diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy-api-server.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy-api-server.yml
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@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+name: Publish API server image to GHCR and deploys to Kubernetes Cluster
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [main]
+    paths:
+      - 'api-server/**'
+  release:
+    types: [published]
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+env:
+  REGISTRY: ghcr.io
+  IMAGE_NAME: ${{ github.repository_owner }}/exosphere-api-server
+
+jobs:
+  publish-image:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      packages: write
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
+
+      - name: Log in to GHCR
+        uses: docker/login-action@v3
+        with:
+          registry: ${{ env.REGISTRY }}
+          username: ${{ github.actor }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Generate tags & labels
+        id: meta
+        uses: docker/metadata-action@v5
+        with:
+          images: ${{ env.REGISTRY }}/${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}
+          tags: |
+            type=raw,value=latest
+            type=sha,format=short
+            type=ref,event=tag           # v1.2.3 → v1.2.3
+
+      - name: Build and push
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@v5
+        with:
+          context: ./api-server
+          push: true
+          tags: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.tags }}
+          labels: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.labels }}
diff --git a/api-server/.dockerignore b/api-server/.dockerignore
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+# Byte-compiled / optimized / DLL files
+__pycache__/
+*.py[cod]
+*.pyo
+*.pyd
+*.so
+
+# C extensions
+*.egg
+*.egg-info
+.eggs
+
+# Virtual environments
+.venv/
+
+# Git, CI and editor config
+.git/
+.github/
+.vscode/
+
+# Logs and temp files
+*.log
+
+# Other
+.env
+Dockerfile 
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diff --git a/api-server/Dockerfile b/api-server/Dockerfile
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+++ b/api-server/Dockerfile
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+FROM python:3.12-slim-bookworm
+COPY --from=ghcr.io/astral-sh/uv:latest /uv /uvx /bin/
+
+WORKDIR /api-server
+
+COPY pyproject.toml uv.lock ./
+
+RUN uv sync --locked
+
+COPY . .
+
+EXPOSE 8000
+
+CMD ["uv", "run", "run.py", "--mode", "production", "--workers", "4"]
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diff --git a/api-server/app/main.py b/api-server/app/main.py
index 7bff6228..dbab737f 100644
--- a/api-server/app/main.py
+++ b/api-server/app/main.py
@@ -59,8 +59,7 @@ async def lifespan(app: FastAPI):
 app.add_middleware(UnhandledExceptionsMiddleware)
 
 
-
-@app.get("/health-check")
+@app.get("/health")
 def health() -> dict:
     return {"message": "OK"}
 
diff --git a/api-server/docker-compose.yml b/api-server/docker-compose.yml
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+version: '3.8'
+
+services:
+  api-server:
+    build:
+      context: .
+      dockerfile: Dockerfile
+    ports:
+      - "8000:8000"
+    env_file:
+      - .env
+    command: ["uv", "run", "run.py", "--mode", "production", "--workers", "2"]
diff --git a/k8s/deployment.yml b/k8s/deployment.yml
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+++ b/k8s/deployment.yml
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+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  name: exosphere-api-server
+spec:
+  replicas: 2
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app: exosphere-api-server
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        app: exosphere-api-server
+    spec:
+      containers:
+        - name: exosphere-api-server
+          image: ghcr.io/exospherehost/exosphere-api-server:latest
+          ports:
+            - containerPort: 8000
+          envFrom:
+            - secretRef:
+                name: exosphere-api-server-secrets
+          resources:
+            requests:
+              memory: "256Mi"
+              cpu: "250m"
+            limits:
+              memory: "512Mi"
+              cpu: "500m"
+          readinessProbe:
+            httpGet:
+              path: /health
+              port: 8000
+            initialDelaySeconds: 5
+            periodSeconds: 10
+          livenessProbe:
+            httpGet:
+              path: /health
+              port: 8000
+            initialDelaySeconds: 5
+            periodSeconds: 10
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diff --git a/k8s/service.yaml b/k8s/service.yaml
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+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Service
+metadata:
+  name: exosphere-api-server
+spec:
+  selector:
+    app: exosphere-api-server
+  ports:
+    - port: 8000
+      targetPort: 8000
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