diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-cli.yml b/.github/workflows/pr-cli.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..864c693d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-cli.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+name: PR check - CLI Installation test
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [ main ]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ main ]
+
+jobs:
+  cli-test:
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        os: [ubuntu-latest]
+
+    steps:
+    - name: checkout
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      with:
+        fetch-tags: true
+    - name: Set up Go
+      uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+      with:
+        go-version-file: ./go.mod
+    - name: Install kind
+      uses: helm/kind-action@v1.10.0
+      with:
+        install_only: true
+    - name: Run build
+      run: make build
+    - name: Build docker images
+      run: make docker-build
+    - name: Run installation test using CLI
+      run: ./tests/cli/basic_test.sh
+    - name: upload e2e k8s test logs
+      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+      if: failure()
+      with:
+        name: tests-cli
+        path: /tmp/clusterlink-cli
diff --git a/.golangci.yaml b/.golangci.yaml
index bb1bd4d7..5fbf3f0d 100644
--- a/.golangci.yaml
+++ b/.golangci.yaml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ linters:
     - bodyclose
     - contextcheck
     - durationcheck
-    - errcheck 
+    - errcheck
     - errname
     - errorlint
     - exportloopref
@@ -122,7 +122,8 @@ linters-settings:
 
 output:
   # prefer the simplest output: `line-number` without saving to file
-  format: line-number
+  formats:
+    - format: line-number
   print-issued-lines: false
   print-linter-name: true
   # allow multiple reports per line
diff --git a/pkg/controlplane/control/manager.go b/pkg/controlplane/control/manager.go
index fabe0bc6..3d59e8d3 100644
--- a/pkg/controlplane/control/manager.go
+++ b/pkg/controlplane/control/manager.go
@@ -889,7 +889,6 @@ func generateJWKSecret() ([]byte, error) {
 		Type:  "RSA PRIVATE KEY",
 		Bytes: x509.MarshalPKCS1PrivateKey(rsaKey),
 	})
-
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot encode JWK key: %w", err)
 	}
diff --git a/tests/cli/basic_test.sh b/tests/cli/basic_test.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..ce2e3f20
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/cli/basic_test.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Copyright (c) The ClusterLink Authors.
+# 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.
+
+set -ex
+
+SCRIPT_DIR=$( cd -- "$( dirname -- "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" &> /dev/null && pwd )
+TEST_DIR=$(mktemp -d)
+CLI=$SCRIPT_DIR/../../bin/clusterlink
+
+function clean_up {
+  kind delete cluster --name peer1
+
+  cd -
+}
+
+function clean_up_with_logs {
+  # export logs
+  kind export logs /tmp/clusterlink-cli --name peer1
+
+  clean_up
+}
+
+function test_k8s {
+  # create fabric with a single peer (peer1)
+  $CLI create fabric
+  $CLI create peer-cert --name peer1
+
+  # create kind cluster
+  kind create cluster --name peer1
+
+  # load images to cluster
+  kind load docker-image cl-controlplane --name peer1
+  kind load docker-image cl-dataplane --name peer1
+  kind load docker-image cl-operator --name peer1
+
+  # configure kubectl
+  kubectl config use-context kind-peer1
+
+  # wait for service account to be created
+  timeout 30 sh -c 'until kubectl -n default get serviceaccount default -o name; do sleep 0.1; done > /dev/null 2>&1'
+
+  # create clusterlink objects
+  $CLI deploy peer --name peer1 --container-registry=docker.io/library --ingress=NodePort --ingress-port=30443
+
+  # wait for cl-controlplane and cl-dataplane to be created
+    if ! timeout 30 sh -c 'until kubectl rollout status deployment cl-controlplane -n clusterlink-system; do sleep 0.1; done > /dev/null 2>&1'; then
+        echo "Error: Timeout occurred while waiting for cl-controlplane deployment"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+
+    if ! timeout 30 sh -c 'until kubectl rollout status deployment cl-dataplane -n clusterlink-system; do sleep 0.1; done > /dev/null 2>&1'; then
+        echo "Error: Timeout occurred while waiting for cl-dataplane deployment"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+
+  # Delete clusterlink objects
+  $CLI delete peer --name peer1
+
+}
+
+cd $TEST_DIR
+clean_up
+
+trap clean_up_with_logs INT TERM EXIT
+
+cd $TEST_DIR
+test_k8s
+
+echo OK