diff --git a/operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/api/reconciler/dependent/managed/KubernetesClientAware.java b/operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/api/reconciler/dependent/managed/KubernetesClientAware.java
index 0e787753a5..2a28813c35 100644
--- a/operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/api/reconciler/dependent/managed/KubernetesClientAware.java
+++ b/operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/api/reconciler/dependent/managed/KubernetesClientAware.java
@@ -4,4 +4,6 @@
 
 public interface KubernetesClientAware {
   void setKubernetesClient(KubernetesClient kubernetesClient);
+
+  KubernetesClient getKubernetesClient();
 }
diff --git a/operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/processing/dependent/kubernetes/KubernetesDependentResource.java b/operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/processing/dependent/kubernetes/KubernetesDependentResource.java
index 233deb020d..32606a5ebd 100644
--- a/operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/processing/dependent/kubernetes/KubernetesDependentResource.java
+++ b/operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/processing/dependent/kubernetes/KubernetesDependentResource.java
@@ -156,6 +156,11 @@ public void setKubernetesClient(KubernetesClient kubernetesClient) {
     this.client = kubernetesClient;
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public KubernetesClient getKubernetesClient() {
+    return client;
+  }
+
   @Override
   protected R desired(P primary, Context<P> context) {
     return super.desired(primary, context);
diff --git a/sample-operators/webpage/pom.xml b/sample-operators/webpage/pom.xml
index 93e32953c3..f91cd7ee8a 100644
--- a/sample-operators/webpage/pom.xml
+++ b/sample-operators/webpage/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
         <version>2.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
-    <artifactId>webpage</artifactId>
+    <artifactId>sample-webpage-operator</artifactId>
     <name>Operator SDK - Samples - WebPage</name>
     <description>Provisions an nginx Webserver based on a CRD with give html</description>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
diff --git a/sample-operators/webpage/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/sample/ConfigMapDependentResource.java b/sample-operators/webpage/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/sample/ConfigMapDependentResource.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8cacd49765
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sample-operators/webpage/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/sample/ConfigMapDependentResource.java
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+package io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.sample;
+
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.ConfigMap;
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.ConfigMapBuilder;
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.ObjectMetaBuilder;
+import io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.api.reconciler.Context;
+import io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.processing.dependent.kubernetes.CRUKubernetesDependentResource;
+import io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.processing.dependent.kubernetes.KubernetesDependent;
+import io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.processing.event.ResourceID;
+import io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.processing.event.source.PrimaryToSecondaryMapper;
+
+import static io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.sample.Utils.configMapName;
+import static io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.sample.Utils.deploymentName;
+
+// this annotation only activates when using managed dependents and is not otherwise needed
+@KubernetesDependent(labelSelector = WebPageManagedDependentsReconciler.SELECTOR)
+class ConfigMapDependentResource extends CRUKubernetesDependentResource<ConfigMap, WebPage>
+    implements PrimaryToSecondaryMapper<WebPage> {
+
+  private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(ConfigMapDependentResource.class);
+
+  public ConfigMapDependentResource() {
+    super(ConfigMap.class);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  protected ConfigMap desired(WebPage webPage, Context<WebPage> context) {
+    Map<String, String> data = new HashMap<>();
+    data.put("index.html", webPage.getSpec().getHtml());
+    return new ConfigMapBuilder()
+        .withMetadata(
+            new ObjectMetaBuilder()
+                .withName(configMapName(webPage))
+                .withNamespace(webPage.getMetadata().getNamespace())
+                .build())
+        .withData(data)
+        .build();
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public ConfigMap update(ConfigMap actual, ConfigMap target, WebPage primary,
+      Context<WebPage> context) {
+    var res = super.update(actual, target, primary, context);
+    var ns = actual.getMetadata().getNamespace();
+    log.info("Restarting pods because HTML has changed in {}",
