diff --git a/pkg/api/v1alpha1/groupversion_info.go b/pkg/api/v1alpha1/groupversion_info.go
index fe14e81ef..d796560ed 100644
--- a/pkg/api/v1alpha1/groupversion_info.go
+++ b/pkg/api/v1alpha1/groupversion_info.go
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ func init() {
 		&ImageConfiguration{},
 		&RemoteDirectConfiguration{},
 		&ClusterMap{},
+		&ReplacementTransformer{},
+		&Templater{},
 	)
 	_ = AddToScheme(Scheme) //nolint:errcheck
 }
diff --git a/pkg/api/v1alpha1/replacement_plugin_types.go b/pkg/api/v1alpha1/replacement_plugin_types.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6ac48f1ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/api/v1alpha1/replacement_plugin_types.go
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+/*
+ 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
+
+     https://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.
+*/
+
+package v1alpha1
+
+import (
+	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api/types"
+)
+
+// +kubebuilder:object:root=true
+
+// ReplacementTransformer plugin configuration for airship document model
+type ReplacementTransformer struct {
+	metav1.TypeMeta   `json:",inline"`
+	metav1.ObjectMeta `json:"metadata,omitempty"`
+
+	// Replacements list of source and target field to do a replacement
+	Replacements []types.Replacement `json:"replacements,omitempty" yaml:"replacements,omitempty"`
+	Tst          []string
+}
+
+// DeepCopyInto is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, writing into out. in must be non-nil.
+func (in *ReplacementTransformer) DeepCopyInto(out *ReplacementTransformer) {
+	*out = *in
+	out.TypeMeta = in.TypeMeta
+	in.ObjectMeta.DeepCopyInto(&out.ObjectMeta)
+	if in.Replacements != nil {
+		out.Replacements = make([]types.Replacement, len(in.Replacements))
+		for i, repl := range in.Replacements {
+			out.Replacements[i] = types.Replacement{
+				Source: &types.ReplSource{
+					ObjRef:   &types.Target{},
+					FieldRef: repl.Source.FieldRef,
+					Value:    repl.Source.Value,
+				},
+				Target: &types.ReplTarget{
+					ObjRef:    &types.Selector{},
+					FieldRefs: repl.Target.FieldRefs,
+				},
+			}
+			*(out.Replacements[i].Source.ObjRef) = *(in.Replacements[i].Source.ObjRef)
+			*(out.Replacements[i].Target.ObjRef) = *(in.Replacements[i].Target.ObjRef)
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/pkg/document/plugin/templater/v1alpha1/types.go b/pkg/api/v1alpha1/templater_plugin_types.go
similarity index 68%
rename from pkg/document/plugin/templater/v1alpha1/types.go
rename to pkg/api/v1alpha1/templater_plugin_types.go
index f2ebf72c5..fd0d6975e 100644
--- a/pkg/document/plugin/templater/v1alpha1/types.go
+++ b/pkg/api/v1alpha1/templater_plugin_types.go
@@ -16,9 +16,12 @@ package v1alpha1
 
 import (
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 )
 
