diff --git a/kubernetes/servicemesh/applications/playlists-api/app.go b/kubernetes/servicemesh/applications/playlists-api/app.go
index 52b77a7..58294eb 100644
--- a/kubernetes/servicemesh/applications/playlists-api/app.go
+++ b/kubernetes/servicemesh/applications/playlists-api/app.go
@@ -10,14 +10,12 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"context"
-	"time"
 	"github.com/go-redis/redis/v8"
 )
 
 var environment = os.Getenv("ENVIRONMENT")
 var redis_host = os.Getenv("REDIS_HOST")
 var redis_port = os.Getenv("REDIS_PORT")
-
 var ctx = context.Background()
 var rdb *redis.Client
 
@@ -88,45 +86,6 @@ func main() {
 	})
 	rdb = r
 
-	//init dummy data into redis
-	duration, _ := time.ParseDuration("4s")
-	dummyData := `
-	[
-		{
-			"id" : "1",
-			"name" : "CI/CD",
-			"videos": [ { "id" : "OFgziggbCOg"}, { "id" : "myCcJJ_Fk10"}, { "id" : "2WSJF7d8dUg"}]
-		},
-		{
-			"id" : "2",
-			"name" : "K8s in the Cloud",
-			"videos": [ { "id" : "QThadS3Soig"}, { "id" : "eyvLwK5C2dw"}]
-		},
-		{
-			"id" : "3",
-			"name" : "Storage and MessageBrokers",
-			"videos": [ { "id" : "JmCn7k0PlV4"}, { "id" : "_lpDfMkxccc"}]
-
-		},
-		{
-			"id" : "4",
-			"name" : "K8s Autoscaling",
-			"videos": [ { "id" : "jM36M39MA3I"}, { "id" : "FfDI08sgrYY"}]
-		}
-	]
-	`
-	retry(10, duration, func() (err error){
-	  err = rdb.Set(ctx, "playlists",dummyData , 0).Err()
-		
-		if err != nil {
-			fmt.Println("error occured connecting to Redis, retrying...")
-			return err
-		}
-
-		fmt.Println("Redis dummy data initialised")
-		return nil
-	})
-
 	fmt.Println("Running...")
 	log.Fatal(http.ListenAndServe(":10010", router))
 }
@@ -135,6 +94,7 @@ func getPlaylists()(response string){
 	playlistData, err := rdb.Get(ctx, "playlists").Result()
 	
 	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Println(err)
 		fmt.Println("error occured retrieving playlists from Redis")
 		return "[]"
 	}
@@ -161,22 +121,6 @@ type stop struct {
 	error
 }
 
