYvEKbq9rTJDWllunGug=
 k8s.io/gengo v0.0.0-20200413195148-3a45101e95ac/go.mod h1:ezvh/TsK7cY6rbqRK0oQQ8IAqLxYwwyPxAX1Pzy0ii0=
 k8s.io/gengo v0.0.0-20201203183100-97869a43a9d9/go.mod h1:FiNAH4ZV3gBg2Kwh89tzAEV2be7d5xI0vBa/VySYy3E=
+k8s.io/gengo v0.0.0-20201214224949-b6c5ce23f027 h1:Uusb3oh8XcdzDF/ndlI4ToKTYVlkCSJP39SRY2mfRAw=
 k8s.io/gengo v0.0.0-20201214224949-b6c5ce23f027/go.mod h1:FiNAH4ZV3gBg2Kwh89tzAEV2be7d5xI0vBa/VySYy3E=
 k8s.io/klog v0.2.0 h1:0ElL0OHzF3N+OhoJTL0uca20SxtYt4X4+bzHeqrB83c=
 k8s.io/klog v0.2.0/go.mod h1:Gq+BEi5rUBO/HRz0bTSXDUcqjScdoY3a9IHpCEIOOfk=
@@ -1006,6 +1024,7 @@ sigs.k8s.io/apiserver-network-proxy/konnectivity-client v0.0.22/go.mod h1:LEScyz
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.9.6/go.mod h1:q6PpkM5vqQubEKUKOM6qr06oXGzOBcCby1DA9FbyZeA=
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.10.2 h1:jW8qiY+yMnnPx6O9hu63tgcwaKzd1yLYui+mpvClOOc=
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.10.2/go.mod h1:CQp8eyUQZ/Q7PJvnIrB6/hgfTC1kBkGylwsLgOQi1WY=
+sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools v0.6.2 h1:+Y8L0UsAugDipGRw8lrkPoAi6XqlQVZuf1DQHME3PgU=
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools v0.6.2/go.mod h1:oaeGpjXn6+ZSEIQkUe/+3I40PNiDYp9aeawbt3xTgJ8=
 sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api v0.4.0 h1:07IJkTt21NetZTHtPKJk2I4XIgDN4BAlTIq1wK7V11o=
 sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api v0.4.0/go.mod h1:r3eiNP+0el+NTLwaTfOrCNXy8TukC+dIM3ggc+fbNWk=
diff --git a/hack/boilerplate.go.txt b/hack/boilerplate.go.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git a/hack/update-codegen.sh b/hack/update-codegen.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..33144d2734
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hack/update-codegen.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# Copyright 2017 The Kubernetes Authors.
+#
+# 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.
+
+set -o errexit
+set -o nounset
+set -o pipefail
+
+SCRIPT_ROOT=$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/..
+CODEGEN_VERSION=$(grep 'k8s.io/code-generator' go.sum | awk '{print $2}' | sed 's/\/go.mod//g' | tail -1)
+CODEGEN_PKG=$(echo `go env GOPATH`"/pkg/mod/k8s.io/code-generator@${CODEGEN_VERSION}")
+
+if [[ ! -d ${CODEGEN_PKG} ]]; then
+  echo "${CODEGEN_PKG} is missing. Running 'go mod download'."
+  go mod download
+fi
+
+# generate the code with:
+# --output-base    because this script should also be able to run inside the vendor dir of
+#                  k8s.io/kubernetes. The output-base is needed for the generators to output into the vendor dir
+#                  instead of the $GOPATH directly. For normal projects this can be dropped.
+bash "${CODEGEN_PKG}"/generate-groups.sh "deepcopy,client,informer,lister" \
+  github.com/nginxinc/nginx-gateway-kubernetes/pkg/client github.com/nginxinc/nginx-gateway-kubernetes/pkg/apis \
+  :v1alpha1 \
+  --output-base "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/../../../.." \
+  --go-header-file "${SCRIPT_ROOT}"/hack/boilerplate.go.txt
diff --git a/hack/verify-codegen.sh b/hack/verify-codegen.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..d91566e622
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hack/verify-codegen.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# Copyright 2017 The Kubernetes Authors.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+set -o errexit
+set -o nounset
+set -o pipefail
+
+SCRIPT_ROOT=$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/..
+
+DIFFROOT="${SCRIPT_ROOT}/pkg"
+TMP_DIFFROOT="${SCRIPT_ROOT}/_tmp/pkg"
+_tmp="${SCRIPT_ROOT}/_tmp"
+
+cleanup() {
+  rm -rf "${_tmp}"
+}
+trap "cleanup" EXIT SIGINT
+
+cleanup
+
+mkdir -p "${TMP_DIFFROOT}"
+cp -a "${DIFFROOT}"/* "${TMP_DIFFROOT}"
+
+"${SCRIPT_ROOT}/hack/update-codegen.sh"
+echo "diffing ${DIFFROOT} against freshly generated codegen"
+ret=0
+diff -Naupr "${DIFFROOT}" "${TMP_DIFFROOT}" || ret=$?
+cp -a "${TMP_DIFFROOT}"/* "${DIFFROOT}"
+if [[ $ret -eq 0 ]]
+then
+  echo "${DIFFROOT} up to date."
