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diff --git a/mintnet-kubernetes/README.md b/mintnet-kubernetes/README.md
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+# Tendermint network powered by Kubernetes
+
+![Tendermint plus Kubernetes](img/t_plus_k.png)
+
+* [QuickStart (MacOS)](#quickstart-macos)
+* [QuickStart (Linux)](#quickstart-linux)
+* [Usage](#usage)
+* [Security](#security)
+* [Fault tolerance](#fault-tolerance)
+* [Starting process](#starting-process)
+
+This should primarily be used for testing purposes or for tightly-defined
+chains operated by a single stakeholder (see [the security
+precautions](#security)). If your desire is to launch an application with many
+stakeholders, consider using our set of Ansible scripts.
+
+## QuickStart (MacOS)
+
+[Requirements](https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube#requirements)
+
+```
+curl -LO https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/$(curl -s https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/stable.txt)/bin/darwin/amd64/kubectl && chmod +x kubectl && sudo mv kubectl /usr/local/bin/kubectl
+curl -Lo minikube https://storage.googleapis.com/minikube/releases/v0.17.1/minikube-darwin-amd64 && chmod +x minikube && sudo mv minikube /usr/local/bin/
+minikube start
+
+git clone https://github.com/tendermint/tools.git
+cd tools/mintnet-kubernetes/examples/basecoin
+make create
+```
+
+## QuickStart (Linux)
+
+[Requirements](https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube#requirements)
+
+```
+curl -LO https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/$(curl -s https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/stable.txt)/bin/linux/amd64/kubectl && chmod +x kubectl && sudo mv kubectl /usr/local/bin/kubectl
+curl -Lo minikube https://storage.googleapis.com/minikube/releases/v0.17.1/minikube-linux-amd64 && chmod +x minikube && sudo mv minikube /usr/local/bin/
+minikube start
+
+git clone https://github.com/tendermint/tools.git
+cd tools/mintnet-kubernetes/examples/basecoin
+make create
+```
+
+### Verify everything works
+
+**Using a shell:**
+
+1. wait until all the pods are `Running`.
+
+   ```
+   kubectl get pods -w -o wide -L tm
+   ```
+
+2. query the Tendermint app logs from the first pod.
+
+   ```
+   kubectl logs -c tm -f tm-0
+   ```
+
+3. use [Rest API](https://tendermint.com/docs/internals/rpc) to fetch the
+   status of the second pod's Tendermint app. Note we are using `kubectl exec`
+   because pods are not exposed (and should not be) to the outer network.
+
+   ```
+   kubectl exec -c tm tm-0 -- curl -s http://tm-1.basecoin:46657/status | json_pp
+   ```
+
+**Using the dashboard:**
+
+```
+minikube dashboard
+```
+
+### Clean up
+
+```
+make destroy
+```
+
+## Usage
+
+### (1/4) Setup a Kubernetes cluster
+
+- locally using [Minikube](https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube)
+- on GCE with a single click in the web UI
+- on AWS using [Kubernetes Operations](https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/blob/master/docs/aws.md)
+- on Linux machines (Digital Ocean) using [kubeadm](https://kubernetes.io/docs/getting-started-guides/kubeadm/)
+- on AWS, Azure, GCE or bare metal using [Kargo (Ansible)](https://kubernetes.io/docs/getting-started-guides/kargo/)
+
+Please refer to [the official
+documentation](https://kubernetes.io/docs/getting-started-guides/) for overview
+and comparison of different options. See our guides for [Google Cloud
+Engine](docs/SETUP_K8S_ON_GCE.md) or [Digital Ocean](docs/SETUP_K8S_ON_DO.md).
+
+**Make sure you have Kubernetes >= 1.5, because you will be using StatefulSets,
+which is a beta feature in 1.5.**
+
+### (2/4) Create a configuration file
+
+Download a template:
+
+```
+curl -Lo app.yaml https://github.com/tendermint/tools/raw/master/mintnet-kubernetes/app.template.yaml
+```
+
+Open `app.yaml` in your favorite editor and configure your app container
+(navigate to `- name: app`). Kubernetes DSL (Domain Specific Language) is very
+simple, so it should be easy. You will need to set Docker image, command and/or
+run arguments. Replace variables prefixed with `YOUR_APP` with corresponding
+values. Set genesis time to now and preferable chain ID in ConfigMap.
+
+Please note if you are changing `replicas` number, do not forget to update
+`validators` set in ConfigMap. You will be able to scale the cluster up or down
+later, but new pods (nodes) won't become validators automatically.
+
+### (3/4) Deploy your application
+
+```
+kubectl create -f ./app.yaml
+```
+
+### (4/4) Observe your cluster
+
+**web UI** <-> https://github.com/kubernetes/dashboard
+
+The easiest way to access Dashboard is to use kubectl. Run the following command in your desktop environment:
+
+```
+kubectl proxy
+```
+
+kubectl will handle authentication with apiserver and make Dashboard available at [http://localhost:8001/ui](http://localhost:8001/ui)
+
+**shell**
+
+List all the pods:
+
+```
+kubectl get pods -o wide -L tm
+```
+
+StatefulSet details:
+
+```
+kubectl describe statefulsets tm
+```
+
+First pod details:
+
+```
+kubectl describe pod tm-0
+```
+
+Tendermint app logs from the first pod:
+
+```
+kubectl logs tm-0 -c tm -f
+```
+
+App logs from the first pod:
+
+```
+kubectl logs tm-0 -c app -f
+```
+
+Status of the second pod's Tendermint app:
+
+```
+kubectl exec -c tm tm-0 -- curl -s http://tm-1.<YOUR_APP_NAME>:46657/status | json_pp
+```
+
+## Security
+
+Due to the nature of Kubernetes, where you typically have a single master, the
+master could be a SPOF (Single Point Of Failure). Therefore, you need to make
+sure only authorized people can access it. And these people themselves had
+taken basic measures in order not to get hacked.
+
+These are the best practices:
+
+- all access to the master is over TLS
+- access to the API Server is X.509 certificate or token based
+- etcd is not exposed directly to the cluster
+- ensure that images are free of vulnerabilities ([1](https://github.com/coreos/clair))
+- ensure that only authorized images are used in your environment
+- disable direct access to Kubernetes nodes (no SSH)
+- define resource quota
+
+Resources:
+
+- https://kubernetes.io/docs/admin/accessing-the-api/
+- http://blog.kubernetes.io/2016/08/security-best-practices-kubernetes-deployment.html
+- https://blog.openshift.com/securing-kubernetes/
+
+## Fault tolerance
+
+Having a single master (API server) is a bad thing also because if something
+happens to it, you risk being left without an access to the application.
+
+To avoid that you can [run Kubernetes in multiple
+zones](https://kubernetes.io/docs/admin/multiple-zones/), each zone running an
+[API server](https://kubernetes.io/docs/admin/high-availability/) and load
+balance requests between them. Do not forget to make sure only one instance of
+scheduler and controller-manager are running at once.
+
+Running in multiple zones is a lightweight version of a broader [Cluster
+Federation feature](https://kubernetes.io/docs/admin/federation/). Federated
+deployments could span across multiple regions (not zones). We haven't tried
+this feature yet, so any feedback is highly appreciated! Especially, related to
+additional latency and cost of exchanging data between the regions.
