diff --git a/charts/dns-api/.helmignore b/charts/dns-api/.helmignore
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+# Patterns to ignore when building packages.
+# This supports shell glob matching, relative path matching, and
+# negation (prefixed with !). Only one pattern per line.
+.DS_Store
+# Common VCS dirs
+.git/
+.gitignore
+.bzr/
+.bzrignore
+.hg/
+.hgignore
+.svn/
+# Common backup files
+*.swp
+*.bak
+*.tmp
+*.orig
+*~
+# Various IDEs
+.project
+.idea/
+*.tmproj
+.vscode/
diff --git a/charts/dns-api/Chart.yaml b/charts/dns-api/Chart.yaml
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+apiVersion: v2
+name: dns-api
+description: A Helm chart for dns-api
+type: application
+version: 0.0.1
+appVersion: "0.0.1"
diff --git a/charts/dns-api/templates/install.yaml b/charts/dns-api/templates/install.yaml
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+# TODO(gio): we'll need to separate intra-dns service and one accessible from k8s cluster
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Service
+metadata:
+  name: dns-api
+  namespace: {{ .Release.Namespace }}
+  {{- if .Values.service.annotations }}
+  annotations:
+    {{- toYaml .Values.service.annotations | nindent 4 }}
+  {{- end }}
+spec:
+  type: {{ .Values.service.type }}
+  selector:
+    app: dns-api
+  ports:
+  - name: http
+    port: 80
+    targetPort: http
+    protocol: TCP
+---
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  name: dns-api
+  namespace: {{ .Release.Namespace }}
+spec:
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app: dns-api
+  replicas: 1
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        app: dns-api
+    spec:
+      containers:
+      - name: dns-api
+        image: {{ .Values.image.repository }}:{{ .Values.image.tag }}
+        imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.image.pullPolicy }}
+        ports:
+        - name: http
+          containerPort: 8080
+          protocol: TCP
+        command:
+        - dns-api
+        - --port=8080
+        - --root-dir={{ .Values.volume.mountPath }}
+        - --config={{ .Values.config }}
+        - --db={{ .Values.db }}
+        - --zone={{ .Values.zone }}
+        - --public-ip={{ .Values.publicIP }}
+        - --private-ip={{ .Values.privateIP }}
+        - --nameserver-ip={{ .Values.nameserverIP }}
+        volumeMounts:
+        - name: data
+          mountPath: {{ .Values.volume.mountPath }}
+        resources:
+          requests:
+            memory: "10Mi"
+            cpu: "10m"
+          limits:
+            memory: "20Mi"
+            cpu: "100m"
+      volumes:
+      - name: data
+        persistentVolumeClaim:
+          claimName: {{ .Values.volume.claimName }}
+      tolerations:
+      - key: "pcloud"
+        operator: "Equal"
+        value: "role"
+        effect: "NoSchedule"
diff --git a/charts/dns-api/values.yaml b/charts/dns-api/values.yaml
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+image:
+  repository: giolekva/dns-api
+  tag: latest
+  pullPolicy: Always
+config: "coredns.conf"
+db: "records.db"
+zone: "example.com"
+publicIP: "1.2.3.4,5.6.7.8"
+privateIP: "10.0.1.0"
+nameserverIP: "4.3.2.1,8.7.6.5"
+volume:
+  claimName: "data"
+  mountPath: "/pcloud"
+service:
+  type: "ClusterIP"
+  annotations: {}