-// Templater plugin for airship document model
+// +kubebuilder:object:root=true
+
+// Templater plugin configuration for airship document model
 type Templater struct {
 	metav1.TypeMeta   `json:",inline"`
 	metav1.ObjectMeta `json:"metadata,omitempty"`
@@ -29,3 +32,13 @@ type Templater struct {
 	// to be used to render the object defined in Spec field
 	Template string `json:"template,omitempty"`
 }
+
+// NOTE map[string]interface is not supported by controller gen
+
+// DeepCopyInto is copying the receiver, writing into out. in must be non-nil.
+func (in *Templater) DeepCopyInto(out *Templater) {
+	*out = *in
+	out.TypeMeta = in.TypeMeta
+	in.ObjectMeta.DeepCopyInto(&out.ObjectMeta)
+	out.Values = runtime.DeepCopyJSON(in.Values)
+}
diff --git a/pkg/api/v1alpha1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go b/pkg/api/v1alpha1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
index b7a8fa6e4..ce2250d4f 100644
--- a/pkg/api/v1alpha1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
+++ b/pkg/api/v1alpha1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
@@ -490,3 +490,39 @@ func (in *RemoteDirectConfiguration) DeepCopyObject() runtime.Object {
 	}
 	return nil
 }
+
+// DeepCopy is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, creating a new ReplacementTransformer.
+func (in *ReplacementTransformer) DeepCopy() *ReplacementTransformer {
+	if in == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	out := new(ReplacementTransformer)
+	in.DeepCopyInto(out)
+	return out
+}
+
+// DeepCopyObject is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, creating a new runtime.Object.
+func (in *ReplacementTransformer) DeepCopyObject() runtime.Object {
+	if c := in.DeepCopy(); c != nil {
+		return c
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// DeepCopy is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, creating a new Templater.
+func (in *Templater) DeepCopy() *Templater {
+	if in == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	out := new(Templater)
+	in.DeepCopyInto(out)
+	return out
+}
+
+// DeepCopyObject is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, creating a new runtime.Object.
+func (in *Templater) DeepCopyObject() runtime.Object {
+	if c := in.DeepCopy(); c != nil {
+		return c
+	}
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/pkg/document/plugin/replacement/v1alpha1/errors.go b/pkg/document/plugin/replacement/errors.go
similarity index 99%
rename from pkg/document/plugin/replacement/v1alpha1/errors.go
rename to pkg/document/plugin/replacement/errors.go
index eda3cf641..a73ada0e1 100644
--- a/pkg/document/plugin/replacement/v1alpha1/errors.go
+++ b/pkg/document/plugin/replacement/errors.go
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
  limitations under the License.
 */
 
-package v1alpha1
+package replacement
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
diff --git a/pkg/document/plugin/replacement/init.go b/pkg/document/plugin/replacement/init.go
index 2a5ab8ee9..24aa9f44c 100644
--- a/pkg/document/plugin/replacement/init.go
+++ b/pkg/document/plugin/replacement/init.go
@@ -17,11 +17,17 @@ package replacement
 import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
 
-	replv1alpha1 "opendev.org/airship/airshipctl/pkg/document/plugin/replacement/v1alpha1"
+	airshipv1 "opendev.org/airship/airshipctl/pkg/api/v1alpha1"
 	"opendev.org/airship/airshipctl/pkg/document/plugin/types"
 )
 
 // RegisterPlugin registers BareMetalHost generator plugin
-func RegisterPlugin(registry map[schema.GroupVersionKind]types.Factory) {
-	registry[replv1alpha1.GetGVK()] = replv1alpha1.New
+func RegisterPlugin(registry map[schema.GroupVersionKind]types.Factory) error {
+	obj := &airshipv1.ReplacementTransformer{}
+	gvks, _, err := airshipv1.Scheme.ObjectKinds(obj)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	registry[gvks[0]] = New
+	return nil
 }
diff --git a/pkg/document/plugin/replacement/v1alpha1/transformer.go b/pkg/document/plugin/replacement/transformer.go
similarity index 89%
rename from pkg/document/plugin/replacement/v1alpha1/transformer.go
rename to pkg/document/plugin/replacement/transformer.go
index 712e40a10..3dfb33022 100644
--- a/pkg/document/plugin/replacement/v1alpha1/transformer.go
+++ b/pkg/document/plugin/replacement/transformer.go
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // Copyright 2019 The Kubernetes Authors.
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
-package v1alpha1
+package replacement
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
@@ -11,13 +11,13 @@ import (
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api/k8sdeps/kunstruct"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api/resmap"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api/resource"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api/types"
-	"sigs.k8s.io/yaml"
 
+	airshipv1 "opendev.org/airship/airshipctl/pkg/api/v1alpha1"
 	plugtypes "opendev.org/airship/airshipctl/pkg/document/plugin/types"
 )
 
@@ -31,22 +31,29 @@ const (
 	dotReplacer = "$$$$"
 )
 
-// GetGVK returns group, version, kind object used to register version
-// of the plugin
-func GetGVK() schema.GroupVersionKind {
-	return schema.GroupVersionKind{
-		Group:   "airshipit.org",
-		Version: "v1alpha1",
-		Kind:    "ReplacementTransformer",
-	}
+type plugin struct {
+	*airshipv1.ReplacementTransformer
 }
 