+
+Resources:
+
+- https://kubernetes.io/docs/admin/high-availability/
+
+## Starting process
+
+![StatefulSet](img/statefulset.png)
+
+Init containers (`tm-gen-validator`) are run before all other containers,
+creating public-private key pair for each pod. Every `tm` container then asks
+other pods for their public keys, which are served with nginx (`pub-key`
+container). When `tm` container have all the keys, it forms a genesis file and
+starts Tendermint process.
+
+## TODO
+
+- [ ] run tendermint from tmuser
+  ```
+  securityContext:
+    fsGroup: 999
+  ```
diff --git a/mintnet-kubernetes/app.template.yaml b/mintnet-kubernetes/app.template.yaml
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+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Service
+metadata:
+  annotations:
+    service.alpha.kubernetes.io/tolerate-unready-endpoints: "true"
+  name: YOUR_APP_NAME
+  labels:
+    app: YOUR_APP_NAME
+spec:
+  ports:
+  - port: 46656
+    name: p2p
+  - port: 46657
+    name: rpc
+  clusterIP: None
+  selector:
+    app: tm
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ConfigMap
+metadata:
+  name: tm-config
+data:
+  seeds: "tm-0,tm-1,tm-2,tm-3"
+  validators: "tm-0,tm-1,tm-2,tm-3"
+  validator.power: "10"
+  genesis.json: |-
+    {
+      "genesis_time": "2017-01-02T10:10:10.164Z",
+      "chain_id": "chain-B5XXm5",
+      "validators": [],
+      "app_hash": ""
+    }
+  pub_key_nginx.conf: |-
+    server {
+      listen 80 default_server;
+      listen [::]:80 default_server ipv6only=on;
+      location /pub_key.json { root /usr/share/nginx/; }
+    }
+---
+apiVersion: policy/v1beta1
+kind: PodDisruptionBudget
+metadata:
+  name: tm-budget
+spec:
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app: tm
+  minAvailable: 2
+---
+apiVersion: apps/v1beta1
+kind: StatefulSet
+metadata:
+  name: tm
+spec:
+  serviceName: YOUR_APP_NAME
+  replicas: 4
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        app: tm
+        version: v1
+      annotations:
+        pod.beta.kubernetes.io/init-containers: '[{
+          "name": "tm-gen-validator",
+          "image": "tendermint/tendermint:0.9.0",
+          "imagePullPolicy": "IfNotPresent",
+          "command": ["bash", "-c", "
+            set -ex\n
+            if [ ! -f /tendermint/priv_validator.json ]; then\n
+              tendermint gen_validator > /tendermint/priv_validator.json\n
+              # pub_key.json will be served by pub-key container\n
+              cat /tendermint/priv_validator.json | jq \".pub_key\" > /tendermint/pub_key.json\n
+            fi\n
+          "],
+          "volumeMounts": [
+            {"name": "tmdir", "mountPath": "/tendermint"}
+          ]
+        }]'
+    spec:
+      containers:
+      - name: tm
+        imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
+        image: tendermint/tendermint:0.9.0
+        resources:
+          requests:
+            cpu: 50m
+            memory: 64Mi
+          limits:
+            cpu: 100m
+            memory: 128Mi
+        ports:
+        - containerPort: 46656
+          name: p2p
+        - containerPort: 46657
+          name: rpc
+        env:
+        - name: SEEDS
+          valueFrom:
+            configMapKeyRef:
+              name: tm-config
+              key: seeds
+        - name: VALIDATOR_POWER
+          valueFrom:
+            configMapKeyRef:
+              name: tm-config
+              key: validator.power
+        - name: VALIDATORS
+          valueFrom:
+            configMapKeyRef:
+              name: tm-config
+              key: validators
+        - name: TMROOT
+          value: /tendermint
+        command:
+        - bash
+        - "-c"
+        - |
+          set -ex
+
+          # copy template
+          cp /etc/tendermint/genesis.json /tendermint/genesis.json
+
+          # fill genesis file with validators
+          IFS=',' read -ra VALS_ARR <<< "$VALIDATORS"
+          fqdn_suffix=$(echo $(hostname -f) | sed 's#[^.]*\.\(\)#\1#')
+          for v in "${VALS_ARR[@]}"; do
+            # wait until validator generates priv/pub key pair
+            set +e
+
+            curl -s "http://$v.$fqdn_suffix/pub_key.json" > /dev/null
+            ERR=$?
+            while [ "$ERR" != 0 ]; do
+              sleep 5
+              curl -s "http://$v.$fqdn_suffix/pub_key.json" > /dev/null
+              ERR=$?
+            done
+            set -e
+
+            # add validator to genesis file along with its pub_key
+            curl -s "http://$v.$fqdn_suffix/pub_key.json" | jq ". as \$k | {pub_key: \$k, amount: $VALIDATOR_POWER, name: \"$v\"}" > pub_validator.json
+            cat /tendermint/genesis.json | jq ".validators |= .+ [$(cat pub_validator.json)]" > /tendermint/genesis.json
+            rm pub_validator.json
+          done
+
+          # construct seeds
+          IFS=',' read -ra SEEDS_ARR <<< "$SEEDS"
+          seeds=()
+          for s in "${SEEDS_ARR[@]}"; do
+            seeds+=("$s.$fqdn_suffix:46656")
+          done
+          seeds=$(IFS=','; echo "${seeds[*]}")
+
+          tendermint node --seeds="$seeds" --moniker="`hostname`" --proxy_app="unix:///socks/app.sock"
+        volumeMounts:
+        - name: tmdir
+          mountPath: /tendermint
+        - mountPath: /etc/tendermint/genesis.json
+          name: configdir
+          subPath: genesis.json
+        - name: socksdir
+          mountPath: /socks
+
+      - name: app
+        imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
+        image: YOUR_APP_IMAGE
+        args: ["--addr=\"unix:///socks/app.sock\""]
+        volumeMounts:
+        - name: socksdir
+          mountPath: /socks
+
+      ######## OR ########
+      #
+      # - name: app
+      #   imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
+      #   image: golang:1.7.5
+      #   resources:
+      #     requests:
+      #       cpu: YOUR_APP_CPU_REQ
+      #       memory: YOUR_APP_MEM_REQ
+      #     limits:
+      #       cpu: YOUR_APP_CPU_LIMIT
+      #       memory: YOUR_APP_MEM_LIMIT
+      #   command:
+      #   - bash
+      #   - "-c"
+      #   - |
+      #     set -ex
+
+      #     go get -d YOUR_APP_PACKAGE
+      #     cd $GOPATH/YOUR_APP_PACKAGE
+      #     make install
+      #
+      #     rm -f /socks/app.sock # remove old socket
+
+      #     YOUR_APP_EXEC --addr="unix:///socks/app.sock"
+      #   volumeMounts:
+      #   - name: socksdir
+      #     mountPath: /socks
+
+      ######## OPTIONALLY ########
+      #
+      # - name: data
+      #   imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
+      #   image: golang:1.7.5
+      #   command:
+      #   - bash
+      #   - "-c"
+      #   - |
+      #     set -ex
+      #     go get github.com/tendermint/merkleeyes/cmd/merkleeyes
+      #     rm -f /socks/data.sock # remove old socket
+      #     merkleeyes server --address="unix:///socks/data.sock"
+      #   volumeMounts:
+      #   - name: socksdir
+      #     mountPath: /socks
+
+      - name: pub-key
+        imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
+        image: nginx:1.11.9
+        resources:
+          requests:
+            cpu: 10m
+            memory: 12Mi
+          limits:
+            cpu: 20m
+            memory: 24Mi
+        ports:
+        - containerPort: 80
+          name: pub-key
+        command:
+        - bash
+        - "-c"
+        - |
+          set -ex
