diff --git a/examples/kubernetes/README.md b/examples/kubernetes/README.md
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@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+# Running Examples on KinD
+
+Prerequisites:
+
+- kind
+- dapr cli
+- kubectl
+
+## Setup local registry and kind
+
+```shell
+./setup_kind.sh
+```
+
+## Run any component on kubernetes
+
+> Note: Some components may require a dependency like redis/kafka and others. So you need to install it first.
+
+```shell
+./run.sh state.memory
+```
+
+## See it working
+
+Forward local 3500 port to remote daprd port and make requests:
+
+```sh
+curl -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '[{ "key": "name", "value": "Bruce Wayne", "metadata": { "ttlInSeconds": "60"}}]' http://localhost:3500/v1.0/state/default
+```
+
+```sh
+curl --silent http://localhost:3500/v1.0/state/default/name |base64 --decode
+```
diff --git a/examples/kubernetes/deployment.yaml b/examples/kubernetes/deployment.yaml
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+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  name: __COMPONENT__
+  labels:
+    app: __COMPONENT__
+spec:
+  replicas: 1
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app: __COMPONENT__
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        app: __COMPONENT__
+      annotations:
+        dapr.io/unix-domain-socket-path: "/tmp/dapr-components-sockets" ## required, the default path where Dapr uses for registering components.
+        dapr.io/app-id: "__COMPONENT__"
+        dapr.io/enabled: "true"
+    spec:
+      volumes: ## required, the sockets volume
+        - name: dapr-unix-domain-socket
+          emptyDir: {}
+      containers:
+        - name: component
+          image: localhost:5001/__COMPONENT__:latest
+          imagePullPolicy: Always
+          volumeMounts: # required, the sockets volume mount
+            - name: dapr-unix-domain-socket
+              mountPath: /tmp/dapr-components-sockets
+          env:
+            - name: DAPR_COMPONENT_SOCKET_PATH # Tells the component where the sockets should be created.
+              value: /tmp/dapr-components-sockets/pluggable.sock
diff --git a/examples/kubernetes/run.sh b/examples/kubernetes/run.sh
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@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+COMPONENT=${1:-state.memory}
+COMPONENT_IMAGE=$(echo $COMPONENT |sed -e s/"\."/"-"/gi)
+docker build -t $COMPONENT_IMAGE -f ../Dockerfile ../.. --build-arg COMPONENT=$COMPONENT
+docker tag $COMPONENT_IMAGE localhost:5001/$COMPONENT_IMAGE:latest
+docker push localhost:5001/$COMPONENT_IMAGE:latest
+kubectl apply -f ../$COMPONENT/component.yml
+cat deployment.yaml | sed s/__COMPONENT__/$COMPONENT_IMAGE/gi | kubectl apply -f -
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diff --git a/examples/kubernetes/setup_kind.sh b/examples/kubernetes/setup_kind.sh
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+++ b/examples/kubernetes/setup_kind.sh
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+### Local registry setup
+set -o errexit
+
+# create registry container unless it already exists
+reg_name='kind-registry'
+reg_port='5001'
+if [ "$(docker inspect -f '{{.State.Running}}' "${reg_name}" 2>/dev/null || true)" != 'true' ]; then
+  docker run \
+    -d --restart=always -p "127.0.0.1:${reg_port}:5000" --name "${reg_name}" \
+    registry:2
+fi
+
+# create a cluster with the local registry enabled in containerd
+cat <<EOF | kind create cluster --config=-
+kind: Cluster
+apiVersion: kind.x-k8s.io/v1alpha4
+containerdConfigPatches:
+- |-
+  [plugins."io.containerd.grpc.v1.cri".registry.mirrors."localhost:${reg_port}"]
+    endpoint = ["http://${reg_name}:5000"]
+EOF
+
+# connect the registry to the cluster network if not already connected
+if [ "$(docker inspect -f='{{json .NetworkSettings.Networks.kind}}' "${reg_name}")" = 'null' ]; then
+  docker network connect "kind" "${reg_name}"
+fi
+
+# Document the local registry
+# https://github.com/kubernetes/enhancements/tree/master/keps/sig-cluster-lifecycle/generic/1755-communicating-a-local-registry
+cat <<EOF | kubectl apply -f -
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ConfigMap
+metadata:
+  name: local-registry-hosting
+  namespace: kube-public
+data:
+  localRegistryHosting.v1: |
+    host: "localhost:${reg_port}"
+    help: "https://kind.sigs.k8s.io/docs/user/local-registry/"
+EOF
+
+dapr init -k --wait
+
+###
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diff --git a/examples/state.memory/component.yml b/examples/state.memory/component.yml
index e058cc0..536f279 100644
--- a/examples/state.memory/component.yml
+++ b/examples/state.memory/component.yml
@@ -19,3 +19,4 @@ spec:
   type: state.memory-pluggable
   version: v1
   initTimeout: 10s
+  metadata: []
diff --git a/socket_unix.go b/socket_unix.go
index 6eabd54..b22a6cf 100644
--- a/socket_unix.go
+++ b/socket_unix.go
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ limitations under the License.
 
 package dapr
 
-import "syscall"
+import (
+	"syscall"
+)
 
 func init() {
 	//nolint