+        ns);
+    getKubernetesClient()
+        .pods()
+        .inNamespace(ns)
+        .withLabel("app", deploymentName(primary))
+        .delete();
+    return res;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public ResourceID associatedSecondaryID(WebPage primary) {
+    return new ResourceID(configMapName(primary), primary.getMetadata().getNamespace());
+  }
+}
diff --git a/sample-operators/webpage/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/sample/DeploymentDependentResource.java b/sample-operators/webpage/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/sample/DeploymentDependentResource.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0fd907f245
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sample-operators/webpage/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/sample/DeploymentDependentResource.java
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+package io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.sample;
+
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.ConfigMapVolumeSourceBuilder;
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.apps.Deployment;
+import io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.api.reconciler.Context;
+import io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.processing.dependent.kubernetes.CRUDKubernetesDependentResource;
+import io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.processing.dependent.kubernetes.KubernetesDependent;
+
+import static io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.ReconcilerUtils.loadYaml;
+import static io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.sample.Utils.configMapName;
+import static io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.sample.Utils.deploymentName;
+
+// this annotation only activates when using managed dependents and is not otherwise needed
+@KubernetesDependent(labelSelector = WebPageManagedDependentsReconciler.SELECTOR)
+class DeploymentDependentResource extends CRUDKubernetesDependentResource<Deployment, WebPage> {
+
+  public DeploymentDependentResource() {
+    super(Deployment.class);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  protected Deployment desired(WebPage webPage, Context<WebPage> context) {
+    var deploymentName = deploymentName(webPage);
+    Deployment deployment = loadYaml(Deployment.class, getClass(), "deployment.yaml");
+    deployment.getMetadata().setName(deploymentName);
+    deployment.getMetadata().setNamespace(webPage.getMetadata().getNamespace());
+    deployment.getSpec().getSelector().getMatchLabels().put("app", deploymentName);
+
+    deployment
+        .getSpec()
+        .getTemplate()
+        .getMetadata()
+        .getLabels()
+        .put("app", deploymentName);
+    deployment
+        .getSpec()
+        .getTemplate()
+        .getSpec()
+        .getVolumes()
+        .get(0)
+        .setConfigMap(
+            new ConfigMapVolumeSourceBuilder().withName(configMapName(webPage)).build());
+    return deployment;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/sample-operators/webpage/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/sample/ErrorSimulationException.java b/sample-operators/webpage/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/sample/ErrorSimulationException.java
index e2d3f3c1dd..94efc05baa 100644
--- a/sample-operators/webpage/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/sample/ErrorSimulationException.java
+++ b/sample-operators/webpage/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/sample/ErrorSimulationException.java
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 package io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.sample;
 
-public class ErrorSimulationException extends RuntimeException {
+public class ErrorSimulationException extends Exception {
 
   public ErrorSimulationException(String message) {
     super(message);
diff --git a/sample-operators/webpage/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/sample/ServiceDependentResource.java b/sample-operators/webpage/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/sample/ServiceDependentResource.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cb06ab594b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sample-operators/webpage/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/sample/ServiceDependentResource.java
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+package io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.sample;
+
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.Service;
+import io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.api.reconciler.Context;
+import io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.processing.dependent.kubernetes.CRUDKubernetesDependentResource;
+import io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.processing.dependent.kubernetes.KubernetesDependent;
+
+import static io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.ReconcilerUtils.loadYaml;
+import static io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.sample.Utils.deploymentName;