 // New creates new instance of the plugin
-func New(cfg []byte) (plugtypes.Plugin, error) {
-	p := &plugin{}
-	if err := p.Config(nil, cfg); err != nil {
+func New(obj map[string]interface{}) (plugtypes.Plugin, error) {
+	cfg := &airshipv1.ReplacementTransformer{}
+	err := runtime.DefaultUnstructuredConverter.FromUnstructured(obj, cfg)
+	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
+	p := &plugin{ReplacementTransformer: cfg}
+	for _, r := range p.Replacements {
+		if r.Source == nil {
+			return nil, ErrBadConfiguration{Msg: "`from` must be specified in one replacement"}
+		}
+		if r.Target == nil {
+			return nil, ErrBadConfiguration{Msg: "`to` must be specified in one replacement"}
+		}
+		if r.Source.ObjRef != nil && r.Source.Value != "" {
+			return nil, ErrBadConfiguration{Msg: "only one of fieldref and value is allowed in one replacement"}
+		}
+	}
 	return p, nil
 }
 
@@ -82,28 +89,6 @@ func (p *plugin) Run(in io.Reader, out io.Writer) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-// Config function reads replacements configuration
-func (p *plugin) Config(
-	_ *resmap.PluginHelpers, c []byte) error {
-	p.Replacements = []types.Replacement{}
-	err := yaml.Unmarshal(c, p)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	for _, r := range p.Replacements {
-		if r.Source == nil {
-			return ErrBadConfiguration{Msg: "`from` must be specified in one replacement"}
-		}
-		if r.Target == nil {
-			return ErrBadConfiguration{Msg: "`to` must be specified in one replacement"}
-		}
-		if r.Source.ObjRef != nil && r.Source.Value != "" {
-			return ErrBadConfiguration{Msg: "only one of fieldref and value is allowed in one replacement"}
-		}
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-
 // Transform resources using configured replacements
 func (p *plugin) Transform(m resmap.ResMap) error {
 	var err error
diff --git a/pkg/document/plugin/replacement/v1alpha1/transformer_test.go b/pkg/document/plugin/replacement/transformer_test.go
similarity index 97%
rename from pkg/document/plugin/replacement/v1alpha1/transformer_test.go
rename to pkg/document/plugin/replacement/transformer_test.go
index 3fd98d40d..7047fb8f8 100644
--- a/pkg/document/plugin/replacement/v1alpha1/transformer_test.go
+++ b/pkg/document/plugin/replacement/transformer_test.go
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // Copyright 2019 The Kubernetes Authors.
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
-package v1alpha1_test
+package replacement_test
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
@@ -11,12 +11,15 @@ import (
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 
-	replv1alpha1 "opendev.org/airship/airshipctl/pkg/document/plugin/replacement/v1alpha1"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/yaml"
+
+	"opendev.org/airship/airshipctl/pkg/document/plugin/replacement"
 	plugtypes "opendev.org/airship/airshipctl/pkg/document/plugin/types"
 )
 
 func samplePlugin(t *testing.T) plugtypes.Plugin {
-	plugin, err := replv1alpha1.New([]byte(`
+	cfg := make(map[string]interface{})
+	conf := `
 apiVersion: airshipit.org/v1alpha1
 kind: ReplacementTransformer
 metadata:
@@ -28,17 +31,15 @@ replacements:
     objref:
       kind: Deployment
     fieldrefs:
-    - spec.template.spec.containers[name=nginx-latest].image`))
+    - spec.template.spec.containers[name=nginx-latest].image`
 
+	err := yaml.Unmarshal([]byte(conf), &cfg)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	plugin, err := replacement.New(cfg)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	return plugin
 }
 
