diff --git a/deploy/k8s/aks-namespaces.tf b/deploy/k8s/aks-namespaces.tf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3a452d0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deploy/k8s/aks-namespaces.tf
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+
+resource "kubernetes_namespace" "prod" {
+  metadata {
+    annotations = {
+      name = "prod"
+    }
+
+    labels = {
+      Environment = "Production"
+    }
+    name = "prod"
+  }
+}
+
+resource "kubernetes_namespace" "dev" {
+  metadata {
+    annotations = {
+      name = "dev"
+    }
+
+    labels = {
+      Environment = "Development"
+    }
+    name = "dev"
+  }
+}
+
+resource "kubernetes_namespace" "tst" {
+  metadata {
+    annotations = {
+      name = "tst"
+    }
+
+    labels = {
+      Environment = "Test"
+    }
+    name = "tst"
+  }
+}
+
+resource "kubernetes_namespace" "devops" {
+  metadata {
+    annotations = {
+      name = "devops"
+    }
+
+    labels = {
+      Environment = "Devops"
+    }
+    name = "devops"
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/deploy/k8s/k8s-cluster.tf b/deploy/k8s/k8s-cluster.tf
index 471175fc..1ea48601 100644
--- a/deploy/k8s/k8s-cluster.tf
+++ b/deploy/k8s/k8s-cluster.tf
@@ -13,9 +13,14 @@ resource "azurerm_kubernetes_cluster" "k8s" {
   identity {
     type = "SystemAssigned"
   }
+#   network_profile {
+#     load_balancer_sku = "Standard"
+#     network_plugin    = "kubenet" # azure (CNI)
+#   }
 
   tags = {
     Environment = "Production"
     Product     = "O2NextGen Platform"
   }
 }
+
diff --git a/deploy/k8s/providers.tf b/deploy/k8s/providers.tf
index 0e13a331..cc63b5ef 100644
--- a/deploy/k8s/providers.tf
+++ b/deploy/k8s/providers.tf
@@ -3,6 +3,13 @@ provider "azurerm" {
   features {}
 }
 
+provider "kubernetes" {
+  host                   = azurerm_kubernetes_cluster.k8s.kube_config.0.host
+  client_certificate     = base64decode(azurerm_kubernetes_cluster.k8s.kube_config.0.client_certificate)
+  client_key             = base64decode(azurerm_kubernetes_cluster.k8s.kube_config.0.client_key)
+  cluster_ca_certificate = base64decode(azurerm_kubernetes_cluster.k8s.kube_config.0.cluster_ca_certificate)
+}
+
 # We strongly recommend using the required_providers block to set the
 # Azure Provider source and version being used
 terraform {
@@ -11,5 +18,9 @@ terraform {
       source  = "hashicorp/azurerm"
       version = "=3.0.0"
     }
+    kubernetes = {
+      source  = "kubernetes"
+      version = "=2.8.0"
+    }
   }
 }