+else
+  echo "${DIFFROOT} is out of date. Please run hack/update-codegen.sh"
+  exit 1
+fi
diff --git a/internal/controller/controller.go b/internal/controller/controller.go
index e003d41675..24025603b3 100644
--- a/internal/controller/controller.go
+++ b/internal/controller/controller.go
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/nginxinc/nginx-gateway-kubernetes/internal/config"
 	gw "github.com/nginxinc/nginx-gateway-kubernetes/internal/implementations/gateway"
 	gc "github.com/nginxinc/nginx-gateway-kubernetes/internal/implementations/gatewayclass"
+	gcfg "github.com/nginxinc/nginx-gateway-kubernetes/internal/implementations/gatewayconfig"
+	nginxgwv1alpha1 "github.com/nginxinc/nginx-gateway-kubernetes/pkg/apis/v1alpha1"
 	"github.com/nginxinc/nginx-gateway-kubernetes/pkg/sdk"
 
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
@@ -20,6 +22,7 @@ var (
 
 func init() {
 	_ = gatewayv1alpha2.AddToScheme(scheme)
+	_ = nginxgwv1alpha1.AddToScheme(scheme)
 }
 
 func Start(conf config.Config) error {
@@ -40,7 +43,11 @@ func Start(conf config.Config) error {
 	}
 	err = sdk.RegisterGatewayClassController(mgr, gc.NewGatewayClassImplementation(conf))
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("cannot reguster gatewayclass implementation: %w", err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("cannot register gatewayclass implementation: %w", err)
+	}
+	err = sdk.RegisterGatewayConfigController(mgr, gcfg.NewGatewayConfigImplementation(conf))
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("cannot register gatewayconfig implementation: %w", err)
 	}
 
 	ctx := ctlr.SetupSignalHandler()
diff --git a/internal/implementations/gatewayconfig/gatewayconfig.go b/internal/implementations/gatewayconfig/gatewayconfig.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9c3cfbb8f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/implementations/gatewayconfig/gatewayconfig.go
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+package gatewayconfig
+
+import (
+	"github.com/go-logr/logr"
+	"github.com/nginxinc/nginx-gateway-kubernetes/internal/config"
+	"github.com/nginxinc/nginx-gateway-kubernetes/pkg/sdk"
+
+	nginxgwv1alpha1 "github.com/nginxinc/nginx-gateway-kubernetes/pkg/apis/v1alpha1"
+)
+
+type gatewayConfigImplementation struct {
+	conf config.Config
+}
+
+func NewGatewayConfigImplementation(conf config.Config) sdk.GatewayConfigImpl {
+	return &gatewayConfigImplementation{
+		conf: conf,
+	}
+}
+
+func (impl *gatewayConfigImplementation) Logger() logr.Logger {
+	return impl.conf.Logger
+}
+
+func (impl *gatewayConfigImplementation) Upsert(gcfg *nginxgwv1alpha1.GatewayConfig) {
+	impl.Logger().Info("Processing GatewayConfig",
+		"name", gcfg.Name,
+	)
+
+	if gcfg.Spec.Worker != nil && gcfg.Spec.Worker.Processes != nil {
+		impl.Logger().Info("Worker config",
+			"processes", gcfg.Spec.Worker.Processes)
+	}
+
+	if gcfg.Spec.HTTP != nil {
+		for _, l := range gcfg.Spec.HTTP.AccessLogs {
+			impl.Logger().Info("AccessLog config",
+				"format", l.Format,
+				"destination", l.Destination)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func (impl *gatewayConfigImplementation) Remove(name string) {
+	impl.Logger().Info("Removing GatewayConfig",
+		"name", name,
+	)
+}
diff --git a/pkg/apis/v1alpha1/doc.go b/pkg/apis/v1alpha1/doc.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..295cdf68eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/apis/v1alpha1/doc.go
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+// +k8s:deepcopy-gen=package
+// +groupName=gateway.nginx.org
+
+// Package v1alpha1 is the v1alpha1 version of the API.
+package v1alpha1
diff --git a/pkg/apis/v1alpha1/register.go b/pkg/apis/v1alpha1/register.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b3ad015898
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/apis/v1alpha1/register.go
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+package v1alpha1
+
+import (
+	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
+)
+
+// SchemeGroupVersion is group version used to register these object.
+var SchemeGroupVersion = schema.GroupVersion{Group: "gateway.nginx.org", Version: "v1alpha1"}
+
+// Kind takes an unqualified kind and returns back a Group qualified GroupKind.
+func Kind(kind string) schema.GroupKind {
+	return SchemeGroupVersion.WithKind(kind).GroupKind()
+}
+
+// Resource takes an unqualified resource and returns a Group qualified GroupResource.
+func Resource(resource string) schema.GroupResource {
+	return SchemeGroupVersion.WithResource(resource).GroupResource()
+}
+
+var (
+	SchemeBuilder = runtime.NewSchemeBuilder(addKnownTypes)
+	AddToScheme   = SchemeBuilder.AddToScheme
+)
+
+// Adds the list of known types to Scheme.
+func addKnownTypes(scheme *runtime.Scheme) error {
+	scheme.AddKnownTypes(SchemeGroupVersion,
+		&GatewayConfig{},
+		&GatewayConfigList{},
+	)
+	metav1.AddToGroupVersion(scheme, SchemeGroupVersion)
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/pkg/apis/v1alpha1/types.go b/pkg/apis/v1alpha1/types.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..67aa893acb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/apis/v1alpha1/types.go
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+package v1alpha1
+
+import (
+	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+)
+
+// +genclient
+// +genclient:nonNamespaced
+// +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
+// +kubebuilder:validation:Optional
+// +kubebuilder:resource:shortName=gcfg,scope=Cluster
+type GatewayConfig struct {
+	metav1.TypeMeta   `json:",inline"`
+	metav1.ObjectMeta `json:"metadata,omitempty"`
+
+	Spec GatewayConfigSpec `json:"spec"`
+}
+
+type GatewayConfigSpec struct {
+	Worker *Worker `json:"worker,omitempty"`
+	HTTP   *HTTP   `json:"http,omitempty"`
+}
+
+type Worker struct {
+	Processes *int `json:"processes,omitempty"`
+}
+
+type HTTP struct {
+	AccessLogs []AccessLog `json:"accessLogs,omitempty"`
+}
+
+type AccessLog struct {
+	Format      string `json:"format"`
+	Destination string `json:"destination"`
+}
+
+// +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
+
+// GatewayConfigList is a list of the GatewayConfig resources.
+type GatewayConfigList struct {
+	metav1.TypeMeta `json:",inline"`
+	metav1.ListMeta `json:"metadata"`
+
+	Items []GatewayConfig `json:"items"`
+}
diff --git a/pkg/apis/v1alpha1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go b/pkg/apis/v1alpha1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d82c356443
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/apis/v1alpha1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
@@ -0,0 +1,154 @@
+//go:build !ignore_autogenerated
+// +build !ignore_autogenerated
+
+// Code generated by deepcopy-gen. DO NOT EDIT.