-func TestMalformedConfig(t *testing.T) {
-	_, err := replv1alpha1.New([]byte("--"))
-	assert.Error(t, err)
-}
-
 func TestMalformedInput(t *testing.T) {
 	plugin := samplePlugin(t)
 	err := plugin.Run(strings.NewReader("--"), &bytes.Buffer{})
@@ -978,7 +979,7 @@ metadata:
   name: notImportantHere
 replacements:
 - source:
-    value: 12345678
+    value: "12345678"
   target:
     objref:
       kind: KubeadmControlPlane
@@ -1011,7 +1012,10 @@ spec:
 	}
 
 	for _, tc := range testCases {
-		plugin, err := replv1alpha1.New([]byte(tc.cfg))
+		cfg := make(map[string]interface{})
+		err := yaml.Unmarshal([]byte(tc.cfg), &cfg)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		plugin, err := replacement.New(cfg)
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 
 		buf := &bytes.Buffer{}
diff --git a/pkg/document/plugin/replacement/v1alpha1/types.go b/pkg/document/plugin/replacement/v1alpha1/types.go
deleted file mode 100644
index f0fb7c7d5..000000000
--- a/pkg/document/plugin/replacement/v1alpha1/types.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-/*
- 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
-
-     https://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.
-*/
-
-package v1alpha1
-
-import (
-	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api/types"
-)
-
-// Find matching image declarations and replace
-// the name, tag and/or digest.
-type plugin struct {
-	Replacements []types.Replacement `json:"replacements,omitempty" yaml:"replacements,omitempty"`
-}
diff --git a/pkg/document/plugin/run.go b/pkg/document/plugin/run.go
index 3c548c6ed..bee266643 100644
--- a/pkg/document/plugin/run.go
+++ b/pkg/document/plugin/run.go
@@ -27,28 +27,38 @@ import (
 	"opendev.org/airship/airshipctl/pkg/document/plugin/types"
 )
 
-// Registry contains factory functions for the available plugins
-var Registry = make(map[schema.GroupVersionKind]types.Factory)
-
-func init() {
-	replacement.RegisterPlugin(Registry)
-	templater.RegisterPlugin(Registry)
+// DefaultPlugins returns map with plugin factories
+func DefaultPlugins() (map[schema.GroupVersionKind]types.Factory, error) {
+	registry := make(map[schema.GroupVersionKind]types.Factory)
+	if err := replacement.RegisterPlugin(registry); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	if err := templater.RegisterPlugin(registry); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return registry, nil
 }
 
 // ConfigureAndRun executes particular plugin based on group, version, kind
 // which have been specified in configuration file. Config file should be
 // supplied as a first element of args slice
 func ConfigureAndRun(pluginCfg []byte, in io.Reader, out io.Writer) error {
-	var cfg unstructured.Unstructured
-	if err := yaml.Unmarshal(pluginCfg, &cfg); err != nil {
+	rawCfg := make(map[string]interface{})
+	if err := yaml.Unmarshal(pluginCfg, &rawCfg); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	pluginFactory, ok := Registry[cfg.GroupVersionKind()]
+	uCfg := &unstructured.Unstructured{}
+	uCfg.SetUnstructuredContent(rawCfg)
+	registry, err := DefaultPlugins()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	pluginFactory, ok := registry[uCfg.GroupVersionKind()]
 	if !ok {
-		return ErrPluginNotFound{PluginID: cfg.GroupVersionKind()}
+		return ErrPluginNotFound{PluginID: uCfg.GroupVersionKind()}
 	}
 
-	plugin, err := pluginFactory(pluginCfg)
+	plugin, err := pluginFactory(rawCfg)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/document/plugin/templater/init.go b/pkg/document/plugin/templater/init.go
index 734e34404..6a7895355 100644
--- a/pkg/document/plugin/templater/init.go
+++ b/pkg/document/plugin/templater/init.go
@@ -17,11 +17,17 @@ package templater
 import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
 
-	tmplv1alpha1 "opendev.org/airship/airshipctl/pkg/document/plugin/templater/v1alpha1"
+	airshipv1 "opendev.org/airship/airshipctl/pkg/api/v1alpha1"
 	"opendev.org/airship/airshipctl/pkg/document/plugin/types"
 )
 