+import static io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.sample.Utils.serviceName;
+
+// this annotation only activates when using managed dependents and is not otherwise needed
+@KubernetesDependent(labelSelector = WebPageManagedDependentsReconciler.SELECTOR)
+class ServiceDependentResource extends CRUDKubernetesDependentResource<Service, WebPage> {
+
+  public ServiceDependentResource() {
+    super(Service.class);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  protected Service desired(WebPage webPage, Context<WebPage> context) {
+    Service service = loadYaml(Service.class, getClass(), "service.yaml");
+    service.getMetadata().setName(serviceName(webPage));
+    service.getMetadata().setNamespace(webPage.getMetadata().getNamespace());
+    Map<String, String> labels = new HashMap<>();
+    labels.put("app", deploymentName(webPage));
+    service.getSpec().setSelector(labels);
+    return service;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/sample-operators/webpage/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/sample/Utils.java b/sample-operators/webpage/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/sample/Utils.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f08c78f5db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sample-operators/webpage/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/sample/Utils.java
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+package io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.sample;
+
+import io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.api.reconciler.ErrorStatusUpdateControl;
+
+public class Utils {
+
+  private Utils() {}
+
+  static WebPageStatus createStatus(String configMapName) {
+    WebPageStatus status = new WebPageStatus();
+    status.setHtmlConfigMap(configMapName);
+    status.setAreWeGood(true);
+    status.setErrorMessage(null);
+    return status;
+  }
+
+  static String configMapName(WebPage nginx) {
+    return nginx.getMetadata().getName() + "-html";
+  }
+
+  static String deploymentName(WebPage nginx) {
+    return nginx.getMetadata().getName();
+  }
+
+  static String serviceName(WebPage webPage) {
+    return webPage.getMetadata().getName();
+  }
+
+  static ErrorStatusUpdateControl<WebPage> handleError(WebPage resource, Exception e) {
+    resource.getStatus().setErrorMessage("Error: " + e.getMessage());
+    return ErrorStatusUpdateControl.updateStatus(resource);
+  }
+
+  static void simulateErrorIfRequested(WebPage webPage) throws ErrorSimulationException {
+    if (webPage.getSpec().getHtml().contains("error")) {
+      // special case just to showcase error if doing a demo
+      throw new ErrorSimulationException("Simulating error");
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/sample-operators/webpage/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/sample/WebPageManagedDependentsReconciler.java b/sample-operators/webpage/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/sample/WebPageManagedDependentsReconciler.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f257893f8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sample-operators/webpage/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/sample/WebPageManagedDependentsReconciler.java
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+package io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.sample;
+
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.ConfigMap;
+import io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.api.reconciler.Context;
+import io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.api.reconciler.ControllerConfiguration;
+import io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.api.reconciler.ErrorStatusHandler;
+import io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.api.reconciler.ErrorStatusUpdateControl;
+import io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.api.reconciler.Reconciler;
+import io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.api.reconciler.UpdateControl;
+import io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.api.reconciler.dependent.Dependent;
+
+import static io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.sample.Utils.createStatus;
+import static io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.sample.Utils.handleError;
+import static io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.sample.Utils.simulateErrorIfRequested;
+import static io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.sample.WebPageManagedDependentsReconciler.SELECTOR;
+
+/**
+ * Shows how to implement a reconciler with managed dependent resources.
+ */
+@ControllerConfiguration(
+    labelSelector = SELECTOR,
+    dependents = {
+        @Dependent(type = ConfigMapDependentResource.class),
+        @Dependent(type = DeploymentDependentResource.class),
+        @Dependent(type = ServiceDependentResource.class)
+    })
+public class WebPageManagedDependentsReconciler
+    implements Reconciler<WebPage>, ErrorStatusHandler<WebPage> {
+
+  static final String SELECTOR = "managed";
+
+  @Override
+  public ErrorStatusUpdateControl<WebPage> updateErrorStatus(WebPage resource,
