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 kubectl get codercontrolplanes -A
 ```
 
+## Examples
+
+- [`examples/cloudnativepg/`](examples/cloudnativepg/) - Deploy a `CoderControlPlane` with a CloudNativePG-managed PostgreSQL backend.
+
 ## KIND development cluster (for k9s demos)
 
 Bootstrap a KIND cluster and install CRDs/RBAC (**this also switches your current kubectl context**):
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+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Namespace
+metadata:
+  name: coder
+  labels:
+    app.kubernetes.io/part-of: coder-k8s-example
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+# CloudNativePG-backed CoderControlPlane example
+
+This example deploys a `CoderControlPlane` backed by a PostgreSQL cluster managed by [CloudNativePG](https://cloudnative-pg.io/).
+
+It creates:
+
+- a `coder` namespace
+- a CloudNativePG `Cluster` named `coder-db`
+- a `CoderControlPlane` named `coder` wired to the CloudNativePG app Secret (`coder-db-app`)
+
+## Prerequisites
+
+- A Kubernetes cluster
+- `kubectl` configured for that cluster
+- `helm`
+
+## 1. Install the CloudNativePG operator
+
+```bash
+helm repo add cnpg https://cloudnative-pg.github.io/charts
+helm repo update
+helm upgrade --install cnpg cnpg/cloudnative-pg \
+  --namespace cnpg-system \
+  --create-namespace
+```
+
+## 2. Install the coder-k8s controller
+
+Follow [Deploy the controller (in-cluster)](../../docs/how-to/deploy-controller.md), or run:
+
+```bash
+kubectl create namespace coder-system
+kubectl apply -f config/crd/bases/
+kubectl apply -f deploy/rbac.yaml
+kubectl apply -f deploy/controller-deployment.yaml
+kubectl rollout status deployment/coder-k8s-controller -n coder-system
+```
+
+## 3. Deploy this example
+
+```bash
+kubectl apply -f examples/cloudnativepg/
+```
+
+The namespace manifest is prefixed (`00-namespace.yaml`) so `kubectl apply -f` creates `coder` before namespaced resources.
+
+Wait for PostgreSQL and verify the generated Secret:
+
+```bash
+kubectl -n coder wait --for=condition=Ready cluster/coder-db --timeout=10m
+kubectl -n coder get secret coder-db-app
+```
+
+Wait for the `CoderControlPlane` deployment:
+
+```bash
+kubectl -n coder rollout status deployment/coder --timeout=10m
+kubectl -n coder get codercontrolplane coder
+```
+
+## 4. Access Coder
+
+In one terminal:
+
+```bash
+kubectl -n coder port-forward svc/coder 8080:80
+```
+
+Then open:
+
+- <http://localhost:8080/setup>
+
+Use the setup flow to create the first admin user.
+
+## Important limitation of this quickstart
+
+This example sets:
+
+- `CODER_ACCESS_URL=http://localhost:8080`
+
+That value is convenient for UI smoke tests through `kubectl port-forward`, but it is not suitable for end-to-end workspace connectivity because in-cluster components cannot reach your local `localhost`.
+
+For a full setup, expose Coder with an ingress/load balancer and set `CODER_ACCESS_URL` to a real external URL (for example, `https://coder.example.com`).
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+apiVersion: postgresql.cnpg.io/v1
+kind: Cluster
+metadata:
+  name: coder-db
+  namespace: coder
+spec:
+  instances: 1
+  storage:
+    size: 5Gi
+  bootstrap:
+    initdb:
+      database: coder
+      owner: coder
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+apiVersion: coder.com/v1alpha1
+kind: CoderControlPlane
+metadata:
+  name: coder
+  namespace: coder
+spec:
+  replicas: 1
+  service:
+    type: ClusterIP
+    port: 80
+  extraEnv:
+    - name: CODER_PG_CONNECTION_URL
+      valueFrom:
+        secretKeyRef:
+          name: coder-db-app
+          key: uri
+    - name: CODER_ACCESS_URL
+      value: http://localhost:8080