-func retry(attempts int, sleep time.Duration, fn func() error) error {
-	if err := fn(); err != nil {
-		if s, ok := err.(stop); ok {
-			// Return the original error for later checking
-			return s.error
-		}
- 
-		if attempts--; attempts > 0 {
-			time.Sleep(sleep)
-			return retry(attempts, 2*sleep, fn)
-		}
-		return err
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-
 func cors(writer http.ResponseWriter) () {
 	if(environment == "DEBUG"){
 		writer.Header().Set("Access-Control-Allow-Methods", "POST, GET, OPTIONS, PUT, DELETE")
diff --git a/kubernetes/servicemesh/applications/playlists-api/deploy.yaml b/kubernetes/servicemesh/applications/playlists-api/deploy.yaml
index 3a938ed..320e102 100644
--- a/kubernetes/servicemesh/applications/playlists-api/deploy.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/servicemesh/applications/playlists-api/deploy.yaml
@@ -49,44 +49,6 @@ spec:
       port: 80
       targetPort: 10010
 ---
-apiVersion: apps/v1
-kind: Deployment
-metadata:
-  name: playlists-db
-  labels:
-    app: playlists-db
-spec:
-  selector:
-    matchLabels:
-      app: playlists-db
-  replicas: 1
-  template:
-    metadata:
-      labels:
-        app: playlists-db
-    spec:
-      containers:
-      - name: playlists-api
-        image: redis:6.0-alpine
-        ports:
-        - containerPort: 6379
----
-apiVersion: v1
-kind: Service
-metadata:
-  name: playlists-db
-  labels:
-    app: playlists-db
-spec:
-  type: ClusterIP
-  selector:
-    app: playlists-db
-  ports:
-    - protocol: TCP
-      name: http
-      port: 6379
-      targetPort: 6379
----
 apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1beta1
 kind: Ingress
 metadata:
diff --git a/kubernetes/servicemesh/applications/playlists-db/appendonly.aof b/kubernetes/servicemesh/applications/playlists-db/appendonly.aof
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..173ef74
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kubernetes/servicemesh/applications/playlists-db/appendonly.aof
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+*2
+$6
+SELECT
+$1
+0
+*3
+$3
+set
+$9
+playlists
+$515
+
+	[
+		{
+			"id" : "1",
+			"name" : "CI/CD",
+			"videos": [ { "id" : "OFgziggbCOg"}, { "id" : "myCcJJ_Fk10"}, { "id" : "2WSJF7d8dUg"}]
+		},
+		{
+			"id" : "2",
+			"name" : "K8s in the Cloud",
+			"videos": [ { "id" : "QThadS3Soig"}, { "id" : "eyvLwK5C2dw"}]
+		},
+		{
+			"id" : "3",
+			"name" : "Storage and MessageBrokers",
+			"videos": [ { "id" : "JmCn7k0PlV4"}, { "id" : "_lpDfMkxccc"}]
+
+		},
+		{
+			"id" : "4",
+			"name" : "K8s Autoscaling",
+			"videos": [ { "id" : "jM36M39MA3I"}, { "id" : "FfDI08sgrYY"}]
+		}
+	]
+	
diff --git a/kubernetes/servicemesh/applications/playlists-db/configmap.yaml b/kubernetes/servicemesh/applications/playlists-db/configmap.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e00e113
Binary files /dev/null and b/kubernetes/servicemesh/applications/playlists-db/configmap.yaml differ
diff --git a/kubernetes/servicemesh/applications/playlists-db/deploy.yaml b/kubernetes/servicemesh/applications/playlists-db/deploy.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b70882f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kubernetes/servicemesh/applications/playlists-db/deploy.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  name: playlists-db
+  labels:
+    app: playlists-db
+spec:
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app: playlists-db
+  replicas: 1
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        app: playlists-db
+    spec:
+      initContainers:
+      - name: data
+        image: busybox
+        command: [ "sh", "-c" ]
+        args:
+          - |
+            cp /config/appendonly.aof /tmp/appendonly.aof
+        volumeMounts:
+        - name: data
+          mountPath: /tmp/
+        - name: config
+          mountPath: /config/
+      containers:
+      - name: playlists-db
+        image: redis:6.0-alpine
+        ports:
+        - containerPort: 6379
+        volumeMounts:
+        - name: data
+          mountPath: /tmp/
+        command: [ "redis-server"]
+        args: ["--dir", "/tmp", "--appendonly", "yes"]
+      volumes:
+      - name: data
+        emptyDir: {}
+      - name: config
+        configMap:
+          name: playlists-db
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Service
+metadata:
+  name: playlists-db
+  labels:
+    app: playlists-db
+spec:
+  type: ClusterIP
+  selector:
+    app: playlists-db
+  ports:
+    - protocol: TCP
+      name: http
+      port: 6379
+      targetPort: 6379
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/kubernetes/servicemesh/applications/videos-api/app.go b/kubernetes/servicemesh/applications/videos-api/app.go
index 613a26d..0f1bdda 100644
--- a/kubernetes/servicemesh/applications/videos-api/app.go
+++ b/kubernetes/servicemesh/applications/videos-api/app.go
@@ -6,11 +6,8 @@ import (
 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"github.com/go-redis/redis/v8"
 	"fmt"
-	"time"
 	"context"
-	"encoding/json"
 	"os"
-	"strconv"
 	"math/rand"
 )
 
@@ -46,8 +43,6 @@ func main() {
 	})
 	rdb = r
 
-	initDummyData()
-
 	fmt.Println("Running...")
 	log.Fatal(http.ListenAndServe(":10010", router))
 }
@@ -71,22 +66,6 @@ type stop struct {
 	error
 }
 