+          # fixes 403 Permission Denied (open() "/tendermint/pub_key.json" failed (13: Permission denied))
+          # => we cannot serve from /tendermint, so we copy the file
+          mkdir -p /usr/share/nginx
+          cp /tendermint/pub_key.json /usr/share/nginx/pub_key.json
+          nginx -g "daemon off;"
+        volumeMounts:
+        - name: tmdir
+          mountPath: /tendermint
+        - mountPath: /etc/nginx/conf.d/pub_key.conf
+          name: configdir
+          subPath: pub_key_nginx.conf
+
+      volumes:
+      - name: configdir
+        configMap:
+          name: tm-config
+      - name: socksdir
+        emptyDir: {}
+
+  volumeClaimTemplates:
+  - metadata:
+      name: tmdir
+      annotations:
+        volume.alpha.kubernetes.io/storage-class: anything
+    spec:
+      accessModes: ["ReadWriteOnce"]
+      resources:
+        requests:
+          storage: 2Gi
diff --git a/mintnet-kubernetes/docs/SETUP_K8S_ON_DO.md b/mintnet-kubernetes/docs/SETUP_K8S_ON_DO.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7c1bd9d18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mintnet-kubernetes/docs/SETUP_K8S_ON_DO.md
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# Setup a Kubernetes cluster on Digital Ocean (DO)
+
+Available options:
+
+1. [kubeadm (alpha)](https://kubernetes.io/docs/getting-started-guides/kubeadm/)
+2. [kargo](https://kubernetes.io/docs/getting-started-guides/kargo/)
+3. [terraform](https://github.com/hermanjunge/kubernetes-digitalocean-terraform)
+
+As you can see, there is no single tool for creating a cluster on DO.
+Therefore, choose the one you know and comfortable working with. If you know
+and used [terraform](https://www.terraform.io/) before, then choose it. If you
+know Ansible, then pick kargo. If none of these seem familiar to you, go with
+kubeadm.
diff --git a/mintnet-kubernetes/docs/SETUP_K8S_ON_GCE.md b/mintnet-kubernetes/docs/SETUP_K8S_ON_GCE.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..671d7ec7e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mintnet-kubernetes/docs/SETUP_K8S_ON_GCE.md
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+# Setup a Kubernetes cluster on Google Cloud Engine (GCE)
+
+Main article: [Running Kubernetes on Google Compute
+Engine](https://kubernetes.io/docs/getting-started-guides/gce/)
+
+## 1. Create a cluster
+
+The recommended way is to use [Google Container
+Engine](https://cloud.google.com/container-engine/) (GKE). You should be able
+to create a fully fledged cluster with just a few clicks.
+
+## 2. Connect to it
+
+Install `gcloud` as a part of [Google Cloud SDK](https://cloud.google.com/sdk/).
+
+Make sure you have credentials for GCloud by running `gcloud auth login`.
+
+In order to make API calls against GCE, you must also run `gcloud auth
+application-default login`
+
+Press `Connect` button:
+
+![Connect button](../img/gce1.png)
+
+![Connect pop-up](../img/gce2.png)
+
+and execute the first command in your shell. Then start a proxy by
+executing `kubectl proxy`.
+
+Now you should be able to run `kubectl` command to create resources, get
+resource info, logs, etc.
diff --git a/mintnet-kubernetes/examples/basecoin/Makefile b/mintnet-kubernetes/examples/basecoin/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6d54d57d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mintnet-kubernetes/examples/basecoin/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+create:
+	@echo "==> Creating deployment"
+	@kubectl create -f app.yaml
+
+destroy:
+	@echo "==> Destroying deployment"
+	@kubectl delete -f app.yaml
+	@kubectl delete pvc -l app=tm
+
+.PHONY: create destroy
diff --git a/mintnet-kubernetes/examples/basecoin/README.md b/mintnet-kubernetes/examples/basecoin/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..58d3f39c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mintnet-kubernetes/examples/basecoin/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+# Basecoin example
+
+This is an example of using [basecoin](https://github.com/tendermint/basecoin).
+
+## Usage
+
+```
+make create
+```
+
+### Check account balance and send a transaction
+
+1. wait until all the pods are `Running`.
+
+   ```
+   kubectl get pods -w -o wide -L tm
+   ```
+
+2. wait until app starts.
+
+   ```
+   kubectl logs -c app -f tm-0
+   ```
+
+3. get account's address of the second pod
+
+   ```
+   kubectl exec -c app tm-1 -- cat /app/key.json | grep "address"
+   ```
+
+4. send 5 coins to it from the first pod
+
+   ```
+   kubectl exec -c app tm-0 -- basecoin tx send --to 0x<address> --amount 5
+   ```
+
+
+## Clean up
+
+```
+make destroy
+```
diff --git a/mintnet-kubernetes/examples/basecoin/app.yaml b/mintnet-kubernetes/examples/basecoin/app.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d1874a254
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mintnet-kubernetes/examples/basecoin/app.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,320 @@
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Service
+metadata:
+  annotations:
+    service.alpha.kubernetes.io/tolerate-unready-endpoints: "true"
+  name: basecoin
+  labels:
+    app: basecoin
+spec:
+  ports:
+  - port: 46656
+    name: p2p
+  - port: 46657
+    name: rpc
+  clusterIP: None
+  selector:
+    app: tm
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ConfigMap
+metadata:
+  name: tm-config
+data:
+  seeds: "tm-0,tm-1,tm-2,tm-3"
+  validators: "tm-0,tm-1,tm-2,tm-3"
+  validator.power: "10"
+  genesis.json: |-
+    {
+      "genesis_time": "2016-02-05T06:02:31.526Z",
+      "chain_id": "chain-tTH4mi",
+      "validators": [],
+      "app_hash": ""
+    }
+  pub_key_nginx.conf: |-
+    server {
+      listen 80 default_server;
+      listen [::]:80 default_server ipv6only=on;
+      location /pub_key.json { root /usr/share/nginx/; }
+      location /app_pub_key.json { root /usr/share/nginx/; }
+    }
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ConfigMap
+metadata:
+  name: app-config
+data:
+  genesis.json: |-
+    [
+      "base/chainID",
+      "test_chain_id",
+      "base/account",
+      {
+          "coins" : [
+            {"denom": "blank", "amount": 1000}
+          ],
+          "pub_key" : ["tm-0"]
+      },
+      "base/account",
+      {
+          "coins" : [
+            {"denom": "blank", "amount": 1000}
+          ],
+          "pub_key" : ["tm-1"]
+      },
+      "base/account",
+      {
+          "coins" : [
+            {"denom": "blank", "amount": 1000}
+          ],
+          "pub_key" : ["tm-2"]
+      },
+      "base/account",
+      {
+          "coins" : [
+            {"denom": "blank", "amount": 1000}
+          ],
+          "pub_key" : ["tm-3"]
+      }
+    ]
+---
+apiVersion: policy/v1beta1
+kind: PodDisruptionBudget
+metadata:
+  name: tm-budget
+spec:
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app: tm
+  minAvailable: 2
+---
+apiVersion: apps/v1beta1
+kind: StatefulSet
+metadata:
+  name: tm
+spec:
+  serviceName: basecoin
+  replicas: 4
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        app: tm
+      annotations:
+        pod.beta.kubernetes.io/init-containers: '[{
+          "name": "tm-gen-validator",
+          "image": "tendermint/tendermint:0.9.0",
+          "imagePullPolicy": "IfNotPresent",
+          "command": ["bash", "-c", "
+            set -ex\n
+            if [ ! -f /tendermint/priv_validator.json ]; then\n
+              tendermint gen_validator > /tendermint/priv_validator.json\n
