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+**This is the official [druid-operator](https://github.com/druid-io/druid-operator)  project, now maintained by [Maintainers.md](./MAINTAINERS.md). 
+[druid-operator](https://github.com/druid-io/druid-operator) is depreacted. Ref to [issue](https://github.com/druid-io/druid-operator/issues/329) and [PR](https://github.com/druid-io/druid-operator/pull/336). Feel free to open issues and PRs! Collaborators are welcome !**
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 # Kubernetes Operator for Apache Druid
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 ![Build Status](https://github.com/datainfrahq/druid-operator/actions/workflows/docker-image.yml/badge.svg) ![Docker pull](https://img.shields.io/docker/pulls/druidio/druid-operator.svg) [![Latest Version](https://img.shields.io/github/tag/druid-io/druid-operator)](https://github.com/druid-io/druid-operator/releases)
 
 - druid-operator provisions and manages [Apache Druid](https://druid.apache.org/) cluster on kubernetes.
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 - Users may experience pvc deletion [issue](https://github.com/druid-io/druid-operator/issues/186) in release 0.0.6, this issue has been fixed in patch release 0.0.6.1.
 - druid-operator has moved Ingress apiVersion networking/v1beta1 to networking/v1. Users will need to update there Ingress Spec in the druid CR according networking/v1 syntax. In case users are using schema validated CRD, the CRD will also be needed to be updated.
 
+### Contributors
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+<a href="https://github.com/datainfrahq/druid-operator/graphs/contributors"><img src="https://contrib.rocks/image?repo=datainfrahq/druid-operator" /></a>
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 ### Note
 Apache®, [Apache Druid, Druid®](https://druid.apache.org/) are either registered trademarks or trademarks of the Apache Software Foundation in the United States and/or other countries. This project, druid-operator, is not an Apache Software Foundation project.