Failed to create api

[zhaowei413]

Bug Report

I get this bug info when I try command "operator-sdk create api --group ship --version v1 --kind Frigate".
I do not know the cause for this issue. This is just a example in help doc.

"failed to create API: unable to load configuration file: unable to load the configuration: unable to read "PROJECT" file: open PROJECT: no such file or directory"

My environment is bellow:

#kubectl version
Client Version: version.Info{Major:"1", Minor:"22", GitVersion:"v1.22.2", GitCommit:"8b5a19147530eaac9476b0ab82980b4088bbc1b2", GitTreeState:"clean", BuildDate:"2021-09-15T21:38:50Z", GoVersion:"go1.16.8", Compiler:"gc", Platform:"linux/amd64"}

#go version
go version go1.18 linux/amd64

#operator-sdk version
operator-sdk version: "v1.16.0", commit: "560044140c4f3d88677e4ef2872931f5bb97f255", kubernetes version: "1.21", go version: "go1.16.13", GOOS: "linux", GOARCH: "amd64"

#uname -a
Linux 214hub 3.10.0-1127.19.1.rt56.1116.el7.x86_64 #1 SMP PREEMPT RT Thu Aug 27 11:56:30 CEST 2020 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

#docker version
Client: Docker Engine - Community
Version: 20.10.11
API version: 1.41
Go version: go1.16.9
Git commit: dea9396
Built: Thu Nov 18 00:38:53 2021
OS/Arch: linux/amd64
Context: default
Experimental: true

Server: Docker Engine - Community
Engine:
Version: 20.10.11
API version: 1.41 (minimum version 1.12)
Go version: go1.16.9

[zhaowei413]

I have found the reason, I should first "operator-sdk init " a project.
BTW, I have to down grade go to version 1.16 from 1.18, or I will failed when command "operator-sdk create api --version=v1 --kind=AppService", the error info is "FATA[0002] failed to create API: unable to inject the resource to "base.go.kubebuilder.io/v3": API resource already exists ".

please close this issue, thanks!