-func retry(attempts int, sleep time.Duration, fn func() error) error {
-	if err := fn(); err != nil {
-		if s, ok := err.(stop); ok {
-			// Return the original error for later checking
-			return s.error
-		}
- 
-		if attempts--; attempts > 0 {
-			time.Sleep(sleep)
-			return retry(attempts, 2*sleep, fn)
-		}
-		return err
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-
 func cors(writer http.ResponseWriter) () {
 	if(environment == "DEBUG"){
 		writer.Header().Set("Access-Control-Allow-Methods", "POST, GET, OPTIONS, PUT, DELETE")
@@ -96,122 +75,6 @@ func cors(writer http.ResponseWriter) () {
 	}
 }
 
-func initDummyData(){
-
-	//init dummy data into redis
-	duration, _ := time.ParseDuration("4s")
- 
-	v1 := `{
-		"id" : "jM36M39MA3I",
-		"title" : "Kubernetes cluster autoscaling",
-		"imageurl" : "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/jM36M39MA3I/sddefault.jpg",
-		"url" : "https://youtu.be/jM36M39MA3I",
-		"description" : ""
-	}
-	`
-	v2 := `{
-		"id" : "FfDI08sgrYY",
-		"title" : "Kubernetes pod autoscaling",
-		"imageurl" : "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/FfDI08sgrYY/sddefault.jpg",
-		"url" : "https://youtu.be/FfDI08sgrYY",
-		"description" : ""
-	}
-	`
-	v3 := `{
-		"id" : "JmCn7k0PlV4",
-		"title" : "Redis on Kubernetes",
-		"imageurl" : "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/JmCn7k0PlV4/sddefault.jpg",
-		"url" : "https://youtu.be/JmCn7k0PlV4",
-		"description" : ""
-	}
-	`
-	v4 := `{
-		"id" : "_lpDfMkxccc",
-		"title" : "RabbitMQ on Kubernetes",
-		"imageurl" : "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/_lpDfMkxccc/sddefault.jpg",
-		"url" : "https://youtu.be/_lpDfMkxccc",
-		"description" : ""
-	}
-	`
-	v5 := `{
-		"id" : "OFgziggbCOg",
-		"title" : "Flux CD",
-		"imageurl" : "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/OFgziggbCOg/sddefault.jpg",
-		"url" : "https://youtu.be/OFgziggbCOg",
-		"description" : ""
-	}
-	`
-	v6 := `{
-		"id" : "myCcJJ_Fk10",
-		"title" : "Drone CI",
-		"imageurl" : "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/myCcJJ_Fk10/sddefault.jpg",
-		"url" : "https://youtu.be/myCcJJ_Fk10",
-		"description" : ""
-	}
-	`
-	v7 := `{
-		"id" : "2WSJF7d8dUg",
-		"title" : "Argo CD",
-		"imageurl" : "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/2WSJF7d8dUg/sddefault.jpg",
-		"url" : "https://youtu.be/2WSJF7d8dUg",
-		"description" : ""
-	}
-	`
-	v8 := `{
-		"id" : "QThadS3Soig",
-		"title" : "Kubernetes on Amazon",
-		"imageurl" : "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/QThadS3Soig/sddefault.jpg",
-		"url" : "https://youtu.be/QThadS3Soig",
-		"description" : ""
-	}
-	`
-	v9 := `{
-		"id" : "eyvLwK5C2dw",
-		"title" : "Kubernetes on Azure",
-		"imageurl" : "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/eyvLwK5C2dw/mqdefault.jpg?sqp=CISC_PoF&rs=AOn4CLDo7kizrJozB0pxBhxL9JbyiW_EPw",
-		"url" : "https://youtu.be/eyvLwK5C2dw",
-		"description" : ""
-	}`
-
-
-	dummy := []string{ v1, v2, v3, v4,v5, v6, v7, v8,v9 }
-  
-
-	retry(10, duration, func() (err error){
-	
-		for i := range dummy {
-			dummyItem := dummy[i]
-			v := videos{}
-			iStr := strconv.Itoa(i)
-
-			fmt.Println("checking vid: " +  iStr)
-			err = json.Unmarshal([]byte(dummyItem), &v)
-			if err != nil {
-				break
-			}
-
-			fmt.Println("adding vid: " +  v.Id)
-			err = rdb.Set(ctx, v.Id,dummyItem , 0).Err()
-
-			if err != nil {
-				break
-			}
-		}
-		
-
-		if err != nil {
-			fmt.Println("error occured connecting to Redis, retrying...")
-			return err
-		}
-
-	
-
-		fmt.Println("Redis dummy data initialised")
-		return nil
-	})
-
-}
-
 type videos struct {
 	Id string `json:"id"`
 	Title string `json:"title"`
diff --git a/kubernetes/servicemesh/applications/videos-api/deploy.yaml b/kubernetes/servicemesh/applications/videos-api/deploy.yaml
index d582c77..0923359 100644
--- a/kubernetes/servicemesh/applications/videos-api/deploy.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/servicemesh/applications/videos-api/deploy.yaml
@@ -51,42 +51,5 @@ spec:
       port: 10010
       targetPort: 10010
 ---
-apiVersion: apps/v1
-kind: Deployment
-metadata:
-  name: videos-db
-  labels:
-    app: videos-db
-spec:
-  selector:
-    matchLabels:
-      app: videos-db
-  replicas: 1
-  template:
-    metadata:
-      labels:
-        app: videos-db
-    spec:
-      containers:
-      - name: videos-db
-        image: redis:6.0-alpine
-        ports:
-        - containerPort: 6379
----
-apiVersion: v1
-kind: Service
-metadata:
-  name: videos-db
-  labels:
-    app: videos-db
-spec:
-  type: ClusterIP
-  selector:
-    app: videos-db
-  ports:
-    - protocol: TCP
-      name: http
-      port: 6379
-      targetPort: 6379
 