 // RegisterPlugin registers BareMetalHost generator plugin
-func RegisterPlugin(registry map[schema.GroupVersionKind]types.Factory) {
-	registry[tmplv1alpha1.GetGVK()] = tmplv1alpha1.New
+func RegisterPlugin(registry map[schema.GroupVersionKind]types.Factory) error {
+	obj := &airshipv1.Templater{}
+	gvks, _, err := airshipv1.Scheme.ObjectKinds(obj)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	registry[gvks[0]] = New
+	return nil
 }
diff --git a/pkg/document/plugin/templater/v1alpha1/templater.go b/pkg/document/plugin/templater/templater.go
similarity index 72%
rename from pkg/document/plugin/templater/v1alpha1/templater.go
rename to pkg/document/plugin/templater/templater.go
index c65c26dd4..a28fc9a8a 100644
--- a/pkg/document/plugin/templater/v1alpha1/templater.go
+++ b/pkg/document/plugin/templater/templater.go
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
  limitations under the License.
 */
 
-package v1alpha1
+package templater
 
 import (
 	"io"
@@ -20,33 +20,31 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/Masterminds/sprig"
 
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/yaml"
 
+	airshipv1 "opendev.org/airship/airshipctl/pkg/api/v1alpha1"
 	plugtypes "opendev.org/airship/airshipctl/pkg/document/plugin/types"
 )
 
-// GetGVK returns group, version, kind object used to register version
-// of the plugin
-func GetGVK() schema.GroupVersionKind {
-	return schema.GroupVersionKind{
-		Group:   "airshipit.org",
-		Version: "v1alpha1",
-		Kind:    "Templater",
-	}
+type plugin struct {
+	*airshipv1.Templater
 }
 
 // New creates new instance of the plugin
-func New(cfg []byte) (plugtypes.Plugin, error) {
-	t := &Templater{}
-	if err := yaml.Unmarshal(cfg, t); err != nil {
+func New(obj map[string]interface{}) (plugtypes.Plugin, error) {
+	cfg := &airshipv1.Templater{}
+	err := runtime.DefaultUnstructuredConverter.FromUnstructured(obj, cfg)
+	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	return t, nil
+	return &plugin{
+		Templater: cfg,
+	}, nil
 }
 
 // Run templater plugin
-func (t *Templater) Run(_ io.Reader, out io.Writer) error {
+func (t *plugin) Run(_ io.Reader, out io.Writer) error {
 	funcMap := sprig.TxtFuncMap()
 	funcMap["toYaml"] = toYaml
 	tmpl, err := template.New("tmpl").Funcs(funcMap).Parse(t.Template)
diff --git a/pkg/document/plugin/templater/v1alpha1/templater_test.go b/pkg/document/plugin/templater/templater_test.go
similarity index 89%
rename from pkg/document/plugin/templater/v1alpha1/templater_test.go
rename to pkg/document/plugin/templater/templater_test.go
index d82d12df7..0159bef87 100644
--- a/pkg/document/plugin/templater/v1alpha1/templater_test.go
+++ b/pkg/document/plugin/templater/templater_test.go
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
  limitations under the License.
 */
 
-package v1alpha1_test
+package templater_test
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
@@ -20,15 +20,11 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/yaml"
 
-	tmplv1alpha1 "opendev.org/airship/airshipctl/pkg/document/plugin/templater/v1alpha1"
+	"opendev.org/airship/airshipctl/pkg/document/plugin/templater"
 )
 
-func TestMalformedConfig(t *testing.T) {
-	_, err := tmplv1alpha1.New([]byte("--"))
-	assert.Error(t, err)
-}
-
 func TestTemplater(t *testing.T) {
 	testCases := []struct {
 		cfg         string
@@ -119,7 +115,10 @@ template: |
 	}
 
 	for _, tc := range testCases {
-		plugin, err := tmplv1alpha1.New([]byte(tc.cfg))
+		cfg := make(map[string]interface{})
+		err := yaml.Unmarshal([]byte(tc.cfg), &cfg)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		plugin, err := templater.New(cfg)
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 		buf := &bytes.Buffer{}
 		err = plugin.Run(nil, buf)
diff --git a/pkg/document/plugin/types/plugin.go b/pkg/document/plugin/types/plugin.go
index e9a092eae..51f0e7649 100644
--- a/pkg/document/plugin/types/plugin.go
+++ b/pkg/document/plugin/types/plugin.go
@@ -25,4 +25,4 @@ type Plugin interface {
 
 // Factory function for plugins. Functions of such type are used in the plugin
 // registry to instantiate a plugin object
-type Factory func([]byte) (Plugin, error)
+type Factory func(map[string]interface{}) (Plugin, error)