diff --git a/.github/workflows/basic-tests.yaml b/.github/workflows/basic-tests.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1507e95c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/basic-tests.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+#
+# Copyright contributors to the Hyperledger Fabric Operator project
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+#
+# 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.
+#
+
+name: basic-tests
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [api]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [api]
+
+env:
+  GO_VER: 1.18
+
+jobs:
+  make-checks:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: Set up go
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v3
+        with:
+          go-version: ${{ env.GO_VER }}
+      - name: license header checks
+        run: scripts/check-license.sh
+      - name: gosec
+        run: make go-sec
+      - name: Run vet and format checks
+        run: make test
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diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..644909b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+#
+# Copyright contributors to the Hyperledger Fabric Operator project
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+#
+# 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.
+#
+
+## license checks
+check-license:
+	@scripts/check-licenses.sh
+
+# Run go fmt against code
+fmt:
+	go fmt ./...
+
+# Run go vet against code
+vet:
+	@scripts/checks.sh
+
+checks: fmt vet
+
+# gosec checks
+gosec:
+	@scripts/go-sec.sh
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diff --git a/pkg/apis/deployer/deployer.go b/pkg/apis/deployer/deployer.go
index 7dfa3608..78747229 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/deployer/deployer.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/deployer/deployer.go
@@ -392,4 +392,3 @@ type ConsoleImages struct {
 	// MustgatherDigest is the digest of the mustgather image
 	MustgatherDigest string `json:"mustgatherDigest,omitempty"`
 }
-
diff --git a/pkg/apis/peer/v2/peer.go b/pkg/apis/peer/v2/peer.go
index 3744775d..c0497093 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/peer/v2/peer.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/peer/v2/peer.go
@@ -208,4 +208,3 @@ type KeepAlive struct {
 	Client         v1.KeepAliveClient `json:"client,omitempty"`
 	DeliveryClient v1.KeepAliveClient `json:"deliveryClient,omitempty"`
 }
-
diff --git a/scripts/check-licenses.sh b/scripts/check-licenses.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..be98f622
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/check-licenses.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,127 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# Copyright contributors to the Hyperledger Fabric Operator project
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+#
+# 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.
+#
+
+cat << EOB > golang_copyright.txt
+/*
+ * Copyright contributors to the Hyperledger Fabric Operator project
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ *
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+EOB
+
+cat << EOB > shell_copyright.txt
+#
+# Copyright contributors to the Hyperledger Fabric Operator project
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+#
+# 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.
+#
+
+EOB
+
+function filterGeneratedFiles {
+    for f in $@; do
+        head -n5 $f | grep -qE 'Code generated by.*DO NOT EDIT' || echo $f
+    done
+}
+
+function filterExcludedFiles {
+  CHECK=`echo "$CHECK" \
+		| grep -v "^\.git/" \
+		| grep -v "^\.gitignore" \
+		| grep -v "\.txt$" \
+		| grep -v "vendor/" \
+		| grep -v "go.mod" \
+		| grep -v "go.sum" \
+		| grep -v .deepcopy.go \
+		| sort -u`
+
+  CHECK=$(filterGeneratedFiles "$CHECK")
+}
+
+CHECK=$(git diff --name-only --diff-filter=ACMRTUXB HEAD)
+filterExcludedFiles
+if [[ -z "$CHECK" ]]; then
+  CHECK=$(git diff-tree --no-commit-id --name-only --diff-filter=ACMRTUXB -r "HEAD^..HEAD")
+  filterExcludedFiles
+fi
+
+if [[ -z "$CHECK" ]]; then
+   echo "All files are excluded from having license headers"
+   exit 0
+fi
+
+missing=`echo "$CHECK" | xargs ls -d 2>/dev/null | xargs grep -L "SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0"`
+if [[ -z "$missing" ]]; then
+   echo "All files have SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0"
+   exit 0
+fi
+
+TMPFILE="./tmpfile"
+
+for FILE in ${missing}; do
+	EXT="${FILE##*.}"
+	echo "Adding copyright notice to $FILE"
+	if [ "${EXT}" = "go" ]; then
+		cat golang_copyright.txt ${FILE} > ${TMPFILE}
+		cat ${TMPFILE} > ${FILE}
+		rm -f ${TMPFILE}
+		echo "	${FILE} copyright notice added"
+	elif [ "${EXT}" = "yaml" ]; then
+		cat shell_copyright.txt ${FILE} > ${TMPFILE}
+		cat ${TMPFILE} > ${FILE}
+		rm -f ${TMPFILE}
+		echo "	${FILE} copyright notice added"
+	elif [ "${EXT}" = "sh" ]; then
+		cat shell_copyright.txt ${FILE} > ${TMPFILE}
+		cat ${TMPFILE} > ${FILE}
+		rm -f ${TMPFILE}
+		echo "	${FILE} copyright notice added"
+	else
+		echo "invalid file extension"
+	fi
+done
+
+rm golang_copyright.txt shell_copyright.txt
+
+exit 0
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diff --git a/scripts/checks.sh b/scripts/checks.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..eb547d27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/checks.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# Copyright contributors to the Hyperledger Fabric Operator project
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at:
+#
+# 	  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+
+# Need to run this before go vet
+go mod download
+
+echo "Running 'go vet'"
+OUTPUT=`go vet -all ./... 2>&1`
+if [ -n "$OUTPUT" ]; then
+    echo "The following files contain go vet errors"
+    echo $OUTPUT
+    exit 1
+fi
+echo "No 'go vet' issues found"
+
+cd /tmp
+go install golang.org/x/tools/cmd/goimports@ff88973b1e4e
+cd -
+echo "Checking imports ..."
+found=`goimports -l \`find . -path ./vendor -prune -o -name "*.go" -print\` 2>&1`
+found=$(echo "$found" | grep -v generated)
+if [ "$found" != "" ]; then
+   echo "The following files have import problems:"
+   echo "$found"
+   echo "You may run 'goimports -w <file>' to fix each file."
+   exit 1
+fi
+echo "All files are properly formatted"
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diff --git a/scripts/copy_apis.sh b/scripts/copy_apis.sh
index 6e92969c..556eab5d 100755
--- a/scripts/copy_apis.sh
+++ b/scripts/copy_apis.sh
@@ -62,5 +62,7 @@ do
     file_name=$(basename "$file_path")
     cat ${file_path} | head -${line} > /tmp/${file_name}
     mv /tmp/${file_name} ${file_path}
+done
 
-done
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+## format the files
+go fmt ../...
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diff --git a/scripts/go-sec.sh b/scripts/go-sec.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..474e64e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/go-sec.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+#
+# Copyright contributors to the Hyperledger Fabric Operator project
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+#
+# 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.
+#
+
+curl -sfL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/securego/gosec/master/install.sh | sh -s -- -b $(go env GOPATH)/bin $RELEASE
+
+gosec ./...
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