+
+package v1alpha1
+
+import (
+	runtime "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
+)
+
+// DeepCopyInto is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, writing into out. in must be non-nil.
+func (in *AccessLog) DeepCopyInto(out *AccessLog) {
+	*out = *in
+	return
+}
+
+// DeepCopy is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, creating a new AccessLog.
+func (in *AccessLog) DeepCopy() *AccessLog {
+	if in == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	out := new(AccessLog)
+	in.DeepCopyInto(out)
+	return out
+}
+
+// DeepCopyInto is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, writing into out. in must be non-nil.
+func (in *GatewayConfig) DeepCopyInto(out *GatewayConfig) {
+	*out = *in
+	out.TypeMeta = in.TypeMeta
+	in.ObjectMeta.DeepCopyInto(&out.ObjectMeta)
+	in.Spec.DeepCopyInto(&out.Spec)
+	return
+}
+
+// DeepCopy is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, creating a new GatewayConfig.
+func (in *GatewayConfig) DeepCopy() *GatewayConfig {
+	if in == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	out := new(GatewayConfig)
+	in.DeepCopyInto(out)
+	return out
+}
+
+// DeepCopyObject is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, creating a new runtime.Object.
+func (in *GatewayConfig) DeepCopyObject() runtime.Object {
+	if c := in.DeepCopy(); c != nil {
+		return c
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// DeepCopyInto is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, writing into out. in must be non-nil.
+func (in *GatewayConfigList) DeepCopyInto(out *GatewayConfigList) {
+	*out = *in
+	out.TypeMeta = in.TypeMeta
+	in.ListMeta.DeepCopyInto(&out.ListMeta)
+	if in.Items != nil {
+		in, out := &in.Items, &out.Items
+		*out = make([]GatewayConfig, len(*in))
+		for i := range *in {
+			(*in)[i].DeepCopyInto(&(*out)[i])
+		}
+	}
+	return
+}
+
+// DeepCopy is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, creating a new GatewayConfigList.
+func (in *GatewayConfigList) DeepCopy() *GatewayConfigList {
+	if in == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	out := new(GatewayConfigList)
+	in.DeepCopyInto(out)
+	return out
+}
+
+// DeepCopyObject is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, creating a new runtime.Object.
+func (in *GatewayConfigList) DeepCopyObject() runtime.Object {
+	if c := in.DeepCopy(); c != nil {
+		return c
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// DeepCopyInto is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, writing into out. in must be non-nil.
+func (in *GatewayConfigSpec) DeepCopyInto(out *GatewayConfigSpec) {
+	*out = *in
+	if in.Worker != nil {
+		in, out := &in.Worker, &out.Worker
+		*out = new(Worker)
+		(*in).DeepCopyInto(*out)
+	}
+	if in.HTTP != nil {
+		in, out := &in.HTTP, &out.HTTP
+		*out = new(HTTP)
+		(*in).DeepCopyInto(*out)
+	}
+	return
+}
+
+// DeepCopy is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, creating a new GatewayConfigSpec.
+func (in *GatewayConfigSpec) DeepCopy() *GatewayConfigSpec {
+	if in == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	out := new(GatewayConfigSpec)
+	in.DeepCopyInto(out)
+	return out
+}
+
+// DeepCopyInto is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, writing into out. in must be non-nil.
+func (in *HTTP) DeepCopyInto(out *HTTP) {
+	*out = *in
+	if in.AccessLogs != nil {
+		in, out := &in.AccessLogs, &out.AccessLogs
+		*out = make([]AccessLog, len(*in))
+		copy(*out, *in)
+	}
+	return
+}
+
+// DeepCopy is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, creating a new HTTP.
+func (in *HTTP) DeepCopy() *HTTP {
+	if in == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	out := new(HTTP)
+	in.DeepCopyInto(out)
+	return out
+}
+
+// DeepCopyInto is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, writing into out. in must be non-nil.
+func (in *Worker) DeepCopyInto(out *Worker) {
+	*out = *in
+	if in.Processes != nil {
+		in, out := &in.Processes, &out.Processes
+		*out = new(int)
+		**out = **in
+	}
+	return
+}
+
+// DeepCopy is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, creating a new Worker.
+func (in *Worker) DeepCopy() *Worker {
+	if in == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	out := new(Worker)
+	in.DeepCopyInto(out)
+	return out
+}
diff --git a/pkg/client/clientset/versioned/clientset.go b/pkg/client/clientset/versioned/clientset.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4c79cc2ad3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/client/clientset/versioned/clientset.go
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+// Code generated by client-gen. DO NOT EDIT.
+
+package versioned
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	gatewayv1alpha1 "github.com/nginxinc/nginx-gateway-kubernetes/pkg/client/clientset/versioned/typed/v1alpha1"
+	discovery "k8s.io/client-go/discovery"
+	rest "k8s.io/client-go/rest"
+	flowcontrol "k8s.io/client-go/util/flowcontrol"
+)
+
+type Interface interface {
+	Discovery() discovery.DiscoveryInterface
+	GatewayV1alpha1() gatewayv1alpha1.GatewayV1alpha1Interface
+}
+
+// Clientset contains the clients for groups. Each group has exactly one
+// version included in a Clientset.
+type Clientset struct {
+	*discovery.DiscoveryClient
+	gatewayV1alpha1 *gatewayv1alpha1.GatewayV1alpha1Client
+}
+
+// GatewayV1alpha1 retrieves the GatewayV1alpha1Client
+func (c *Clientset) GatewayV1alpha1() gatewayv1alpha1.GatewayV1alpha1Interface {
+	return c.gatewayV1alpha1
+}
+
+// Discovery retrieves the DiscoveryClient
+func (c *Clientset) Discovery() discovery.DiscoveryInterface {
+	if c == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	return c.DiscoveryClient
+}
+
+// NewForConfig creates a new Clientset for the given config.
