diff --git a/deployment/k8s/tla-sample-backend/dev/tla-sample-backend-env-config.yaml b/deployment/k8s/tla-sample-backend/dev/tla-sample-backend-env-config.yaml
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+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ConfigMap
+metadata:
+  name: tla-sample-backend-env-config
+data:
+  DEBUG_OPTS: "-agentlib:jdwp=transport=dt_socket,server=y,suspend=n,address=1044"
+  JAVA_OPTS: "-Xmx1g -Xms1g -Dspring.profiles.active=dev -DSpring.config.additional-location=file:/srv/web/conf/ -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.port=8090 -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.ssl=false -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.authenticate=false -Djava.io.tmpdir=/srv/web/tmp"
diff --git a/deployment/k8s/tla-sample-backend/dev/tla-sample-backend-ingress.yaml b/deployment/k8s/tla-sample-backend/dev/tla-sample-backend-ingress.yaml
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+++ b/deployment/k8s/tla-sample-backend/dev/tla-sample-backend-ingress.yaml
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+apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
+kind: Ingress
+metadata:
+  name: tla-sample-backend-ingress
+  annotations:
+    kubernetes.io/ingress.global-static-ip-name: tla-sample-backend-ip
+spec:
+  defaultBackend:
+    service:
+      name: tla-sample-backend
+      port:
+        number: 8080
+  rules:
+    - host: tla-sample-app.contextmapper.org
+      http:
+        paths:
+          - path: /
+            pathType: Prefix
+            backend:
+              service:
+                name: tla-sample-backend
+                port:
+                  number: 8080
diff --git a/src/main/resources/application-dev.properties b/src/main/resources/application-dev.properties
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+spring.datasource.url=jdbc:postgresql://tla-sample-db:5432/tla-sample
+spring.datasource.username=tla-sample
+spring.datasource.driverClassName=org.postgresql.Driver
+spring.jpa.hibernate.ddl-auto=validate