+              # pub_key.json will be served by pub-key container\n
+              cat /tendermint/priv_validator.json | jq \".pub_key\" > /tendermint/pub_key.json\n
+            fi\n
+          "],
+          "volumeMounts": [
+            {"name": "tmdir", "mountPath": "/tendermint"}
+          ]
+        },
+        {
+          "name": "app-gen-key",
+          "image": "tendermint/basecoin:latest",
+          "imagePullPolicy": "IfNotPresent",
+          "command": ["bash", "-c", "
+            set -ex\n
+            if [ ! -f /app/key.json ]; then\n
+              basecoin key new > /app/key.json\n
+              # pub_key.json will be served by app-pub-key container\n
+              cat /app/key.json | jq \".pub_key\" > /app/pub_key.json\n
+            fi\n
+          "],
+          "volumeMounts": [
+            {"name": "appdir", "mountPath": "/app"}
+          ]
+        }]'
+    spec:
+      containers:
+      - name: tm
+        imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
+        image: tendermint/tendermint:0.9.0
+        ports:
+        - containerPort: 46656
+          name: p2p
+        - containerPort: 46657
+          name: rpc
+        env:
+        - name: SEEDS
+          valueFrom:
+            configMapKeyRef:
+              name: tm-config
+              key: seeds
+        - name: VALIDATOR_POWER
+          valueFrom:
+            configMapKeyRef:
+              name: tm-config
+              key: validator.power
+        - name: VALIDATORS
+          valueFrom:
+            configMapKeyRef:
+              name: tm-config
+              key: validators
+        - name: TMROOT
+          value: /tendermint
+        command:
+        - bash
+        - "-c"
+        - |
+          set -ex
+
+          # copy template
+          cp /etc/tendermint/genesis.json /tendermint/genesis.json
+
+          # fill genesis file with validators
+          IFS=',' read -ra VALS_ARR <<< "$VALIDATORS"
+          fqdn_suffix=$(echo $(hostname -f) | sed 's#[^.]*\.\(\)#\1#')
+          for v in "${VALS_ARR[@]}"; do
+            # wait until validator generates priv/pub key pair
+            set +e
+
+            curl -s "http://$v.$fqdn_suffix/pub_key.json" > /dev/null
+            ERR=$?
+            while [ "$ERR" != 0 ]; do
+              sleep 5
+              curl -s "http://$v.$fqdn_suffix/pub_key.json" > /dev/null
+              ERR=$?
+            done
+            set -e
+
+            # add validator to genesis file along with its pub_key
+            curl -s "http://$v.$fqdn_suffix/pub_key.json" | jq ". as \$k | {pub_key: \$k, amount: $VALIDATOR_POWER, name: \"$v\"}" > pub_validator.json
+            cat /tendermint/genesis.json | jq ".validators |= .+ [$(cat pub_validator.json)]" > /tendermint/genesis.json
+            rm pub_validator.json
+          done
+
+          # construct seeds
+          IFS=',' read -ra SEEDS_ARR <<< "$SEEDS"
+          seeds=()
+          for s in "${SEEDS_ARR[@]}"; do
+            seeds+=("$s.$fqdn_suffix:46656")
+          done
+          seeds=$(IFS=','; echo "${seeds[*]}")
+
+          tendermint node --seeds="$seeds" --moniker="`hostname`" --proxy_app="unix:///socks/app.sock"
+        volumeMounts:
+        - name: tmdir
+          mountPath: /tendermint
+        - mountPath: /etc/tendermint/genesis.json
+          name: tmconfigdir
+          subPath: genesis.json
+        - name: socksdir
+          mountPath: /socks
+
+      - name: app
+        imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
+        image: tendermint/basecoin:latest
+        workingDir: /app
+        command:
+        - bash
+        - "-c"
+        - |
+          set -ex
+
+          # replace "tm-N" with public keys in genesis file
+          cp /etc/app/genesis.json genesis.json
+          fqdn_suffix=$(echo $(hostname -f) | sed 's#[^.]*\.\(\)#\1#')
+          # for every "base/account"
+          i=3
+          length=$(cat genesis.json | jq ". | length")
+          while [ $i -lt $length ]; do
+            # extract pod name ("tm-0")
+            pod=$(cat genesis.json | jq -r ".[$i].pub_key[0]")
+
+            # wait until pod starts to serve its pub_key
+            set +e
+
+            curl -s "http://$pod.$fqdn_suffix/app_pub_key.json" > /dev/null
+            ERR=$?
+            while [ "$ERR" != 0 ]; do
+              sleep 5
+              curl -s "http://$pod.$fqdn_suffix/app_pub_key.json" > /dev/null
+              ERR=$?
+            done
+            set -e
+
+            # get its pub_key
+            curl -s "http://$pod.$fqdn_suffix/app_pub_key.json" | jq "." > k.json
+
+            # replace pod name with it (["tm-0"] => "[1, XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX]")
+            cat genesis.json | jq ".[$i].pub_key = $(cat k.json | jq '.')" > genesis.json
+            rm -f k.json
+
+            i=$((i+2)) # skip "base/account" field itself
+          done
+
+          rm -f /socks/app.sock # remove old socket
+
+          basecoin start --address="unix:///socks/app.sock"
+        volumeMounts:
+        - name: appdir
+          mountPath: /app
+        - mountPath: /etc/app/genesis.json
+          name: appconfigdir
+          subPath: genesis.json
+        - name: socksdir
+          mountPath: /socks
+
+      - name: pub-key
+        imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
+        image: nginx:latest
+        ports:
+        - containerPort: 80
+        command:
+        - bash
+        - "-c"
+        - |
+          set -ex
+          # fixes 403 Permission Denied (open() "/tendermint/pub_key.json" failed (13: Permission denied))
+          # => we cannot serve from /tendermint, so we copy the file
+          mkdir -p /usr/share/nginx
+          cp /tendermint/pub_key.json /usr/share/nginx/pub_key.json
+          cp /app/pub_key.json /usr/share/nginx/app_pub_key.json
+          nginx -g "daemon off;"
+        volumeMounts:
+        - name: tmdir
+          mountPath: /tendermint
+        - name: appdir
+          mountPath: /app
+        - mountPath: /etc/nginx/conf.d/pub_key.conf
+          name: tmconfigdir
+          subPath: pub_key_nginx.conf
+
+      volumes:
+      - name: tmconfigdir
+        configMap:
+          name: tm-config
+      - name: appconfigdir
+        configMap:
+          name: app-config
+      - name: socksdir
+        emptyDir: {}
+
+  volumeClaimTemplates:
+  - metadata:
+      name: tmdir
+      annotations:
+        volume.alpha.kubernetes.io/storage-class: anything
+    spec:
+      accessModes: [ "ReadWriteOnce" ]
+      resources:
+        requests:
+          storage: 2Gi
+  - metadata:
+      name: appdir
+      annotations:
+        volume.alpha.kubernetes.io/storage-class: anything
+    spec:
+      accessModes: [ "ReadWriteOnce" ]
+      resources:
+        requests:
+          storage: 12Mi
diff --git a/mintnet-kubernetes/examples/basecoin/lightclient.md b/mintnet-kubernetes/examples/basecoin/lightclient.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..67da8ef66
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mintnet-kubernetes/examples/basecoin/lightclient.md
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+# Using with lightclient
+
+We have an awesome cluster running, let's try to test this out without
+relying on executing commands on the cluster.  Rather, we can connect to the
+rpc interface with the `light-client` package and execute commands locally,
+or even proxy our webapp to the kubernetes backend.