 
diff --git a/kubernetes/servicemesh/applications/videos-db/appendonly.aof b/kubernetes/servicemesh/applications/videos-db/appendonly.aof
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a340bb2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kubernetes/servicemesh/applications/videos-db/appendonly.aof
@@ -0,0 +1,130 @@
+*2
+$6
+SELECT
+$1
+0
+*3
+$3
+set
+$11
+jM36M39MA3I
+$206
+{
+		"id" : "jM36M39MA3I",
+		"title" : "Kubernetes cluster autoscaling",
+		"imageurl" : "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/jM36M39MA3I/sddefault.jpg",
+		"url" : "https://youtu.be/jM36M39MA3I",
+		"description" : ""
+	}
+	
+*3
+$3
+set
+$11
+FfDI08sgrYY
+$202
+{
+		"id" : "FfDI08sgrYY",
+		"title" : "Kubernetes pod autoscaling",
+		"imageurl" : "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/FfDI08sgrYY/sddefault.jpg",
+		"url" : "https://youtu.be/FfDI08sgrYY",
+		"description" : ""
+	}
+	
+*3
+$3
+set
+$11
+JmCn7k0PlV4
+$195
+{
+		"id" : "JmCn7k0PlV4",
+		"title" : "Redis on Kubernetes",
+		"imageurl" : "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/JmCn7k0PlV4/sddefault.jpg",
+		"url" : "https://youtu.be/JmCn7k0PlV4",
+		"description" : ""
+	}
+	
+*3
+$3
+set
+$11
+_lpDfMkxccc
+$198
+{
+		"id" : "_lpDfMkxccc",
+		"title" : "RabbitMQ on Kubernetes",
+		"imageurl" : "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/_lpDfMkxccc/sddefault.jpg",
+		"url" : "https://youtu.be/_lpDfMkxccc",
+		"description" : ""
+	}
+	
+*3
+$3
+set
+$11
+OFgziggbCOg
+$183
+{
+		"id" : "OFgziggbCOg",
+		"title" : "Flux CD",
+		"imageurl" : "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/OFgziggbCOg/sddefault.jpg",
+		"url" : "https://youtu.be/OFgziggbCOg",
+		"description" : ""
+	}
+	
+*3
+$3
+set
+$11
+myCcJJ_Fk10
+$184
+{
+		"id" : "myCcJJ_Fk10",
+		"title" : "Drone CI",
+		"imageurl" : "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/myCcJJ_Fk10/sddefault.jpg",
+		"url" : "https://youtu.be/myCcJJ_Fk10",
+		"description" : ""
+	}
+	
+*3
+$3
+set
+$11
+2WSJF7d8dUg
+$183
+{
+		"id" : "2WSJF7d8dUg",
+		"title" : "Argo CD",
+		"imageurl" : "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/2WSJF7d8dUg/sddefault.jpg",
+		"url" : "https://youtu.be/2WSJF7d8dUg",
+		"description" : ""
+	}
+	
+*3
+$3
+set
+$11
+QThadS3Soig
+$196
+{
+		"id" : "QThadS3Soig",
+		"title" : "Kubernetes on Amazon",
+		"imageurl" : "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/QThadS3Soig/sddefault.jpg",
+		"url" : "https://youtu.be/QThadS3Soig",
+		"description" : ""
+	}
+	
+*3
+$3
+set
+$11
+eyvLwK5C2dw
+$244
+{
+		"id" : "eyvLwK5C2dw",
+		"title" : "Kubernetes on Azure",
+		"imageurl" : "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/eyvLwK5C2dw/mqdefault.jpg?sqp=CISC_PoF&rs=AOn4CLDo7kizrJozB0pxBhxL9JbyiW_EPw",
+		"url" : "https://youtu.be/eyvLwK5C2dw",
+		"description" : ""
+	}