+      Context<WebPage> context, Exception e) {
+    return handleError(resource, e);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public UpdateControl<WebPage> reconcile(WebPage webPage, Context<WebPage> context)
+      throws Exception {
+    simulateErrorIfRequested(webPage);
+
+    final var name = context.getSecondaryResource(ConfigMap.class).orElseThrow()
+        .getMetadata().getName();
+    webPage.setStatus(createStatus(name));
+    return UpdateControl.updateStatus(webPage);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/sample-operators/webpage/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/sample/WebPageOperator.java b/sample-operators/webpage/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/sample/WebPageOperator.java
index 0277da8199..30958dbc84 100644
--- a/sample-operators/webpage/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/sample/WebPageOperator.java
+++ b/sample-operators/webpage/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/sample/WebPageOperator.java
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
     if (WEBPAGE_RECONCILER_ENV_VALUE.equals(System.getenv(WEBPAGE_RECONCILER_ENV))) {
       operator.register(new WebPageReconciler(client));
     } else {
-      operator.register(new WebPageReconcilerDependentResources(client));
+      operator.register(new WebPageStandaloneDependentsReconciler(client));
     }
     operator.installShutdownHook();
     operator.start();
diff --git a/sample-operators/webpage/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/sample/WebPageReconciler.java b/sample-operators/webpage/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/sample/WebPageReconciler.java
index 570f2ffb53..3d74dcb00b 100644
--- a/sample-operators/webpage/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/sample/WebPageReconciler.java
+++ b/sample-operators/webpage/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/sample/WebPageReconciler.java
@@ -8,16 +8,33 @@
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
-import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.*;
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.ConfigMap;
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.ConfigMapBuilder;
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.ConfigMapVolumeSourceBuilder;
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.ObjectMetaBuilder;
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.Service;
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.apps.Deployment;
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.KubernetesClient;
 import io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.ReconcilerUtils;
 import io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.api.config.informer.InformerConfiguration;
-import io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.api.reconciler.*;
 import io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.api.reconciler.Context;
+import io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.api.reconciler.ControllerConfiguration;
+import io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.api.reconciler.ErrorStatusHandler;
+import io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.api.reconciler.ErrorStatusUpdateControl;
+import io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.api.reconciler.EventSourceContext;
+import io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.api.reconciler.EventSourceInitializer;
+import io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.api.reconciler.Reconciler;
+import io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.api.reconciler.UpdateControl;
 import io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.processing.event.source.EventSource;
 import io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.processing.event.source.informer.InformerEventSource;
 
+import static io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.sample.Utils.configMapName;
+import static io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.sample.Utils.createStatus;
+import static io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.sample.Utils.deploymentName;
+import static io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.sample.Utils.handleError;
+import static io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.sample.Utils.serviceName;
+import static io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.sample.Utils.simulateErrorIfRequested;
+
 /** Shows how to implement reconciler using the low level api directly. */
 @ControllerConfiguration(
     labelSelector = WebPageReconciler.LOW_LEVEL_LABEL_KEY)
@@ -35,11 +52,9 @@ public WebPageReconciler(KubernetesClient kubernetesClient) {
     this.kubernetesClient = kubernetesClient;
   }
 
-  InformerEventSource configMapEventSource;
-
   @Override
   public List<EventSource> prepareEventSources(EventSourceContext<WebPage> context) {
-    configMapEventSource =
+    var configMapEventSource =
         new InformerEventSource<>(InformerConfiguration.from(context, ConfigMap.class)
             .withLabelSelector(LOW_LEVEL_LABEL_KEY)