+
+## Setup
+
+In order to get this working, we need to know a few pieces of info,
+the chain id of tendermint, the chain id of basecoin, and an account
+with a bit of cash....
+
+### Tendermint Chain ID
+
+`kubectl exec -c tm tm-0 -- curl -s http://tm-1.basecoin:46657/status | json_pp | grep network`
+
+set TM_CHAIN with the value there
+
+### Basecoin Chain ID
+
+`kubectl exec -c app tm-1 -- grep -A1 chainID /app/genesis.json`
+
+set BC_CHAIN with the value there
+
+### Expose tendermint rpc
+
+We need to be able to reach the tendermint rpc interface from our shell.
+
+`kubectl port-forward tm-0 46657:46657`
+
+### Start basecoin-proxy
+
+Using this info, let's connect our proxy and get going
+
+`proxy-basecoin -tmchain=$TM_CHAIN -chain=$BC_CHAIN -rpc=localhost:46657`
+
+## Basecoin accounts
+
+Well, we can connect, but we don't have a registered account yet...
+Let's look around, then use the cli to send some money from one of
+the validators to our client's address so we can play.
+
+**TODO** we can add some of our known accounts (from `/keys`) into
+the genesis file, so we can skip all the kubectl money fiddling here.
+We will want to start with money on some known non-validators.
+
+### Getting validator info (kubectl)
+
+The basecoin app deployment starts with 1000 "blank" coin in an account of
+each validator.  Let's get the address of the first validator
+
+`kubectl exec -c app tm-1 -- grep address /app/key.json`
+
+Store this info as VAL1_ADDR
+
+### Querying state (proxy)
+
+The proxy can read any public info via the tendermint rpc, so let's check
+out this account.
+
+`curl localhost:8108/query/account/$VAL1_ADDR`
+
+Now, let's make out own account....
+
+`curl -XPOST http://localhost:8108/keys/ -d '{"name": "k8demo", "passphrase": "1234567890"}'`
+
+(or pick your own user and password).  Remember the address you get here.  You can
+always find it out later by calling:
+
+`curl http://localhost:8108/keys/k8demo`
+
+and store it in DEMO_ADDR, which is empty at first
+
+`curl localhost:8108/query/account/$DEMO_ADDR`
+
+
+### "Stealing" validator cash (kubectl)
+
+Run one command, that will be signed, now we have money
+
+`kubectl exec -c app tm-0 -- basecoin tx send --to <k8demo-address> --amount 500`
+
+### Using our money
+
+Returning to our remote shell, we have a remote account with some money.
+Let's see that.
+
+`curl localhost:8108/query/account/$DEMO_ADDR`
+
+Cool.  Now we need to send it to a second account.
+
+`curl -XPOST http://localhost:8108/keys/ -d '{"name": "buddy", "passphrase": "1234567890"}'`
+
+and store the resulting address in BUDDY_ADDR
+
+**TODO** finish this
+
diff --git a/mintnet-kubernetes/examples/counter/Makefile b/mintnet-kubernetes/examples/counter/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6d54d57d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mintnet-kubernetes/examples/counter/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+create:
+	@echo "==> Creating deployment"
+	@kubectl create -f app.yaml
+
+destroy:
+	@echo "==> Destroying deployment"
+	@kubectl delete -f app.yaml
+	@kubectl delete pvc -l app=tm
+
+.PHONY: create destroy
diff --git a/mintnet-kubernetes/examples/counter/app.yaml b/mintnet-kubernetes/examples/counter/app.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b4a06af0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mintnet-kubernetes/examples/counter/app.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,217 @@
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Service
+metadata:
+  annotations:
+    service.alpha.kubernetes.io/tolerate-unready-endpoints: "true"
+  name: counter
+  labels:
+    app: counter
+spec:
+  ports:
+  - port: 46656
+    name: p2p
+  - port: 46657
+    name: rpc
+  clusterIP: None
+  selector:
+    app: tm
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ConfigMap
+metadata:
+  name: tm-config
+data:
+  seeds: "tm-0,tm-1,tm-2,tm-3"
+  validators: "tm-0,tm-1,tm-2,tm-3"
+  validator.power: "10"
+  genesis.json: |-
+    {
+      "genesis_time": "2016-02-05T23:17:31.164Z",
+      "chain_id": "chain-B5XXm5",
+      "validators": [],
+      "app_hash": ""
+    }
+  pub_key_nginx.conf: |-
+    server {
+      listen 80 default_server;
+      listen [::]:80 default_server ipv6only=on;
+      location /pub_key.json { root /usr/share/nginx/; }
+    }
+---
+apiVersion: policy/v1beta1
+kind: PodDisruptionBudget
+metadata:
+  name: tm-budget
+spec:
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app: tm
+  minAvailable: 2
+---
+apiVersion: apps/v1beta1
+kind: StatefulSet
+metadata:
+  name: tm
+spec:
+  serviceName: counter
+  replicas: 4
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        app: tm
+      annotations:
+        pod.beta.kubernetes.io/init-containers: '[{
+          "name": "tm-gen-validator",
+          "image": "tendermint/tendermint:0.9.0",
+          "imagePullPolicy": "IfNotPresent",
+          "command": ["bash", "-c", "
+            set -ex\n
+            if [ ! -f /tendermint/priv_validator.json ]; then\n
+              tendermint gen_validator > /tendermint/priv_validator.json\n
+              # pub_key.json will be served by pub-key container\n
+              cat /tendermint/priv_validator.json | jq \".pub_key\" > /tendermint/pub_key.json\n
+            fi\n
+          "],
+          "volumeMounts": [
+            {"name": "tmdir", "mountPath": "/tendermint"}
+          ]
+        }]'
+    spec:
+      containers:
+      - name: tm
+        imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
+        image: tendermint/tendermint:0.9.0
+        ports:
+        - containerPort: 46656
+          name: p2p
+        - containerPort: 46657
+          name: rpc
+        env:
+        - name: SEEDS
+          valueFrom:
+            configMapKeyRef:
+              name: tm-config
+              key: seeds
+        - name: VALIDATOR_POWER
+          valueFrom:
+            configMapKeyRef:
+              name: tm-config
+              key: validator.power
+        - name: VALIDATORS
+          valueFrom:
+            configMapKeyRef:
+              name: tm-config
+              key: validators
+        - name: TMROOT
+          value: /tendermint
+        command:
+        - bash
+        - "-c"
+        - |
+          set -ex
+
+          # copy template
+          cp /etc/tendermint/genesis.json /tendermint/genesis.json
+
+          # fill genesis file with validators
+          IFS=',' read -ra VALS_ARR <<< "$VALIDATORS"
+          fqdn_suffix=$(echo $(hostname -f) | sed 's#[^.]*\.\(\)#\1#')
+          for v in "${VALS_ARR[@]}"; do
+            # wait until validator generates priv/pub key pair
+            set +e
+
+            curl -s "http://$v.$fqdn_suffix/pub_key.json" > /dev/null
+            ERR=$?