diff --git a/kubernetes/servicemesh/applications/videos-db/configmap.yaml b/kubernetes/servicemesh/applications/videos-db/configmap.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1e72fcd
Binary files /dev/null and b/kubernetes/servicemesh/applications/videos-db/configmap.yaml differ
diff --git a/kubernetes/servicemesh/applications/videos-db/deploy.yaml b/kubernetes/servicemesh/applications/videos-db/deploy.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..01e5c4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kubernetes/servicemesh/applications/videos-db/deploy.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  name: videos-db
+  labels:
+    app: videos-db
+spec:
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app: videos-db
+  replicas: 1
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        app: videos-db
+    spec:
+      initContainers:
+      - name: data
+        image: busybox
+        command: [ "sh", "-c" ]
+        args:
+          - |
+            cp /config/appendonly.aof /tmp/appendonly.aof
+        volumeMounts:
+        - name: data
+          mountPath: /tmp/
+        - name: config
+          mountPath: /config/
+      containers:
+      - name: videos-db
+        image: redis:6.0-alpine
+        ports:
+        - containerPort: 6379
+        volumeMounts:
+        - name: data
+          mountPath: /tmp/
+        command: [ "redis-server"]
+        args: ["--dir", "/tmp", "--appendonly", "yes"]
+      volumes:
+      - name: data
+        emptyDir: {}
+      - name: config
+        configMap:
+          name: videos-db
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Service
+metadata:
+  name: videos-db
+  labels:
+    app: videos-db
+spec:
+  type: ClusterIP
+  selector:
+    app: videos-db
+  ports:
+    - protocol: TCP
+      name: http
+      port: 6379
+      targetPort: 6379
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/kubernetes/servicemesh/docker-compose.yaml b/kubernetes/servicemesh/docker-compose.yaml
index 5a211e0..ae5f7f1 100644
--- a/kubernetes/servicemesh/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/servicemesh/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -32,6 +32,12 @@ services:
   videos-db:
     container_name: videos-db
     image: redis:6.0-alpine
+    command: [ "redis-server" , "--dir", "/tmp", "--appendonly", "yes"]
+    volumes:
+      - ./applications/videos-db/appendonly.aof:/tmp/appendonly.aof
   playlists-db:
     container_name: playlists-db
     image: redis:6.0-alpine
+    command: [ "redis-server" , "--dir", "/tmp", "--appendonly", "yes"]
+    volumes:
+      - ./applications/playlists-db/appendonly.aof:/tmp/appendonly.aof
diff --git a/kubernetes/servicemesh/introduction.md b/kubernetes/servicemesh/introduction.md
index 5490686..446c8d6 100644
--- a/kubernetes/servicemesh/introduction.md
+++ b/kubernetes/servicemesh/introduction.md
@@ -111,24 +111,33 @@ This is intentional to demonstrate a busy network.
 ## Adding an Ingress Controller
 
