diff --git a/Gopkg.lock b/Gopkg.lock
index 88ca558..efa4712 100644
--- a/Gopkg.lock
+++ b/Gopkg.lock
@@ -851,15 +851,26 @@
     "pkg/client",
     "pkg/client/apiutil",
     "pkg/client/config",
+    "pkg/controller",
+    "pkg/controller/controllerutil",
+    "pkg/event",
+    "pkg/handler",
+    "pkg/internal/controller",
+    "pkg/internal/controller/metrics",
     "pkg/internal/recorder",
     "pkg/leaderelection",
     "pkg/manager",
     "pkg/metrics",
     "pkg/patch",
+    "pkg/predicate",
+    "pkg/reconcile",
     "pkg/recorder",
     "pkg/runtime/inject",
     "pkg/runtime/log",
+    "pkg/runtime/scheme",
     "pkg/runtime/signals",
+    "pkg/source",
+    "pkg/source/internal",
     "pkg/webhook/admission",
     "pkg/webhook/admission/types",
     "pkg/webhook/internal/metrics",
@@ -896,13 +907,20 @@
   analyzer-name = "dep"
   analyzer-version = 1
   input-imports = [
+    "github.com/go-openapi/spec",
     "github.com/operator-framework/operator-sdk/pkg/k8sutil",
     "github.com/operator-framework/operator-sdk/pkg/leader",
     "github.com/operator-framework/operator-sdk/pkg/log/zap",
     "github.com/operator-framework/operator-sdk/pkg/metrics",
     "github.com/operator-framework/operator-sdk/version",
     "github.com/spf13/pflag",
+    "k8s.io/api/core/v1",
+    "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors",
+    "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1",
+    "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/labels",
     "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime",
+    "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema",
+    "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types",
     "k8s.io/client-go/plugin/pkg/client/auth/gcp",
     "k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/client-gen",
     "k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/conversion-gen",
@@ -912,10 +930,18 @@
     "k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/lister-gen",
     "k8s.io/gengo/args",
     "k8s.io/kube-openapi/cmd/openapi-gen",
+    "k8s.io/kube-openapi/pkg/common",
+    "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client",
     "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client/config",
+    "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/controller",
+    "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/controller/controllerutil",
+    "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/handler",
     "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/manager",
+    "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/reconcile",
     "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/runtime/log",
+    "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/runtime/scheme",
     "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/runtime/signals",
+    "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/source",
     "sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools/pkg/crd/generator",
   ]
   solver-name = "gps-cdcl"
diff --git a/pkg/scheme/tomcat/defaults.go b/pkg/scheme/tomcat/defaults.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d2f9bbb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/scheme/tomcat/defaults.go
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+package tomcat
+
+var (
+	defaultServicePort int32 = 80
+)
+
+const (
+	defaultImage string = "tomcat:latest"
+)
+
+// SetDefaults sets Tomcat field defaults
+func (o *Tomcat) SetDefaults() {
+
+	if len(o.Spec.Image) == 0 {
+		o.Spec.Image = defaultImage
+	}
+
+	if o.Spec.ServicePort == nil {
+		o.Spec.ServicePort = &defaultServicePort
+	}
+}
diff --git a/pkg/scheme/tomcat/template.go b/pkg/scheme/tomcat/template.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..581def4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/scheme/tomcat/template.go
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+package tomcat
+
+import (
+	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
+)
+
+const (
+	tomcatHTTPPort = 8080
+)
+
+// TomcatServerPodTemplateSpec generates a pod template spec suitable for use in Tomcat deployment
+func (tomcat *Tomcat) TomcatServerPodTemplateSpec() (out corev1.PodTemplateSpec) {
+	out = corev1.PodTemplateSpec{}
+	out.ObjectMeta.Labels = tomcat.TomcatServerPodLabels()
+
+	out.Spec.Containers = []corev1.Container{
+		{
+			Name:  "tomcat",
+			Image: tomcat.Spec.Image,
+			Ports: []corev1.ContainerPort{
+				{
+					Name:          "http",
+					ContainerPort: int32(tomcatHTTPPort),
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	return out
+}
diff --git a/pkg/scheme/tomcat/tomcat.go b/pkg/scheme/tomcat/tomcat.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6591040
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/scheme/tomcat/tomcat.go
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+package tomcat
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/labels"
+
+	tomcatv1alpha1 "github.com/kube-incubator/tomcat-operator/pkg/apis/tomcat/v1alpha1"
+)
+
+// Tomcat embeds tomcatv1alpha1.Tomcat and adds utility functions
+type Tomcat struct {
+	*tomcatv1alpha1.Tomcat
+}
+
+type component struct {
+	name       string
+	objNameFmt string
+	objName    string
+}
+
+var (
+	// TomcatDeployment component
+	TomcatDeployment = component{name: "tomcat-server", objNameFmt: "%s"}
+	// TomcatService component
+	TomcatService = component{name: "tomcat-server", objNameFmt: "%s"}
+)
+
+// New wraps a tomcatv1alpha1.Tomcat into a Tomcat object
+func New(obj *tomcatv1alpha1.Tomcat) *Tomcat {
+	return &Tomcat{obj}
+}
+
+// Unwrap returns the wrapped tomcatv1alpha1.Tomcat object
+func (o *Tomcat) Unwrap() *tomcatv1alpha1.Tomcat {
+	return o.Tomcat
+}
+
+// Labels returns default label set for tomcatv1alpha1.Tomcat
+func (o *Tomcat) Labels() labels.Set {
+	partOf := "tomcat"
+	if o.ObjectMeta.Labels != nil && len(o.ObjectMeta.Labels["app.kubernetes.io/part-of"]) > 0 {
+		partOf = o.ObjectMeta.Labels["app.kubernetes.io/part-of"]
+	}
+
+	labels := labels.Set{
+		"app.kubernetes.io/name":     "tomcat",
+		"app.kubernetes.io/part-of":  partOf,
+		"app.kubernetes.io/instance": o.ObjectMeta.Name,
+	}
+
+	return labels
+}
+
+// ComponentLabels returns labels for a label set for a tomcatv1alpha1.Tomcat component
+func (o *Tomcat) ComponentLabels(component component) labels.Set {
+	l := o.Labels()
+	l["app.kubernetes.io/component"] = component.name
+	return l
+}
+
+// ComponentName returns the object name for a component
+func (o *Tomcat) ComponentName(component component) string {
+	name := component.objName
+	if len(component.objNameFmt) > 0 {
+		name = fmt.Sprintf(component.objNameFmt, o.ObjectMeta.Name)
+	}
+
+	return name
+}
+
+// TomcatServerPodLabels return labels to apply to tomcat server pods
+func (o *Tomcat) TomcatServerPodLabels() labels.Set {
+	l := o.Labels()
+	l["app.kubernetes.io/component"] = "tomcat-server"
+	return l
+}