             .build(), context);
@@ -55,11 +70,11 @@ public List<EventSource> prepareEventSources(EventSourceContext<WebPage> context
   }
 
   @Override
-  public UpdateControl<WebPage> reconcile(WebPage webPage, Context<WebPage> context) {
+  public UpdateControl<WebPage> reconcile(WebPage webPage, Context<WebPage> context)
+      throws Exception {
     log.info("Reconciling web page: {}", webPage);
-    if (webPage.getSpec().getHtml().contains("error")) {
-      throw new ErrorSimulationException("Simulating error");
-    }
+    simulateErrorIfRequested(webPage);
+
     String ns = webPage.getMetadata().getNamespace();
     String configMapName = configMapName(webPage);
     String deploymentName = deploymentName(webPage);
@@ -107,14 +122,6 @@ public UpdateControl<WebPage> reconcile(WebPage webPage, Context<WebPage> contex
     return UpdateControl.updateStatus(webPage);
   }
 
-  private WebPageStatus createStatus(String configMapName) {
-    WebPageStatus status = new WebPageStatus();
-    status.setHtmlConfigMap(configMapName);
-    status.setAreWeGood(true);
-    status.setErrorMessage(null);
-    return status;
-  }
-
   private boolean match(Deployment desiredDeployment, Deployment deployment) {
     if (deployment == null) {
       return false;
@@ -196,22 +203,9 @@ public static Map<String, String> lowLevelLabel() {
     return labels;
   }
 
-  private static String configMapName(WebPage nginx) {
-    return nginx.getMetadata().getName() + "-html";
-  }
-
-  private static String deploymentName(WebPage nginx) {
-    return nginx.getMetadata().getName();
-  }
-
-  private static String serviceName(WebPage nginx) {
-    return nginx.getMetadata().getName();
-  }
-
   @Override
   public ErrorStatusUpdateControl<WebPage> updateErrorStatus(
       WebPage resource, Context<WebPage> context, Exception e) {
-    resource.getStatus().setErrorMessage("Error: " + e.getMessage());
-    return ErrorStatusUpdateControl.updateStatus(resource);
+    return handleError(resource, e);
   }
 }
diff --git a/sample-operators/webpage/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/sample/WebPageReconcilerDependentResources.java b/sample-operators/webpage/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/sample/WebPageReconcilerDependentResources.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 7698c3a16d..0000000000
--- a/sample-operators/webpage/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/sample/WebPageReconcilerDependentResources.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,206 +0,0 @@
-package io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.sample;
-
-import java.util.HashMap;
-import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Map;
-
-import org.slf4j.Logger;
-import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
-
-import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.ConfigMap;
-import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.ConfigMapBuilder;
-import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.ConfigMapVolumeSourceBuilder;
-import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.ObjectMetaBuilder;
-import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.Service;
-import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.apps.Deployment;
-import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.KubernetesClient;
-import io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.api.reconciler.Context;
-import io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.api.reconciler.ControllerConfiguration;
-import io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.api.reconciler.ErrorStatusHandler;
-import io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.api.reconciler.ErrorStatusUpdateControl;
-import io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.api.reconciler.EventSourceContext;
-import io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.api.reconciler.EventSourceInitializer;
-import io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.api.reconciler.Reconciler;
-import io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.api.reconciler.UpdateControl;
-import io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.processing.dependent.kubernetes.CRUDKubernetesDependentResource;
-import io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.processing.dependent.kubernetes.CRUKubernetesDependentResource;
-import io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.processing.dependent.kubernetes.KubernetesDependentResource;
-import io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.processing.dependent.kubernetes.KubernetesDependentResourceConfig;
-import io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.processing.event.ResourceID;
-import io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.processing.event.source.EventSource;
-import io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.processing.event.source.PrimaryToSecondaryMapper;
-
-import static io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.ReconcilerUtils.loadYaml;
-
-/**
- * Shows how to implement reconciler using standalone dependent resources.