+            while [ "$ERR" != 0 ]; do
+              sleep 5
+              curl -s "http://$v.$fqdn_suffix/pub_key.json" > /dev/null
+              ERR=$?
+            done
+            set -e
+
+            # add validator to genesis file along with its pub_key
+            curl -s "http://$v.$fqdn_suffix/pub_key.json" | jq ". as \$k | {pub_key: \$k, amount: $VALIDATOR_POWER, name: \"$v\"}" > pub_validator.json
+            cat /tendermint/genesis.json | jq ".validators |= .+ [$(cat pub_validator.json)]" > /tendermint/genesis.json
+            rm pub_validator.json
+          done
+
+          # construct seeds
+          IFS=',' read -ra SEEDS_ARR <<< "$SEEDS"
+          seeds=()
+          for s in "${SEEDS_ARR[@]}"; do
+            seeds+=("$s.$fqdn_suffix:46656")
+          done
+          seeds=$(IFS=','; echo "${seeds[*]}")
+
+          tendermint node --seeds="$seeds" --moniker="`hostname`" --proxy_app="unix:///socks/app.sock"
+        volumeMounts:
+        - name: tmdir
+          mountPath: /tendermint
+        - mountPath: /etc/tendermint/genesis.json
+          name: tmconfigdir
+          subPath: genesis.json
+        - name: socksdir
+          mountPath: /socks
+
+      - name: app
+        imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
+        image: golang:latest
+        command:
+        - bash
+        - "-c"
+        - |
+          set -ex
+
+          go get -d github.com/tendermint/abci/cmd/counter
+          cd $GOPATH/src/github.com/tendermint/abci/
+          make get_deps
+          make install
+
+          rm -f /socks/app.sock # remove old socket
+
+          counter --serial --addr="unix:///socks/app.sock"
+        volumeMounts:
+        - name: socksdir
+          mountPath: /socks
+
+      - name: pub-key
+        imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
+        image: nginx:latest
+        ports:
+        - containerPort: 80
+          name: pub-key
+        command:
+        - bash
+        - "-c"
+        - |
+          set -ex
+          # fixes 403 Permission Denied (open() "/tendermint/pub_key.json" failed (13: Permission denied))
+          # => we cannot serve from /tendermint, so we copy the file
+          mkdir -p /usr/share/nginx
+          cp /tendermint/pub_key.json /usr/share/nginx/pub_key.json
+          nginx -g "daemon off;"
+        volumeMounts:
+        - name: tmdir
+          mountPath: /tendermint
+        - mountPath: /etc/nginx/conf.d/pub_key.conf
+          name: tmconfigdir
+          subPath: pub_key_nginx.conf
+
+      volumes:
+      - name: tmconfigdir
+        configMap:
+          name: tm-config
+      - name: socksdir
+        emptyDir: {}
+
+  volumeClaimTemplates:
+  - metadata:
+      name: tmdir
+      annotations:
+        volume.alpha.kubernetes.io/storage-class: anything
+    spec:
+      accessModes: ["ReadWriteOnce"]
+      resources:
+        requests:
+          storage: 2Gi
diff --git a/mintnet-kubernetes/examples/dummy/Makefile b/mintnet-kubernetes/examples/dummy/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..825487fcd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mintnet-kubernetes/examples/dummy/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+create:
+	@echo "==> Creating deployment"
+	@kubectl create -f app.yaml
+	@echo "==> Waiting 10s until it is probably ready"
+	@sleep 10
+	@echo "==> Creating monitor and transacter pods"
+	@kubectl create -f tm-monitor-pod.yaml
+	@kubectl create -f transacter-pod.yaml
+
+destroy:
+	@echo "==> Destroying deployment"
+	@kubectl delete -f transacter-pod.yaml
+	@kubectl delete -f tm-monitor-pod.yaml
+	@kubectl delete -f app.yaml
+	@kubectl delete pvc -l app=tm
+
+.PHONY: create destroy
diff --git a/mintnet-kubernetes/examples/dummy/app.yaml b/mintnet-kubernetes/examples/dummy/app.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7efc48dc7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mintnet-kubernetes/examples/dummy/app.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,196 @@
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Service
+metadata:
+  annotations:
+    service.alpha.kubernetes.io/tolerate-unready-endpoints: "true"
+  name: dummy
+  labels:
+    app: dummy
+spec:
+  ports:
+  - port: 46656
+    name: p2p
+  - port: 46657
+    name: rpc
+  clusterIP: None
+  selector:
+    app: tm
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ConfigMap
+metadata:
+  name: tm-config
+data:
+  seeds: "tm-0,tm-1,tm-2,tm-3"
+  validators: "tm-0,tm-1,tm-2,tm-3"
+  validator.power: "10"
+  genesis.json: |-
+    {
+      "genesis_time": "2016-02-05T23:17:31.164Z",
+      "chain_id": "chain-B5XXm5",
+      "validators": [],
+      "app_hash": ""
+    }
+  pub_key_nginx.conf: |-
+    server {
+      listen 80 default_server;
+      listen [::]:80 default_server ipv6only=on;
+      location /pub_key.json { root /usr/share/nginx/; }
+    }
+---
+apiVersion: policy/v1beta1
+kind: PodDisruptionBudget
+metadata:
+  name: tm-budget
+spec:
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app: tm
+  minAvailable: 2
+---
+apiVersion: apps/v1beta1
+kind: StatefulSet
+metadata:
+  name: tm
+spec:
+  serviceName: dummy
+  replicas: 4
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        app: tm
+      annotations:
+        pod.beta.kubernetes.io/init-containers: '[{
+          "name": "tm-gen-validator",
+          "image": "tendermint/tendermint:0.9.0",
+          "imagePullPolicy": "IfNotPresent",
+          "command": ["bash", "-c", "
+            set -ex\n
+            if [ ! -f /tendermint/priv_validator.json ]; then\n
+              tendermint gen_validator > /tendermint/priv_validator.json\n
+              # pub_key.json will be served by pub-key container\n
+              cat /tendermint/priv_validator.json | jq \".pub_key\" > /tendermint/pub_key.json\n
+            fi\n
+          "],
+          "volumeMounts": [
+            {"name": "tmdir", "mountPath": "/tendermint"}
+          ]
+        }]'
+    spec:
+      containers:
+      - name: tm
+        imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
+        image: tendermint/tendermint:0.9.0
+        ports:
+        - containerPort: 46656
+          name: p2p
+        - containerPort: 46657
+          name: rpc
+        env:
+        - name: SEEDS
+          valueFrom:
+            configMapKeyRef:
+              name: tm-config
+              key: seeds
+        - name: VALIDATOR_POWER
+          valueFrom:
+            configMapKeyRef:
+              name: tm-config
+              key: validator.power
+        - name: VALIDATORS
+          valueFrom:
+            configMapKeyRef:
+              name: tm-config
+              key: validators
+        - name: TMROOT
+          value: /tendermint
+        command:
+        - bash
+        - "-c"
+        - |
+          set -ex
+
+          # copy template
+          cp /etc/tendermint/genesis.json /tendermint/genesis.json
+
+          # fill genesis file with validators
+          IFS=',' read -ra VALS_ARR <<< "$VALIDATORS"
+          fqdn_suffix=$(echo $(hostname -f) | sed 's#[^.]*\.\(\)#\1#')
+          for v in "${VALS_ARR[@]}"; do
+            # wait until validator generates priv/pub key pair
+            set +e
+
+            curl -s "http://$v.$fqdn_suffix/pub_key.json" > /dev/null
+            ERR=$?