+// If config's RateLimiter is not set and QPS and Burst are acceptable,
+// NewForConfig will generate a rate-limiter in configShallowCopy.
+func NewForConfig(c *rest.Config) (*Clientset, error) {
+	configShallowCopy := *c
+	if configShallowCopy.RateLimiter == nil && configShallowCopy.QPS > 0 {
+		if configShallowCopy.Burst <= 0 {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("burst is required to be greater than 0 when RateLimiter is not set and QPS is set to greater than 0")
+		}
+		configShallowCopy.RateLimiter = flowcontrol.NewTokenBucketRateLimiter(configShallowCopy.QPS, configShallowCopy.Burst)
+	}
+	var cs Clientset
+	var err error
+	cs.gatewayV1alpha1, err = gatewayv1alpha1.NewForConfig(&configShallowCopy)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	cs.DiscoveryClient, err = discovery.NewDiscoveryClientForConfig(&configShallowCopy)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return &cs, nil
+}
+
+// NewForConfigOrDie creates a new Clientset for the given config and
+// panics if there is an error in the config.
+func NewForConfigOrDie(c *rest.Config) *Clientset {
+	var cs Clientset
+	cs.gatewayV1alpha1 = gatewayv1alpha1.NewForConfigOrDie(c)
+
+	cs.DiscoveryClient = discovery.NewDiscoveryClientForConfigOrDie(c)
+	return &cs
+}
+
+// New creates a new Clientset for the given RESTClient.
+func New(c rest.Interface) *Clientset {
+	var cs Clientset
+	cs.gatewayV1alpha1 = gatewayv1alpha1.New(c)
+
+	cs.DiscoveryClient = discovery.NewDiscoveryClient(c)
+	return &cs
+}
diff --git a/pkg/client/clientset/versioned/doc.go b/pkg/client/clientset/versioned/doc.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0e0c2a8900
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/client/clientset/versioned/doc.go
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+// Code generated by client-gen. DO NOT EDIT.
+
+// This package has the automatically generated clientset.
+package versioned
diff --git a/pkg/client/clientset/versioned/fake/clientset_generated.go b/pkg/client/clientset/versioned/fake/clientset_generated.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e74dff8e2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/client/clientset/versioned/fake/clientset_generated.go
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+// Code generated by client-gen. DO NOT EDIT.
+
+package fake
+
+import (
+	clientset "github.com/nginxinc/nginx-gateway-kubernetes/pkg/client/clientset/versioned"
+	gatewayv1alpha1 "github.com/nginxinc/nginx-gateway-kubernetes/pkg/client/clientset/versioned/typed/v1alpha1"
+	fakegatewayv1alpha1 "github.com/nginxinc/nginx-gateway-kubernetes/pkg/client/clientset/versioned/typed/v1alpha1/fake"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/watch"
+	"k8s.io/client-go/discovery"
+	fakediscovery "k8s.io/client-go/discovery/fake"
+	"k8s.io/client-go/testing"
+)
+
+// NewSimpleClientset returns a clientset that will respond with the provided objects.
+// It's backed by a very simple object tracker that processes creates, updates and deletions as-is,
+// without applying any validations and/or defaults. It shouldn't be considered a replacement
+// for a real clientset and is mostly useful in simple unit tests.
+func NewSimpleClientset(objects ...runtime.Object) *Clientset {
+	o := testing.NewObjectTracker(scheme, codecs.UniversalDecoder())
+	for _, obj := range objects {
+		if err := o.Add(obj); err != nil {
+			panic(err)
+		}
+	}
+
+	cs := &Clientset{tracker: o}
+	cs.discovery = &fakediscovery.FakeDiscovery{Fake: &cs.Fake}
+	cs.AddReactor("*", "*", testing.ObjectReaction(o))
+	cs.AddWatchReactor("*", func(action testing.Action) (handled bool, ret watch.Interface, err error) {
+		gvr := action.GetResource()
+		ns := action.GetNamespace()
+		watch, err := o.Watch(gvr, ns)
+		if err != nil {
+			return false, nil, err
+		}
+		return true, watch, nil
+	})
+
+	return cs
+}
+
+// Clientset implements clientset.Interface. Meant to be embedded into a
+// struct to get a default implementation. This makes faking out just the method
+// you want to test easier.
+type Clientset struct {
+	testing.Fake
+	discovery *fakediscovery.FakeDiscovery
+	tracker   testing.ObjectTracker
+}
+
+func (c *Clientset) Discovery() discovery.DiscoveryInterface {
+	return c.discovery
+}
+
+func (c *Clientset) Tracker() testing.ObjectTracker {
+	return c.tracker
+}
+
+var (
+	_ clientset.Interface = &Clientset{}
+	_ testing.FakeClient  = &Clientset{}
+)
+
+// GatewayV1alpha1 retrieves the GatewayV1alpha1Client
+func (c *Clientset) GatewayV1alpha1() gatewayv1alpha1.GatewayV1alpha1Interface {
+	return &fakegatewayv1alpha1.FakeGatewayV1alpha1{Fake: &c.Fake}
+}
diff --git a/pkg/client/clientset/versioned/fake/doc.go b/pkg/client/clientset/versioned/fake/doc.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3630ed1cd1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/client/clientset/versioned/fake/doc.go
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+// Code generated by client-gen. DO NOT EDIT.
+
+// This package has the automatically generated fake clientset.
+package fake
diff --git a/pkg/client/clientset/versioned/fake/register.go b/pkg/client/clientset/versioned/fake/register.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d4a58d571f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/client/clientset/versioned/fake/register.go
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+// Code generated by client-gen. DO NOT EDIT.