- */
-@ControllerConfiguration(
-    labelSelector = WebPageReconcilerDependentResources.DEPENDENT_RESOURCE_LABEL_SELECTOR)
-public class WebPageReconcilerDependentResources
-    implements Reconciler<WebPage>, ErrorStatusHandler<WebPage>, EventSourceInitializer<WebPage> {
-
-  public static final String DEPENDENT_RESOURCE_LABEL_SELECTOR = "!low-level";
-  private static final Logger log =
-      LoggerFactory.getLogger(WebPageReconcilerDependentResources.class);
-  private final KubernetesClient kubernetesClient;
-
-  private KubernetesDependentResource<ConfigMap, WebPage> configMapDR;
-  private KubernetesDependentResource<Deployment, WebPage> deploymentDR;
-  private KubernetesDependentResource<Service, WebPage> serviceDR;
-
-  public WebPageReconcilerDependentResources(KubernetesClient kubernetesClient) {
-    this.kubernetesClient = kubernetesClient;
-    createDependentResources(kubernetesClient);
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  public List<EventSource> prepareEventSources(EventSourceContext<WebPage> context) {
-    return List.of(
-        configMapDR.initEventSource(context),
-        deploymentDR.initEventSource(context),
-        serviceDR.initEventSource(context));
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  public UpdateControl<WebPage> reconcile(WebPage webPage, Context<WebPage> context) {
-    if (webPage.getSpec().getHtml().contains("error")) {
-      // special case just to showcase error if doing a demo
-      throw new ErrorSimulationException("Simulating error");
-    }
-
-    configMapDR.reconcile(webPage, context);
-    deploymentDR.reconcile(webPage, context);
-    serviceDR.reconcile(webPage, context);
-
-    webPage.setStatus(
-        createStatus(configMapDR.getResource(webPage).orElseThrow().getMetadata().getName()));
-    return UpdateControl.updateStatus(webPage);
-  }
-
-  private WebPageStatus createStatus(String configMapName) {
-    WebPageStatus status = new WebPageStatus();
-    status.setHtmlConfigMap(configMapName);
-    status.setAreWeGood(true);
-    status.setErrorMessage(null);
-    return status;
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  public ErrorStatusUpdateControl<WebPage> updateErrorStatus(
-      WebPage resource, Context<WebPage> retryInfo, Exception e) {
-    resource.getStatus().setErrorMessage("Error: " + e.getMessage());
-    return ErrorStatusUpdateControl.updateStatus(resource);
-  }
-
-  private void createDependentResources(KubernetesClient client) {
-    this.configMapDR = new ConfigMapDependentResource();
-    this.configMapDR.setKubernetesClient(client);
-    configMapDR.configureWith(new KubernetesDependentResourceConfig()
-        .setLabelSelector(DEPENDENT_RESOURCE_LABEL_SELECTOR));
-
-    this.deploymentDR =
-        new CRUDKubernetesDependentResource<>(Deployment.class) {
-
-          @Override
-          protected Deployment desired(WebPage webPage, Context<WebPage> context) {
-            var deploymentName = deploymentName(webPage);
-            Deployment deployment = loadYaml(Deployment.class, getClass(), "deployment.yaml");
-            deployment.getMetadata().setName(deploymentName);
-            deployment.getMetadata().setNamespace(webPage.getMetadata().getNamespace());
-            deployment.getSpec().getSelector().getMatchLabels().put("app", deploymentName);
-
-            deployment
-                .getSpec()
-                .getTemplate()
-                .getMetadata()
-                .getLabels()
-                .put("app", deploymentName);
-            deployment
-                .getSpec()
-                .getTemplate()
-                .getSpec()
-                .getVolumes()
-                .get(0)
-                .setConfigMap(
-                    new ConfigMapVolumeSourceBuilder().withName(configMapName(webPage)).build());
-            return deployment;
-          }
-        };
-    deploymentDR.setKubernetesClient(client);
-    deploymentDR.configureWith(new KubernetesDependentResourceConfig()
-        .setLabelSelector(DEPENDENT_RESOURCE_LABEL_SELECTOR));
-
-    this.serviceDR =
-        new CRUDKubernetesDependentResource<>(Service.class) {
-
-          @Override
-          protected Service desired(WebPage webPage, Context<WebPage> context) {
-            Service service = loadYaml(Service.class, getClass(), "service.yaml");
-            service.getMetadata().setName(serviceName(webPage));
-            service.getMetadata().setNamespace(webPage.getMetadata().getNamespace());
-            Map<String, String> labels = new HashMap<>();
-            labels.put("app", deploymentName(webPage));