+            while [ "$ERR" != 0 ]; do
+              sleep 5
+              curl -s "http://$v.$fqdn_suffix/pub_key.json" > /dev/null
+              ERR=$?
+            done
+            set -e
+
+            # add validator to genesis file along with its pub_key
+            curl -s "http://$v.$fqdn_suffix/pub_key.json" | jq ". as \$k | {pub_key: \$k, amount: $VALIDATOR_POWER, name: \"$v\"}" > pub_validator.json
+            cat /tendermint/genesis.json | jq ".validators |= .+ [$(cat pub_validator.json)]" > /tendermint/genesis.json
+            rm pub_validator.json
+          done
+
+          # construct seeds
+          IFS=',' read -ra SEEDS_ARR <<< "$SEEDS"
+          seeds=()
+          for s in "${SEEDS_ARR[@]}"; do
+            seeds+=("$s.$fqdn_suffix:46656")
+          done
+          seeds=$(IFS=','; echo "${seeds[*]}")
+
+          tendermint node --seeds="$seeds" --moniker="`hostname`" --proxy_app="dummy"
+        volumeMounts:
+        - name: tmdir
+          mountPath: /tendermint
+        - mountPath: /etc/tendermint/genesis.json
+          name: tmconfigdir
+          subPath: genesis.json
+        - name: socksdir
+          mountPath: /socks
+
+      - name: pub-key
+        imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
+        image: nginx:latest
+        ports:
+        - containerPort: 80
+          name: pub-key
+        command:
+        - bash
+        - "-c"
+        - |
+          set -ex
+          # fixes 403 Permission Denied (open() "/tendermint/pub_key.json" failed (13: Permission denied))
+          # => we cannot serve from /tendermint, so we copy the file
+          mkdir -p /usr/share/nginx
+          cp /tendermint/pub_key.json /usr/share/nginx/pub_key.json
+          nginx -g "daemon off;"
+        volumeMounts:
+        - name: tmdir
+          mountPath: /tendermint
+        - mountPath: /etc/nginx/conf.d/pub_key.conf
+          name: tmconfigdir
+          subPath: pub_key_nginx.conf
+
+      volumes:
+      - name: tmconfigdir
+        configMap:
+          name: tm-config
+      - name: socksdir
+        emptyDir: {}
+
+  volumeClaimTemplates:
+  - metadata:
+      name: tmdir
+      annotations:
+        volume.alpha.kubernetes.io/storage-class: anything
+    spec:
+      accessModes: ["ReadWriteOnce"]
+      resources:
+        requests:
+          storage: 2Gi
diff --git a/mintnet-kubernetes/examples/dummy/tm-monitor-pod.yaml b/mintnet-kubernetes/examples/dummy/tm-monitor-pod.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..59e110db3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mintnet-kubernetes/examples/dummy/tm-monitor-pod.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Pod
+metadata:
+  name: monitor
+spec:
+  containers:
+    - name: monitor
+      image: tendermint/monitor
+      args: ["-listen-addr=tcp://0.0.0.0:46670", "tm-0.dummy:46657,tm-1.dummy:46657,tm-2.dummy:46657,tm-3.dummy:46657"]
+      ports:
+        - containerPort: 46670
+          name: rpc
diff --git a/mintnet-kubernetes/examples/dummy/transacter-pod.yaml b/mintnet-kubernetes/examples/dummy/transacter-pod.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7332631f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mintnet-kubernetes/examples/dummy/transacter-pod.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Pod
+metadata:
+  name: transacter
+spec:
+  containers:
+    - name: transacter
+      image: tendermint/transacter
+      command:
+      - bash
+      - "-c"
+      - |
+        set -ex
+        while true
+        do
+          ./transact 100 "tm-0.dummy:46657"
+          sleep 1
+        done
diff --git a/mintnet-kubernetes/examples/localchain/Makefile b/mintnet-kubernetes/examples/localchain/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6d54d57d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mintnet-kubernetes/examples/localchain/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+create:
+	@echo "==> Creating deployment"
+	@kubectl create -f app.yaml
+
+destroy:
+	@echo "==> Destroying deployment"
+	@kubectl delete -f app.yaml
+	@kubectl delete pvc -l app=tm
+
+.PHONY: create destroy
diff --git a/mintnet-kubernetes/examples/localchain/app.yaml b/mintnet-kubernetes/examples/localchain/app.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8d6a77754
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mintnet-kubernetes/examples/localchain/app.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,288 @@
+---
+# Single pod installation (see basecoin for distributed setup)
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Service
+metadata:
+  annotations:
+    service.alpha.kubernetes.io/tolerate-unready-endpoints: "true"
+  name: localchain
+  labels:
+    app: localchain
+spec:
+  ports:
+  - port: 46656
+    name: p2p
+  - port: 46657
+    name: rpc
+  clusterIP: None
+  selector:
+    app: tm
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ConfigMap
+metadata:
+  name: tm-config
+data:
+  validators: "tm-0"
+  validator.power: "10"
+  genesis.json: |-
+    {
+      "genesis_time": "2016-03-24T23:29:20.457Z",
+      "chain_id": "chain-iqwZgb",
+      "validators": [],
+      "app_hash": ""
+    }
+  pub_key_nginx.conf: |-
+    server {
+      listen 80 default_server;
+      listen [::]:80 default_server ipv6only=on;
+      location /pub_key.json { root /usr/share/nginx/; }
+      location /app_pub_key.json { root /usr/share/nginx/; }
+    }
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ConfigMap
+metadata:
+  name: app-config
+data:
+  genesis.json: |-
+    [
+      "base/chainID",
+      "test_chain_id",
+      "base/account",
+      {
+        "pub_key": ["tm-0"],
+        "coins": [
+          {"denom":"CITI/USD","amount":1000},
+          {"denom":"UBS/EURO","amount":1000}
+        ]
+      }
+    ]
+---
+apiVersion: policy/v1beta1
+kind: PodDisruptionBudget
+metadata:
+  name: tm-budget
+spec:
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app: tm
+  minAvailable: 2
+---
+apiVersion: apps/v1beta1
+kind: StatefulSet
+metadata:
+  name: tm
+spec:
+  serviceName: localchain
+  replicas: 1
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        app: tm
+      annotations:
+        pod.beta.kubernetes.io/init-containers: '[{
+          "name": "tm-gen-validator",
+          "image": "tendermint/tendermint:0.9.0",
+          "imagePullPolicy": "IfNotPresent",
+          "command": ["bash", "-c", "
+            set -ex\n
+            if [ ! -f /tendermint/priv_validator.json ]; then\n
+              tendermint gen_validator > /tendermint/priv_validator.json\n