+
+package fake
+
+import (
+	gatewayv1alpha1 "github.com/nginxinc/nginx-gateway-kubernetes/pkg/apis/v1alpha1"
+	v1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+	runtime "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
+	schema "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
+	serializer "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/serializer"
+	utilruntime "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/runtime"
+)
+
+var scheme = runtime.NewScheme()
+var codecs = serializer.NewCodecFactory(scheme)
+
+var localSchemeBuilder = runtime.SchemeBuilder{
+	gatewayv1alpha1.AddToScheme,
+}
+
+// AddToScheme adds all types of this clientset into the given scheme. This allows composition
+// of clientsets, like in:
+//
+//   import (
+//     "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
+//     clientsetscheme "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/scheme"
+//     aggregatorclientsetscheme "k8s.io/kube-aggregator/pkg/client/clientset_generated/clientset/scheme"
+//   )
+//
+//   kclientset, _ := kubernetes.NewForConfig(c)
+//   _ = aggregatorclientsetscheme.AddToScheme(clientsetscheme.Scheme)
+//
+// After this, RawExtensions in Kubernetes types will serialize kube-aggregator types
+// correctly.
+var AddToScheme = localSchemeBuilder.AddToScheme
+
+func init() {
+	v1.AddToGroupVersion(scheme, schema.GroupVersion{Version: "v1"})
+	utilruntime.Must(AddToScheme(scheme))
+}
diff --git a/pkg/client/clientset/versioned/scheme/doc.go b/pkg/client/clientset/versioned/scheme/doc.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..14db57a58f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/client/clientset/versioned/scheme/doc.go
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+// Code generated by client-gen. DO NOT EDIT.
+
+// This package contains the scheme of the automatically generated clientset.
+package scheme
diff --git a/pkg/client/clientset/versioned/scheme/register.go b/pkg/client/clientset/versioned/scheme/register.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5888edfd14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/client/clientset/versioned/scheme/register.go
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+// Code generated by client-gen. DO NOT EDIT.
+
+package scheme
+
+import (
+	gatewayv1alpha1 "github.com/nginxinc/nginx-gateway-kubernetes/pkg/apis/v1alpha1"
+	v1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+	runtime "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
+	schema "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
+	serializer "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/serializer"
+	utilruntime "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/runtime"
+)
+
+var Scheme = runtime.NewScheme()
+var Codecs = serializer.NewCodecFactory(Scheme)
+var ParameterCodec = runtime.NewParameterCodec(Scheme)
+var localSchemeBuilder = runtime.SchemeBuilder{
+	gatewayv1alpha1.AddToScheme,
+}
+
+// AddToScheme adds all types of this clientset into the given scheme. This allows composition
+// of clientsets, like in:
+//
+//   import (
+//     "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
+//     clientsetscheme "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/scheme"
+//     aggregatorclientsetscheme "k8s.io/kube-aggregator/pkg/client/clientset_generated/clientset/scheme"
+//   )
+//
+//   kclientset, _ := kubernetes.NewForConfig(c)
+//   _ = aggregatorclientsetscheme.AddToScheme(clientsetscheme.Scheme)
+//
+// After this, RawExtensions in Kubernetes types will serialize kube-aggregator types
+// correctly.
+var AddToScheme = localSchemeBuilder.AddToScheme
+
+func init() {
+	v1.AddToGroupVersion(Scheme, schema.GroupVersion{Version: "v1"})
+	utilruntime.Must(AddToScheme(Scheme))
+}
diff --git a/pkg/client/clientset/versioned/typed/v1alpha1/_client.go b/pkg/client/clientset/versioned/typed/v1alpha1/_client.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c6f24915e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/client/clientset/versioned/typed/v1alpha1/_client.go
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+// Code generated by client-gen. DO NOT EDIT.
+
+package v1alpha1
+
+import (
+	v1alpha1 "github.com/nginxinc/nginx-gateway-kubernetes/pkg/apis/v1alpha1"
+	"github.com/nginxinc/nginx-gateway-kubernetes/pkg/client/clientset/versioned/scheme"
+	rest "k8s.io/client-go/rest"
+)
+
+type GatewayV1alpha1Interface interface {
+	RESTClient() rest.Interface
+	GatewayConfigsGetter
+}
+
+// GatewayV1alpha1Client is used to interact with features provided by the gateway.nginx.org group.
+type GatewayV1alpha1Client struct {
+	restClient rest.Interface
+}
+
+func (c *GatewayV1alpha1Client) GatewayConfigs() GatewayConfigInterface {
+	return newGatewayConfigs(c)
+}
+
+// NewForConfig creates a new GatewayV1alpha1Client for the given config.
+func NewForConfig(c *rest.Config) (*GatewayV1alpha1Client, error) {
+	config := *c
+	if err := setConfigDefaults(&config); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	client, err := rest.RESTClientFor(&config)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return &GatewayV1alpha1Client{client}, nil
+}
+
+// NewForConfigOrDie creates a new GatewayV1alpha1Client for the given config and
+// panics if there is an error in the config.
+func NewForConfigOrDie(c *rest.Config) *GatewayV1alpha1Client {
+	client, err := NewForConfig(c)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	return client
+}
+
+// New creates a new GatewayV1alpha1Client for the given RESTClient.
+func New(c rest.Interface) *GatewayV1alpha1Client {
+	return &GatewayV1alpha1Client{c}
+}
+
+func setConfigDefaults(config *rest.Config) error {
+	gv := v1alpha1.SchemeGroupVersion
+	config.GroupVersion = &gv
+	config.APIPath = "/apis"
+	config.NegotiatedSerializer = scheme.Codecs.WithoutConversion()
+
+	if config.UserAgent == "" {
+		config.UserAgent = rest.DefaultKubernetesUserAgent()
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+// RESTClient returns a RESTClient that is used to communicate
+// with API server by this client implementation.
+func (c *GatewayV1alpha1Client) RESTClient() rest.Interface {
+	if c == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	return c.restClient
+}
diff --git a/pkg/client/clientset/versioned/typed/v1alpha1/doc.go b/pkg/client/clientset/versioned/typed/v1alpha1/doc.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..93a7ca4e0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/client/clientset/versioned/typed/v1alpha1/doc.go
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+// Code generated by client-gen. DO NOT EDIT.