-            service.getSpec().setSelector(labels);
-            return service;
-          }
-        };
-    serviceDR.setKubernetesClient(client);
-    serviceDR.configureWith(new KubernetesDependentResourceConfig()
-        .setLabelSelector(DEPENDENT_RESOURCE_LABEL_SELECTOR));
-  }
-
-  public static String configMapName(WebPage nginx) {
-    return nginx.getMetadata().getName() + "-html";
-  }
-
-  public static String deploymentName(WebPage nginx) {
-    return nginx.getMetadata().getName();
-  }
-
-  public static String serviceName(WebPage webPage) {
-    return webPage.getMetadata().getName();
-  }
-
-  private class ConfigMapDependentResource
-      extends CRUKubernetesDependentResource<ConfigMap, WebPage>
-      implements PrimaryToSecondaryMapper<WebPage> {
-
-    public ConfigMapDependentResource() {
-      super(ConfigMap.class);
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    protected ConfigMap desired(WebPage webPage, Context<WebPage> context) {
-      Map<String, String> data = new HashMap<>();
-      data.put("index.html", webPage.getSpec().getHtml());
-      return new ConfigMapBuilder()
-          .withMetadata(
-              new ObjectMetaBuilder()
-                  .withName(WebPageReconcilerDependentResources.configMapName(webPage))
-                  .withNamespace(webPage.getMetadata().getNamespace())
-                  .build())
-          .withData(data)
-          .build();
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public ConfigMap update(ConfigMap actual, ConfigMap target, WebPage primary,
-        Context<WebPage> context) {
-      var res = super.update(actual, target, primary, context);
-      var ns = actual.getMetadata().getNamespace();
-      log.info("Restarting pods because HTML has changed in {}", ns);
-      kubernetesClient
-          .pods()
-          .inNamespace(ns)
-          .withLabel("app", deploymentName(primary))
-          .delete();
-      return res;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public ResourceID associatedSecondaryID(WebPage primary) {
-      return new ResourceID(configMapName(primary), primary.getMetadata().getNamespace());
-    }
-  }
-}
diff --git a/sample-operators/webpage/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/sample/WebPageStandaloneDependentsReconciler.java b/sample-operators/webpage/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/sample/WebPageStandaloneDependentsReconciler.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..180c6ade65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sample-operators/webpage/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/sample/WebPageStandaloneDependentsReconciler.java
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+package io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.sample;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.ConfigMap;
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.Service;
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.apps.Deployment;
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.KubernetesClient;
+import io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.api.reconciler.Context;
+import io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.api.reconciler.ControllerConfiguration;
+import io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.api.reconciler.ErrorStatusHandler;
+import io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.api.reconciler.ErrorStatusUpdateControl;
+import io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.api.reconciler.EventSourceContext;
+import io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.api.reconciler.EventSourceInitializer;
+import io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.api.reconciler.Reconciler;
+import io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.api.reconciler.UpdateControl;
+import io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.processing.dependent.kubernetes.KubernetesDependentResource;
+import io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.processing.dependent.kubernetes.KubernetesDependentResourceConfig;
+import io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.processing.event.source.EventSource;
+
+import static io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.sample.Utils.createStatus;
+import static io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.sample.Utils.handleError;
+import static io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.sample.Utils.simulateErrorIfRequested;
+
+/**
+ * Shows how to implement reconciler using standalone dependent resources.
