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+# FlaskPaste Kubernetes Deployment
+# Generated from Podman container configuration
+#
+# Apply: kubectl apply -f kubernetes.yaml
+# Delete: kubectl delete -f kubernetes.yaml
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Namespace
+metadata:
+  name: flaskpaste
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ConfigMap
+metadata:
+  name: flaskpaste-config
+  namespace: flaskpaste
+data:
+  FLASK_ENV: "production"
+  FLASKPASTE_URL_PREFIX: "/paste"
+  FLASKPASTE_EXPIRY_ANON: "432000"
+  FLASKPASTE_MAX_ANON: "3145728"
+  FLASKPASTE_MAX_AUTH: "52428800"
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: PersistentVolumeClaim
+metadata:
+  name: flaskpaste-data
+  namespace: flaskpaste
+spec:
+  accessModes:
+    - ReadWriteOnce
+  resources:
+    requests:
+      storage: 1Gi
+---
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  name: flaskpaste
+  namespace: flaskpaste
+  labels:
+    app: flaskpaste
+spec:
+  replicas: 1
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app: flaskpaste
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        app: flaskpaste
+    spec:
+      securityContext:
+        runAsUser: 999
+        runAsGroup: 999
+        fsGroup: 999
+      containers:
+        - name: flaskpaste
+          image: localhost/flaskpaste:latest
+          ports:
+            - containerPort: 5000
+              protocol: TCP
+          envFrom:
+            - configMapRef:
+                name: flaskpaste-config
+          volumeMounts:
+            - name: data
+              mountPath: /app/data
+          resources:
+            limits:
+              memory: "256Mi"
+              cpu: "1000m"
+            requests:
+              memory: "64Mi"
+              cpu: "250m"
+          livenessProbe:
+            httpGet:
+              path: /health
+              port: 5000
+            initialDelaySeconds: 10
+            periodSeconds: 30
+            timeoutSeconds: 5
+          readinessProbe:
+            httpGet:
+              path: /health
+              port: 5000
+            initialDelaySeconds: 5
+            periodSeconds: 10
+            timeoutSeconds: 3
+      volumes:
+        - name: data
+          persistentVolumeClaim:
+            claimName: flaskpaste-data
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Service
+metadata:
+  name: flaskpaste
+  namespace: flaskpaste
+spec:
+  selector:
+    app: flaskpaste
+  ports:
+    - protocol: TCP
+      port: 80
+      targetPort: 5000
+  type: ClusterIP
+---
+# Optional: Ingress for external access
+# Uncomment and adjust for your ingress controller
+# apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
+# kind: Ingress
+# metadata:
+#   name: flaskpaste
+#   namespace: flaskpaste
+#   annotations:
+#     nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/proxy-body-size: "50m"
+# spec:
+#   rules:
+#     - host: paste.example.com
+#       http:
+#         paths:
+#           - path: /
+#             pathType: Prefix
+#             backend:
+#               service:
+#                 name: flaskpaste
+#                 port:
+#                   number: 80