+
+// This package has the automatically generated typed clients.
+package v1alpha1
diff --git a/pkg/client/clientset/versioned/typed/v1alpha1/fake/doc.go b/pkg/client/clientset/versioned/typed/v1alpha1/fake/doc.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2b5ba4c8e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/client/clientset/versioned/typed/v1alpha1/fake/doc.go
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+// Code generated by client-gen. DO NOT EDIT.
+
+// Package fake has the automatically generated clients.
+package fake
diff --git a/pkg/client/clientset/versioned/typed/v1alpha1/fake/fake__client.go b/pkg/client/clientset/versioned/typed/v1alpha1/fake/fake__client.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..043a72f415
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/client/clientset/versioned/typed/v1alpha1/fake/fake__client.go
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+// Code generated by client-gen. DO NOT EDIT.
+
+package fake
+
+import (
+	v1alpha1 "github.com/nginxinc/nginx-gateway-kubernetes/pkg/client/clientset/versioned/typed/v1alpha1"
+	rest "k8s.io/client-go/rest"
+	testing "k8s.io/client-go/testing"
+)
+
+type FakeGatewayV1alpha1 struct {
+	*testing.Fake
+}
+
+func (c *FakeGatewayV1alpha1) GatewayConfigs() v1alpha1.GatewayConfigInterface {
+	return &FakeGatewayConfigs{c}
+}
+
+// RESTClient returns a RESTClient that is used to communicate
+// with API server by this client implementation.
+func (c *FakeGatewayV1alpha1) RESTClient() rest.Interface {
+	var ret *rest.RESTClient
+	return ret
+}
diff --git a/pkg/client/clientset/versioned/typed/v1alpha1/fake/fake_gatewayconfig.go b/pkg/client/clientset/versioned/typed/v1alpha1/fake/fake_gatewayconfig.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..692c537c39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/client/clientset/versioned/typed/v1alpha1/fake/fake_gatewayconfig.go
@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+// Code generated by client-gen. DO NOT EDIT.
+
+package fake
+
+import (
+	"context"
+
+	v1alpha1 "github.com/nginxinc/nginx-gateway-kubernetes/pkg/apis/v1alpha1"
+	v1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+	labels "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/labels"
+	schema "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
+	types "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
+	watch "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/watch"
+	testing "k8s.io/client-go/testing"
+)
+
+// FakeGatewayConfigs implements GatewayConfigInterface
+type FakeGatewayConfigs struct {
+	Fake *FakeGatewayV1alpha1
+}
+
+var gatewayconfigsResource = schema.GroupVersionResource{Group: "gateway.nginx.org", Version: "v1alpha1", Resource: "gatewayconfigs"}
+
+var gatewayconfigsKind = schema.GroupVersionKind{Group: "gateway.nginx.org", Version: "v1alpha1", Kind: "GatewayConfig"}
+
+// Get takes name of the gatewayConfig, and returns the corresponding gatewayConfig object, and an error if there is any.
+func (c *FakeGatewayConfigs) Get(ctx context.Context, name string, options v1.GetOptions) (result *v1alpha1.GatewayConfig, err error) {
+	obj, err := c.Fake.
+		Invokes(testing.NewRootGetAction(gatewayconfigsResource, name), &v1alpha1.GatewayConfig{})
+	if obj == nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return obj.(*v1alpha1.GatewayConfig), err
+}
+
+// List takes label and field selectors, and returns the list of GatewayConfigs that match those selectors.
+func (c *FakeGatewayConfigs) List(ctx context.Context, opts v1.ListOptions) (result *v1alpha1.GatewayConfigList, err error) {
+	obj, err := c.Fake.
+		Invokes(testing.NewRootListAction(gatewayconfigsResource, gatewayconfigsKind, opts), &v1alpha1.GatewayConfigList{})
+	if obj == nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	label, _, _ := testing.ExtractFromListOptions(opts)
+	if label == nil {
+		label = labels.Everything()
+	}
+	list := &v1alpha1.GatewayConfigList{ListMeta: obj.(*v1alpha1.GatewayConfigList).ListMeta}
+	for _, item := range obj.(*v1alpha1.GatewayConfigList).Items {
+		if label.Matches(labels.Set(item.Labels)) {
+			list.Items = append(list.Items, item)
+		}
+	}
+	return list, err
+}
+
+// Watch returns a watch.Interface that watches the requested gatewayConfigs.
+func (c *FakeGatewayConfigs) Watch(ctx context.Context, opts v1.ListOptions) (watch.Interface, error) {
+	return c.Fake.
+		InvokesWatch(testing.NewRootWatchAction(gatewayconfigsResource, opts))
+}
+
+// Create takes the representation of a gatewayConfig and creates it.  Returns the server's representation of the gatewayConfig, and an error, if there is any.
+func (c *FakeGatewayConfigs) Create(ctx context.Context, gatewayConfig *v1alpha1.GatewayConfig, opts v1.CreateOptions) (result *v1alpha1.GatewayConfig, err error) {
+	obj, err := c.Fake.
+		Invokes(testing.NewRootCreateAction(gatewayconfigsResource, gatewayConfig), &v1alpha1.GatewayConfig{})
+	if obj == nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return obj.(*v1alpha1.GatewayConfig), err
+}
+
+// Update takes the representation of a gatewayConfig and updates it. Returns the server's representation of the gatewayConfig, and an error, if there is any.
+func (c *FakeGatewayConfigs) Update(ctx context.Context, gatewayConfig *v1alpha1.GatewayConfig, opts v1.UpdateOptions) (result *v1alpha1.GatewayConfig, err error) {
+	obj, err := c.Fake.
+		Invokes(testing.NewRootUpdateAction(gatewayconfigsResource, gatewayConfig), &v1alpha1.GatewayConfig{})
+	if obj == nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return obj.(*v1alpha1.GatewayConfig), err
+}
+
+// Delete takes name of the gatewayConfig and deletes it. Returns an error if one occurs.
+func (c *FakeGatewayConfigs) Delete(ctx context.Context, name string, opts v1.DeleteOptions) error {
+	_, err := c.Fake.
