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+OU=myorg
+ENVIRO=dev
+CONTEXT=missions
+REALM=${OU}-${ENVIRO}-${CONTEXT}
+
+MISSION=m01
+SPACECRAFT=sc01
+
+# resource names, to be used with context, cluster, namespace, pods, and services
+RESOURCE_NAME=${REALM}-${MISSION}
+
+# application specifics
+APP=42
+APP_INTERNAL_PORT=80
+APP_EXTERNAL_PORT=30080
+IMAGE_URI=ghcr.io/ericstoneking/42:latest 
+
+# contexts/clusters
+K8S_CONTEXT=${RESOURCE_NAME}
+K8S_CLUSTER=${K8S_CONTEXT}
+
+# 
+KIND_EXPERIMENTAL_PROVIDER=podman kind delete cluster --name ${K8S_CLUSTER} || true
+KIND_EXPERIMENTAL_PROVIDER=podman kind create cluster --name ${K8S_CLUSTER}
+
+# add the prefix since podman adds kind- to contexts/clusters
+K8S_CONTEXT_PREFIX=kind-
+K8S_CONTEXT=${K8S_CONTEXT_PREFIX}${K8S_CONTEXT}
+
+# set and use context
+kubectl config set-context ${K8S_CONTEXT}
+kubectl config use-context ${K8S_CONTEXT}
+
+# namespace
+K8S_NAMESPACE=${RESOURCE_NAME}-${SPACECRAFT}
+K8S_POD=${RESOURCE_NAME}-${SPACECRAFT}-${APP}
+
+kubectl delete namespace ${K8S_NAMESPACE} --context ${K8S_CONTEXT} || true
+kubectl create namespace ${K8S_NAMESPACE} --context ${K8S_CONTEXT}
+
+# deployment
+K8S_DEPLOYMENT=${K8S_POD}
+
+kubectl delete deployment ${K8S_DEPLOYMENT} --context ${K8S_CONTEXT} --namespace ${K8S_NAMESPACE} || true
+kubectl create deployment ${K8S_DEPLOYMENT} --context ${K8S_CONTEXT} --namespace ${K8S_NAMESPACE} \
+  --port=${APP_INTERNAL_PORT} \
+  --image=${IMAGE_URI} \
+  --replicas=1
+
+echo "Sleeping for 120 seconds to ensure that pod(s) are up and running"
+sleep 120
+
+kubectl scale deployment ${K8S_DEPLOYMENT} --context ${K8S_CONTEXT} --namespace ${K8S_NAMESPACE} --replicas=1
+
+# service
+K8S_SERVICE=${K8S_DEPLOYMENT}-service
+
+kubectl delete service ${K8S_SERVICE} --context ${K8S_CONTEXT} --namespace ${K8S_NAMESPACE} || true
+kubectl expose deployment ${K8S_DEPLOYMENT} --context ${K8S_CONTEXT} --namespace ${K8S_NAMESPACE} \
+  --name=${K8S_SERVICE} \
+  --port=${APP_INTERNAL_PORT} \
+  --target-port=${APP_INTERNAL_PORT} \
+  --protocol=TCP
+
+# port-forwarding
+kubectl port-forward service/${K8S_SERVICE} --context ${K8S_CONTEXT} --namespace ${K8S_NAMESPACE} \
+  ${APP_EXTERNAL_PORT}:${APP_INTERNAL_PORT} &