+              # pub_key.json will be served by pub-key container\n
+              cat /tendermint/priv_validator.json | jq \".pub_key\" > /tendermint/pub_key.json\n
+            fi\n
+          "],
+          "volumeMounts": [
+            {"name": "tmdir", "mountPath": "/tendermint"}
+          ]
+        },
+        {
+          "name": "app-gen-key",
+          "image": "tendermint/basecoin:latest",
+          "imagePullPolicy": "IfNotPresent",
+          "command": ["bash", "-c", "
+            set -ex\n
+            if [ ! -f /app/key.json ]; then\n
+              basecoin key new > /app/key.json\n
+              # pub_key.json will be served by app-pub-key container\n
+              cat /app/key.json | jq \".pub_key\" > /app/pub_key.json\n
+            fi\n
+          "],
+          "volumeMounts": [
+            {"name": "appdir", "mountPath": "/app"}
+          ]
+        }]'
+    spec:
+      containers:
+      - name: tm
+        imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
+        image: tendermint/tendermint:0.9.0
+        ports:
+        - containerPort: 46656
+          name: p2p
+        - containerPort: 46657
+          name: rpc
+        env:
+        - name: VALIDATOR_POWER
+          valueFrom:
+            configMapKeyRef:
+              name: tm-config
+              key: validator.power
+        - name: VALIDATORS
+          valueFrom:
+            configMapKeyRef:
+              name: tm-config
+              key: validators
+        - name: TMROOT
+          value: /tendermint
+        command:
+        - bash
+        - "-c"
+        - |
+          set -ex
+
+          # copy template
+          cp /etc/tendermint/genesis.json /tendermint/genesis.json
+
+          # fill genesis file with validators
+          IFS=',' read -ra VALS_ARR <<< "$VALIDATORS"
+          fqdn_suffix=$(echo $(hostname -f) | sed 's#[^.]*\.\(\)#\1#')
+          for v in "${VALS_ARR[@]}"; do
+            # wait until validator generates priv/pub key pair
+            set +e
+
+            curl -s "http://$v.$fqdn_suffix/pub_key.json" > /dev/null
+            ERR=$?
+            while [ "$ERR" != 0 ]; do
+              sleep 5
+              curl -s "http://$v.$fqdn_suffix/pub_key.json" > /dev/null
+              ERR=$?
+            done
+            set -e
+
+            # add validator to genesis file along with its pub_key
+            curl -s "http://$v.$fqdn_suffix/pub_key.json" | jq ". as \$k | {pub_key: \$k, amount: $VALIDATOR_POWER, name: \"$v\"}" > pub_validator.json
+            cat /tendermint/genesis.json | jq ".validators |= .+ [$(cat pub_validator.json)]" > /tendermint/genesis.json
+            rm pub_validator.json
+          done
+
+          tendermint node --moniker="`hostname`" --proxy_app="unix:///socks/app.sock"
+        volumeMounts:
+        - name: tmdir
+          mountPath: /tendermint
+        - mountPath: /etc/tendermint/genesis.json
+          name: tmconfigdir
+          subPath: genesis.json
+        - name: socksdir
+          mountPath: /socks
+
+      - name: app
+        imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
+        image: tendermint/basecoin:latest
+        workingDir: /app
+        command:
+        - bash
+        - "-c"
+        - |
+          set -ex
+
+          # replace "tm-N" with public keys in genesis file
+          cp /etc/app/genesis.json genesis.json
+          fqdn_suffix=$(echo $(hostname -f) | sed 's#[^.]*\.\(\)#\1#')
+          # for every "base/account"
+          i=3
+          length=$(cat genesis.json | jq ". | length")
+          while [ $i -lt $length ]; do
+            # extract pod name ("tm-0")
+            pod=$(cat genesis.json | jq -r ".[$i].pub_key[0]")
+
+            # wait until pod starts to serve its pub_key
+            set +e
+
+            curl -s "http://$pod.$fqdn_suffix/app_pub_key.json" > /dev/null
+            ERR=$?
+            while [ "$ERR" != 0 ]; do
+              sleep 5
+              curl -s "http://$pod.$fqdn_suffix/app_pub_key.json" > /dev/null
+              ERR=$?
+            done
+            set -e
+
+            # get its pub_key
+            curl -s "http://$pod.$fqdn_suffix/app_pub_key.json" | jq "." > k.json
+
+            # replace pod name with it (["tm-0"] => "[1, XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX]")
+            cat genesis.json | jq ".[$i].pub_key = $(cat k.json | jq '.')" > genesis.json
+            rm -f k.json
+
+            i=$((i+2)) # skip "base/account" field itself
+          done
+
+          rm -f /socks/app.sock # remove old socket
+
+          basecoin start --address="unix:///socks/app.sock"
+        volumeMounts:
+        - name: appdir
+          mountPath: /app
+        - mountPath: /etc/app/genesis.json
+          name: appconfigdir
+          subPath: genesis.json
+        - name: socksdir
+          mountPath: /socks
+
+      - name: pub-key
+        imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
+        image: nginx:latest
+        ports:
+        - containerPort: 80
+          name: pub-key
+        command:
+        - bash
+        - "-c"
+        - |
+          set -ex
+          # fixes 403 Permission Denied (open() "/tendermint/pub_key.json" failed (13: Permission denied))
+          # => we cannot serve from /tendermint, so we copy the file
+          mkdir -p /usr/share/nginx
+          cp /tendermint/pub_key.json /usr/share/nginx/pub_key.json
+          cp /app/pub_key.json /usr/share/nginx/app_pub_key.json
+          nginx -g "daemon off;"
+        volumeMounts:
+        - name: tmdir
+          mountPath: /tendermint
+        - name: appdir
+          mountPath: /app
+        - mountPath: /etc/nginx/conf.d/pub_key.conf
+          name: tmconfigdir
+          subPath: pub_key_nginx.conf
+
+      volumes:
+      - name: tmconfigdir
+        configMap:
+          name: tm-config
+      - name: appconfigdir
+        configMap:
+          name: app-config
+      - name: socksdir
+        emptyDir: {}
+
+  volumeClaimTemplates:
+  - metadata:
+      name: tmdir
+      annotations:
+        volume.alpha.kubernetes.io/storage-class: anything
+    spec:
+      accessModes: [ "ReadWriteOnce" ]
+      resources:
+        requests:
+          storage: 2Gi
+  - metadata:
+      name: appdir
+      annotations:
+        volume.alpha.kubernetes.io/storage-class: anything
+    spec:
+      accessModes: [ "ReadWriteOnce" ]
+      resources:
+        requests:
+          storage: 12Mi
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