diff --git a/apps/fc-messageboard/fc-messageboard.yaml b/apps/fc-messageboard/fc-messageboard.yaml
index 2cf5800..67a6f13 100644
--- a/apps/fc-messageboard/fc-messageboard.yaml
+++ b/apps/fc-messageboard/fc-messageboard.yaml
@@ -7,6 +7,21 @@ metadata:
   labels:
     app.kubernetes.io/part-of: bluejay-infra
 ---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ConfigMap
+metadata:
+  name: messageboard-web-config
+  namespace: fc-messageboard
+data:
+  ASPNETCORE_ENVIRONMENT: Production
+  ASPNETCORE_URLS: http://+:8080
+  ASPNETCORE_FORWARDEDHEADERS_ENABLED: "true"
+  Security__AllowedOrigins__0: https://messageboard.iamworkin.lan
+  FlowerCore__Database__ConnectionStrings__Sqlite: Data Source=/data/messageboard.db
+  OTEL_SERVICE_NAME: FlowerCore.MessageBoard
+  OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT: http://otel-collector.monitoring.svc.cluster.local:4317
+  OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_PROTOCOL: grpc
+---
 apiVersion: apps/v1
 kind: Deployment
 metadata:
@@ -16,6 +31,8 @@ metadata:
     app: messageboard-web
 spec:
   replicas: 1
+  strategy:
+    type: Recreate
   selector:
     matchLabels:
       app: messageboard-web
@@ -23,19 +40,27 @@ spec:
     metadata:
       labels:
         app: messageboard-web
+      annotations:
+        prometheus.io/scrape: "true"
+        prometheus.io/port: "8080"
+        prometheus.io/path: "/metrics/prometheus"
     spec:
       containers:
         - name: messageboard-web
-          image: localhost/fc-messageboard-web:v202604132015
+          image: localhost/fc-messageboard-web:latest
           imagePullPolicy: Never
           ports:
             - containerPort: 8080
               name: http
-          env:
-            - name: ASPNETCORE_ENVIRONMENT
-              value: Production
-            - name: ASPNETCORE_URLS
-              value: "http://+:8080"
+          envFrom:
+            - configMapRef:
+                name: messageboard-web-config
+            - secretRef:
+                name: messageboard-web-secrets
+                optional: true
+          volumeMounts:
+            - name: data
+              mountPath: /data
           resources:
             requests:
               memory: "128Mi"
@@ -45,16 +70,36 @@ spec:
               cpu: "500m"
           livenessProbe:
             httpGet:
-              path: /metrics/prometheus
+              path: /health
               port: 8080
             initialDelaySeconds: 10
             periodSeconds: 30
+            timeoutSeconds: 5
+            failureThreshold: 3
           readinessProbe:
             httpGet:
-              path: /metrics/prometheus
+              path: /health
               port: 8080
-            initialDelaySeconds: 5
+            initialDelaySeconds: 10
             periodSeconds: 10
+            timeoutSeconds: 5
+            failureThreshold: 6
+      volumes:
+        - name: data
+          persistentVolumeClaim:
+            claimName: messageboard-web-data
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: PersistentVolumeClaim
+metadata:
+  name: messageboard-web-data
+  namespace: fc-messageboard
+spec:
+  accessModes:
+    - ReadWriteOnce
+  resources:
+    requests:
+      storage: 1Gi
 ---
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: Service