+		Invokes(testing.NewRootDeleteAction(gatewayconfigsResource, name), &v1alpha1.GatewayConfig{})
+	return err
+}
+
+// DeleteCollection deletes a collection of objects.
+func (c *FakeGatewayConfigs) DeleteCollection(ctx context.Context, opts v1.DeleteOptions, listOpts v1.ListOptions) error {
+	action := testing.NewRootDeleteCollectionAction(gatewayconfigsResource, listOpts)
+
+	_, err := c.Fake.Invokes(action, &v1alpha1.GatewayConfigList{})
+	return err
+}
+
+// Patch applies the patch and returns the patched gatewayConfig.
+func (c *FakeGatewayConfigs) Patch(ctx context.Context, name string, pt types.PatchType, data []byte, opts v1.PatchOptions, subresources ...string) (result *v1alpha1.GatewayConfig, err error) {
+	obj, err := c.Fake.
+		Invokes(testing.NewRootPatchSubresourceAction(gatewayconfigsResource, name, pt, data, subresources...), &v1alpha1.GatewayConfig{})
+	if obj == nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return obj.(*v1alpha1.GatewayConfig), err
+}
diff --git a/pkg/client/clientset/versioned/typed/v1alpha1/gatewayconfig.go b/pkg/client/clientset/versioned/typed/v1alpha1/gatewayconfig.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6120654d91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/client/clientset/versioned/typed/v1alpha1/gatewayconfig.go
@@ -0,0 +1,152 @@
+// Code generated by client-gen. DO NOT EDIT.
+
+package v1alpha1
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"time"
+
+	v1alpha1 "github.com/nginxinc/nginx-gateway-kubernetes/pkg/apis/v1alpha1"
+	scheme "github.com/nginxinc/nginx-gateway-kubernetes/pkg/client/clientset/versioned/scheme"
+	v1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+	types "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
+	watch "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/watch"
+	rest "k8s.io/client-go/rest"
+)
+
+// GatewayConfigsGetter has a method to return a GatewayConfigInterface.
+// A group's client should implement this interface.
+type GatewayConfigsGetter interface {
+	GatewayConfigs() GatewayConfigInterface
+}
+
+// GatewayConfigInterface has methods to work with GatewayConfig resources.
+type GatewayConfigInterface interface {
+	Create(ctx context.Context, gatewayConfig *v1alpha1.GatewayConfig, opts v1.CreateOptions) (*v1alpha1.GatewayConfig, error)
+	Update(ctx context.Context, gatewayConfig *v1alpha1.GatewayConfig, opts v1.UpdateOptions) (*v1alpha1.GatewayConfig, error)
+	Delete(ctx context.Context, name string, opts v1.DeleteOptions) error
+	DeleteCollection(ctx context.Context, opts v1.DeleteOptions, listOpts v1.ListOptions) error
+	Get(ctx context.Context, name string, opts v1.GetOptions) (*v1alpha1.GatewayConfig, error)
+	List(ctx context.Context, opts v1.ListOptions) (*v1alpha1.GatewayConfigList, error)
+	Watch(ctx context.Context, opts v1.ListOptions) (watch.Interface, error)
+	Patch(ctx context.Context, name string, pt types.PatchType, data []byte, opts v1.PatchOptions, subresources ...string) (result *v1alpha1.GatewayConfig, err error)
+	GatewayConfigExpansion
+}
+
+// gatewayConfigs implements GatewayConfigInterface
+type gatewayConfigs struct {
+	client rest.Interface
+}
+
+// newGatewayConfigs returns a GatewayConfigs
+func newGatewayConfigs(c *GatewayV1alpha1Client) *gatewayConfigs {
+	return &gatewayConfigs{
+		client: c.RESTClient(),
+	}
+}
+
+// Get takes name of the gatewayConfig, and returns the corresponding gatewayConfig object, and an error if there is any.
+func (c *gatewayConfigs) Get(ctx context.Context, name string, options v1.GetOptions) (result *v1alpha1.GatewayConfig, err error) {
+	result = &v1alpha1.GatewayConfig{}
+	err = c.client.Get().
+		Resource("gatewayconfigs").
+		Name(name).
+		VersionedParams(&options, scheme.ParameterCodec).
+		Do(ctx).
+		Into(result)
+	return
+}
+
+// List takes label and field selectors, and returns the list of GatewayConfigs that match those selectors.
+func (c *gatewayConfigs) List(ctx context.Context, opts v1.ListOptions) (result *v1alpha1.GatewayConfigList, err error) {
+	var timeout time.Duration
+	if opts.TimeoutSeconds != nil {
+		timeout = time.Duration(*opts.TimeoutSeconds) * time.Second
+	}
+	result = &v1alpha1.GatewayConfigList{}
+	err = c.client.Get().
+		Resource("gatewayconfigs").
+		VersionedParams(&opts, scheme.ParameterCodec).
+		Timeout(timeout).
+		Do(ctx).
+		Into(result)
+	return
+}
+
+// Watch returns a watch.Interface that watches the requested gatewayConfigs.
+func (c *gatewayConfigs) Watch(ctx context.Context, opts v1.ListOptions) (watch.Interface, error) {
+	var timeout time.Duration
+	if opts.TimeoutSeconds != nil {
+		timeout = time.Duration(*opts.TimeoutSeconds) * time.Second
+	}
+	opts.Watch = true
+	return c.client.Get().
+		Resource("gatewayconfigs").
+		VersionedParams(&opts, scheme.ParameterCodec).
+		Timeout(timeout).
+		Watch(ctx)
+}
+
+// Create takes the representation of a gatewayConfig and creates it.  Returns the server's representation of the gatewayConfig, and an error, if there is any.
+func (c *gatewayConfigs) Create(ctx context.Context, gatewayConfig *v1alpha1.GatewayConfig, opts v1.CreateOptions) (result *v1alpha1.GatewayConfig, err error) {
+	result = &v1alpha1.GatewayConfig{}
+	err = c.client.Post().