 Adding an ingress controller allows us to route all our traffic. </br>
-We setup a `host` file with entry `demo.com 127.0.0.1`
+We setup a `host` file with entry `127.0.0.1  servicemesh.demo`
 And `port-forward` to the `ingress-controller`
 
 
 ```
-demo.com/home --> videos-web
-demo.com/api/playlists --> playlists-api
+servicemesh.demo/home --> videos-web
+servicemesh.demo/api/playlists --> playlists-api
+
+
+                              servicemesh.demo/home            +--------------+
+                              +------------------------------> | videos-web   |
+                              |                                |              |
+servicemesh.demo/home  +------+------------+                   +--------------+
+   +------------------>+ingress-nginx      |
+                       |Ingress controller |
+                       +------+------------+                   +---------------+    +--------------+
+                              |                                | playlists-api +--->+ playlists-db |
+                              +------------------------------> |               |    |              |
+                              servicemesh.demo/api/playlists   +-----+---------+    +--------------+
+                                                                     |
+                                                                     v
+                                                               +-----+------+       +-----------+
+                                                               | videos-api +------>+ videos-db |
+                                                               |            |       |           |
+                                                               +------------+       +-----------+
+
 
-+-------------------+  demo.com/home   +------------+     +---------------+    +--------------+
-|ingress-nginx      +----------------->+ videos+web +---->+ playlists+api +--->+ playlists+db |
-|Ingress controller |                  |            |     |               |    |              |
-+---------+---------+                  +------------+     +-----+---------+    +--------------+
-          |                                                     |
-          |                                                     v
-          |                  demo.com api/playlists       +-----+------+       +-----------+
-          +---------------------------------------------> | videos+api +------>+ videos+db |
-                                                          |            |       |           |
-                                                          +------------+       +-----------+
 
 ```
 <br/>
@@ -188,6 +197,7 @@ It's blank because it needs the `playlists-api` to get data
 cd ./kubernetes/servicemesh/
 
 kubectl apply -f applications/playlists-api/deploy.yaml
+kubectl apply -f applications/playlists-db/
 kubectl port-forward svc/playlists-api 81:80
 
 ```
@@ -206,7 +216,7 @@ Playlists are empty because it needs the `videos-api` to get video data <br/>
 cd ./kubernetes/servicemesh/
 
 kubectl apply -f applications/videos-api/deploy.yaml
-
+kubectl apply -f applications/videos-db/
 ```
 
 Refresh page at `http://localhost/` <br/>
diff --git a/kubernetes/servicemesh/linkerd/readme.md b/kubernetes/servicemesh/linkerd/readme.md
index b9dbbe6..3f1507b 100644
--- a/kubernetes/servicemesh/linkerd/readme.md
+++ b/kubernetes/servicemesh/linkerd/readme.md
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 Lets create a Kubernetes cluster to play with using [kind](https://kind.sigs.k8s.io/docs/user/quick-start/)
 
 ```
-kind create cluster --name linkerd --image kindest/node:v1.18.4
+kind create cluster --name linkerd --image kindest/node:v1.19.1
 ```
 
 ## Deploy our microservices (Video catalog)
@@ -17,8 +17,10 @@ kubectl apply -f kubernetes/servicemesh/applications/ingress-nginx/
 
 # applications
 kubectl apply -f kubernetes/servicemesh/applications/playlists-api/
+kubectl apply -f kubernetes/servicemesh/applications/playlists-db/
 kubectl apply -f kubernetes/servicemesh/applications/videos-api/
 kubectl apply -f kubernetes/servicemesh/applications/videos-web/
+kubectl apply -f kubernetes/servicemesh/applications/videos-db/
 ```
 
 ## Make sure our applications are running 
@@ -94,12 +96,12 @@ linkerd-control-plane   Ready    master   26m   v1.18.4
 ## Linkerd CLI
 
 Lets download the `linkerd` command line tool <br/>
-I grabbed the `edge-20.9.4` release using `curl`
+I grabbed the `edge-20.10.1` release using `curl`
 
-You can go to the [releases](https://github.com/linkerd/linkerd2/releases/tag/edge-20.9.4) page to get it
+You can go to the [releases](https://github.com/linkerd/linkerd2/releases/tag/edge-20.10.1) page to get it
 