+ */
+@ControllerConfiguration(
+    labelSelector = WebPageStandaloneDependentsReconciler.DEPENDENT_RESOURCE_LABEL_SELECTOR)
+public class WebPageStandaloneDependentsReconciler
+    implements Reconciler<WebPage>, ErrorStatusHandler<WebPage>, EventSourceInitializer<WebPage> {
+
+  public static final String DEPENDENT_RESOURCE_LABEL_SELECTOR = "!low-level";
+  private static final Logger log =
+      LoggerFactory.getLogger(WebPageStandaloneDependentsReconciler.class);
+
+  private KubernetesDependentResource<ConfigMap, WebPage> configMapDR;
+  private KubernetesDependentResource<Deployment, WebPage> deploymentDR;
+  private KubernetesDependentResource<Service, WebPage> serviceDR;
+
+  public WebPageStandaloneDependentsReconciler(KubernetesClient kubernetesClient) {
+    createDependentResources(kubernetesClient);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public List<EventSource> prepareEventSources(EventSourceContext<WebPage> context) {
+    return List.of(
+        configMapDR.initEventSource(context),
+        deploymentDR.initEventSource(context),
+        serviceDR.initEventSource(context));
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public UpdateControl<WebPage> reconcile(WebPage webPage, Context<WebPage> context)
+      throws Exception {
+    simulateErrorIfRequested(webPage);
+
+    configMapDR.reconcile(webPage, context);
+    deploymentDR.reconcile(webPage, context);
+    serviceDR.reconcile(webPage, context);
+
+    webPage.setStatus(
+        createStatus(configMapDR.getResource(webPage).orElseThrow().getMetadata().getName()));
+    return UpdateControl.updateStatus(webPage);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public ErrorStatusUpdateControl<WebPage> updateErrorStatus(
+      WebPage resource, Context<WebPage> retryInfo, Exception e) {
+    return handleError(resource, e);
+  }
+
+  private void createDependentResources(KubernetesClient client) {
+    this.configMapDR = new ConfigMapDependentResource();
+    this.configMapDR.setKubernetesClient(client);
+    configMapDR.configureWith(new KubernetesDependentResourceConfig()
+        .setLabelSelector(DEPENDENT_RESOURCE_LABEL_SELECTOR));
+
+    this.deploymentDR = new DeploymentDependentResource();
+    deploymentDR.setKubernetesClient(client);
+    deploymentDR.configureWith(new KubernetesDependentResourceConfig()
+        .setLabelSelector(DEPENDENT_RESOURCE_LABEL_SELECTOR));
+
+    this.serviceDR = new ServiceDependentResource();
+    serviceDR.setKubernetesClient(client);
+    serviceDR.configureWith(new KubernetesDependentResourceConfig()
+        .setLabelSelector(DEPENDENT_RESOURCE_LABEL_SELECTOR));
+  }
+}
diff --git a/sample-operators/webpage/src/test/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/sample/WebPageOperatorAbstractTest.java b/sample-operators/webpage/src/test/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/sample/WebPageOperatorAbstractTest.java
index 092ad6f25a..65a3084989 100644
--- a/sample-operators/webpage/src/test/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/sample/WebPageOperatorAbstractTest.java
+++ b/sample-operators/webpage/src/test/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/sample/WebPageOperatorAbstractTest.java
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.LocalPortForward;
 import io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.junit.AbstractOperatorExtension;
 
-import static io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.sample.WebPageReconcilerDependentResources.serviceName;
+import static io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.sample.Utils.deploymentName;
+import static io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.sample.Utils.serviceName;
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 import static org.awaitility.Awaitility.await;
 
@@ -50,8 +51,7 @@ void testAddingWebPage() {
         .until(
             () -> {
               var actual = operator().get(WebPage.class, TEST_PAGE);
-              var deployment = operator().get(Deployment.class,
-                  WebPageReconcilerDependentResources.deploymentName(webPage));
+              var deployment = operator().get(Deployment.class, deploymentName(webPage));
 
               return Boolean.TRUE.equals(actual.getStatus().getAreWeGood())
                   && Objects.equals(deployment.getSpec().getReplicas(),
diff --git a/sample-operators/webpage/src/test/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/sample/WebPageOperatorDependentResourcesE2E.java b/sample-operators/webpage/src/test/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/sample/WebPageOperatorDependentResourcesE2E.java
index 3bfdd3f45b..df024b890a 100644
--- a/sample-operators/webpage/src/test/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/sample/WebPageOperatorDependentResourcesE2E.java
+++ b/sample-operators/webpage/src/test/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/sample/WebPageOperatorDependentResourcesE2E.java
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ public WebPageOperatorDependentResourcesE2E() throws FileNotFoundException {}
       isLocal()
           ? OperatorExtension.builder()
               .waitForNamespaceDeletion(false)
-              .withReconciler(new WebPageReconcilerDependentResources(client))
+              .withReconciler(new WebPageStandaloneDependentsReconciler(client))
               .build()
           : E2EOperatorExtension.builder()
               .waitForNamespaceDeletion(false)