+		Resource("gatewayconfigs").
+		VersionedParams(&opts, scheme.ParameterCodec).
+		Body(gatewayConfig).
+		Do(ctx).
+		Into(result)
+	return
+}
+
+// Update takes the representation of a gatewayConfig and updates it. Returns the server's representation of the gatewayConfig, and an error, if there is any.
+func (c *gatewayConfigs) Update(ctx context.Context, gatewayConfig *v1alpha1.GatewayConfig, opts v1.UpdateOptions) (result *v1alpha1.GatewayConfig, err error) {
+	result = &v1alpha1.GatewayConfig{}
+	err = c.client.Put().
+		Resource("gatewayconfigs").
+		Name(gatewayConfig.Name).
+		VersionedParams(&opts, scheme.ParameterCodec).
+		Body(gatewayConfig).
+		Do(ctx).
+		Into(result)
+	return
+}
+
+// Delete takes name of the gatewayConfig and deletes it. Returns an error if one occurs.
+func (c *gatewayConfigs) Delete(ctx context.Context, name string, opts v1.DeleteOptions) error {
+	return c.client.Delete().
+		Resource("gatewayconfigs").
+		Name(name).
+		Body(&opts).
+		Do(ctx).
+		Error()
+}
+
+// DeleteCollection deletes a collection of objects.
+func (c *gatewayConfigs) DeleteCollection(ctx context.Context, opts v1.DeleteOptions, listOpts v1.ListOptions) error {
+	var timeout time.Duration
+	if listOpts.TimeoutSeconds != nil {
+		timeout = time.Duration(*listOpts.TimeoutSeconds) * time.Second
+	}
+	return c.client.Delete().
+		Resource("gatewayconfigs").
+		VersionedParams(&listOpts, scheme.ParameterCodec).
+		Timeout(timeout).
+		Body(&opts).
+		Do(ctx).
+		Error()
+}
+
+// Patch applies the patch and returns the patched gatewayConfig.
+func (c *gatewayConfigs) Patch(ctx context.Context, name string, pt types.PatchType, data []byte, opts v1.PatchOptions, subresources ...string) (result *v1alpha1.GatewayConfig, err error) {
+	result = &v1alpha1.GatewayConfig{}
+	err = c.client.Patch(pt).
+		Resource("gatewayconfigs").
+		Name(name).
+		SubResource(subresources...).
+		VersionedParams(&opts, scheme.ParameterCodec).
+		Body(data).
+		Do(ctx).
+		Into(result)
+	return
+}
diff --git a/pkg/client/clientset/versioned/typed/v1alpha1/generated_expansion.go b/pkg/client/clientset/versioned/typed/v1alpha1/generated_expansion.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f847da0399
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/client/clientset/versioned/typed/v1alpha1/generated_expansion.go
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+// Code generated by client-gen. DO NOT EDIT.
+
+package v1alpha1
+
+type GatewayConfigExpansion interface{}
diff --git a/pkg/sdk/gatewayconfig_controller.go b/pkg/sdk/gatewayconfig_controller.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d29d5fc8ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/sdk/gatewayconfig_controller.go
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+package sdk
+
+import (
+	"context"
+
+	"github.com/go-logr/logr"
+	nginxgwv1alpha1 "github.com/nginxinc/nginx-gateway-kubernetes/pkg/apis/v1alpha1"
+	apierrors "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
+	ctlr "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/manager"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/reconcile"
+)
+
+type gatewayConfigReconciler struct {
+	client.Client
+	scheme *runtime.Scheme
+	impl   GatewayConfigImpl
+}
+
+func RegisterGatewayConfigController(mgr manager.Manager, impl GatewayConfigImpl) error {
+	r := &gatewayConfigReconciler{
+		Client: mgr.GetClient(),
+		scheme: mgr.GetScheme(),
+		impl:   impl,
+	}
+
+	return ctlr.NewControllerManagedBy(mgr).
+		For(&nginxgwv1alpha1.GatewayConfig{}).
+		Complete(r)
+}
+
+func (r *gatewayConfigReconciler) Reconcile(ctx context.Context, req reconcile.Request) (reconcile.Result, error) {
+	log := logr.FromContext(ctx).WithValues("gatewayconfig", req.Name)
+	log.V(3).Info("Reconciling GatewayConfig")
+
+	var found bool = true
+	var gcfg nginxgwv1alpha1.GatewayConfig
+	err := r.Get(ctx, req.NamespacedName, &gcfg)
+	if err != nil {
+		if !apierrors.IsNotFound(err) {
+			log.Error(err, "Failed to get GatewayConfig")
+			return reconcile.Result{}, err
+		}
+		found = false
+	}
+
+	if !found {
+		r.impl.Remove(req.Name)
+		return reconcile.Result{}, nil
+	}
+
+	r.impl.Upsert(&gcfg)
+	return reconcile.Result{}, nil
+}
diff --git a/pkg/sdk/interfaces.go b/pkg/sdk/interfaces.go
index e43017d7be..72903394e7 100644
--- a/pkg/sdk/interfaces.go
+++ b/pkg/sdk/interfaces.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package sdk
 
 import (
+	nginxgwv1alpha1 "github.com/nginxinc/nginx-gateway-kubernetes/pkg/apis/v1alpha1"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api/apis/v1alpha2"
 )
 
@@ -13,3 +14,7 @@ type GatewayImpl interface {
 	Upsert(*v1alpha2.Gateway)
 	Remove(string)
 }
+type GatewayConfigImpl interface {
+	Upsert(config *nginxgwv1alpha1.GatewayConfig)
+	Remove(string)
+}
diff --git a/tools.go b/tools.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0b7ce842c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools.go
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+// +build tools
+
+// This file just exists to ensure we download the tools we need for building
+// See https://github.com/golang/go/wiki/Modules#how-can-i-track-tool-dependencies-for-a-module
+
+package tools
+
+import (
+	_ "k8s.io/code-generator"
+	_ "sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools/cmd/controller-gen"
+)
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