 ```
-curl -L -o linkerd https://github.com/linkerd/linkerd2/releases/download/edge-20.9.4/linkerd2-cli-edge-20.9.4-linux-amd64 
+curl -L -o linkerd https://github.com/linkerd/linkerd2/releases/download/edge-20.10.1/linkerd2-cli-edge-20.10.1-linux-amd64 
 chmod +x linkerd && mv ./linkerd /usr/local/bin/
 
 linkerd --help
@@ -117,19 +119,19 @@ linkerd check --pre
 ## Get the YAML
 
 ```
-linkerd install > ./kubernetes/servicemesh/linkerd/manifest/linkerd-edge-20.9.4.yaml
+linkerd install > ./kubernetes/servicemesh/linkerd/manifest/linkerd-edge-20.10.1.yaml
 ```
 
 ## Install Linkerd
 
 ```
-kubectl apply -f ./kubernetes/servicemesh/linkerd/manifest/linkerd-edge-20.9.4.yaml
+kubectl apply -f ./kubernetes/servicemesh/linkerd/manifest/linkerd-edge-20.10.1.yaml
 ```
 
 Let's wait until all components are running
 
 ```
-kubectl -n linkerd get deploy
+watch kubectl -n linkerd get pods
 kubectl -n linkerd get svc
 ```
 
@@ -178,6 +180,7 @@ kubectl get deploy playlists-db -o yaml | linkerd inject - | kubectl apply -f -
 kubectl get deploy videos-api -o yaml | linkerd inject - | kubectl apply -f -
 kubectl get deploy videos-db -o yaml | linkerd inject - | kubectl apply -f -
 kubectl get deploy videos-web -o yaml | linkerd inject - | kubectl apply -f -
+kubectl -n ingress-nginx get deploy nginx-ingress-controller  -o yaml | linkerd inject - | kubectl apply -f -
 
 ```
 
@@ -204,6 +207,7 @@ kubectl edit deploy videos-api
 #set environment FLAKY=true
 ```
 
+# Service Profile 
 
 linkerd profile -n default videos-api --tap deploy/videos-api --tap-duration 10s
 linkerd profile -n default videos-api --template
@@ -213,4 +217,27 @@ We can see that service profile helps us add retry policies in place: <br/>
 ```
 linkerd routes -n default deploy/playlists-api --to svc/videos-api -o wide
 linkerd top deploy/videos-api
+```
+
+# Mutual TLS
+
+We can validate if mTLS is working 
+
+```
+/work # linkerd -n default edges deployment
+SRC                  DST             SRC_NS    DST_NS    SECURED       
+playlists-api        videos-api      default   default   √
+linkerd-prometheus   playlists-api   linkerd   default   √
+linkerd-prometheus   playlists-db    linkerd   default   √
+linkerd-prometheus   videos-api      linkerd   default   √
+linkerd-prometheus   videos-db       linkerd   default   √
+linkerd-prometheus   videos-web      linkerd   default   √
+linkerd-tap          playlists-api   linkerd   default   √
+linkerd-tap          playlists-db    linkerd   default   √
+linkerd-tap          videos-api      linkerd   default   √
+linkerd-tap          videos-db       linkerd   default   √
+linkerd-tap          videos-web      linkerd   default   √
+
+linkerd -n default tap deploy
+
 ```
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diff --git a/kubernetes/servicemesh/linkerd/serviceprofiles/videos-api.yaml b/kubernetes/servicemesh/linkerd/serviceprofiles/videos-api.yaml
index 6fafd92..bca2f05 100644
--- a/kubernetes/servicemesh/linkerd/serviceprofiles/videos-api.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/servicemesh/linkerd/serviceprofiles/videos-api.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 apiVersion: linkerd.io/v1alpha2
 kind: ServiceProfile
 metadata:
-  creationTimestamp: null
   name: videos-api.default.svc.cluster.local
   namespace: default
 spec:
@@ -9,5 +8,5 @@ spec:
   - condition:
       method: GET
       pathRegex: /.*
-    isRetryable: true
-    name: GET *
\ No newline at end of file
+    name: AUTO RETRY ALL
+    isRetryable: true
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