diff --git a/helm/xas-standards/.helmignore b/helm/xas-standards/.helmignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0e8a0eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/helm/xas-standards/.helmignore
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# Patterns to ignore when building packages.
+# This supports shell glob matching, relative path matching, and
+# negation (prefixed with !). Only one pattern per line.
+.DS_Store
+# Common VCS dirs
+.git/
+.gitignore
+.bzr/
+.bzrignore
+.hg/
+.hgignore
+.svn/
+# Common backup files
+*.swp
+*.bak
+*.tmp
+*.orig
+*~
+# Various IDEs
+.project
+.idea/
+*.tmproj
+.vscode/
diff --git a/helm/xas-standards/Chart.yaml b/helm/xas-standards/Chart.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b60c3df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/helm/xas-standards/Chart.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+apiVersion: v2
+name: xas-standards
+description: A Helm chart for Kubernetes
+
+# A chart can be either an 'application' or a 'library' chart.
+#
+# Application charts are a collection of templates that can be packaged into versioned archives
+# to be deployed.
+#
+# Library charts provide useful utilities or functions for the chart developer. They're included as
+# a dependency of application charts to inject those utilities and functions into the rendering
+# pipeline. Library charts do not define any templates and therefore cannot be deployed.
+type: application
+
+# This is the chart version. This version number should be incremented each time you make changes
+# to the chart and its templates, including the app version.
+# Versions are expected to follow Semantic Versioning (https://semver.org/)
+version: 0.1.0
+
+# This is the version number of the application being deployed. This version number should be
+# incremented each time you make changes to the application. Versions are not expected to
+# follow Semantic Versioning. They should reflect the versqion the application is using.
+# It is recommended to use it with quotes.
+appVersion: "1.16.0"
+
+dependencies:
+  - name: postgresql
+    version: "12.4.1"
+    repository: https://charts.bitnami.com/bitnami
+  - name: oauth2-proxy
+    version: "7.5.1"
+    repository: https://oauth2-proxy.github.io/manifests/
diff --git a/helm/xas-standards/templates/NOTES.txt b/helm/xas-standards/templates/NOTES.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..283994f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/helm/xas-standards/templates/NOTES.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Xas Standards deploy
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/helm/xas-standards/templates/_helpers.tpl b/helm/xas-standards/templates/_helpers.tpl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..16361be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/helm/xas-standards/templates/_helpers.tpl
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+{{/*
+Expand the name of the chart.
+*/}}
+{{- define "xas-standards.name" -}}
+{{- default .Values.global.name .Values.nameOverride | trunc 63 | trimSuffix "-" }}
+{{- end }}
+
+{{/*
+Create a default fully qualified app name.
+We truncate at 63 chars because some Kubernetes name fields are limited to this (by the DNS naming spec).
+If release name contains chart name it will be used as a full name.
+*/}}
+{{- define "xas-standards.fullname" -}}
+{{- if .Values.fullnameOverride }}
+{{- .Values.fullnameOverride | trunc 63 | trimSuffix "-" }}
+{{- else }}
+{{- $name := default .Values.global.name .Values.nameOverride }}
+{{- if contains $name .Release.Name }}
+{{- .Release.Name | trunc 63 | trimSuffix "-" }}
+{{- else }}
+{{- printf "%s-%s" .Release.Name $name | trunc 63 | trimSuffix "-" }}
+{{- end }}
+{{- end }}
+{{- end }}
+
+
+{{/*
+Selector labels
+*/}}
+{{- define "xas-standards.selectorLabels" -}}
+app.kubernetes.io/name: {{ include "xas-standards.name" . }}
+app.kubernetes.io/instance: {{ .Release.Name }}
+{{- end }}
+
+{{- define "xas-standards.frontend.selectorLabels" -}}
+app.kubernetes.io/name: {{ include "xas-standards.name" . }}-frontend
+app.kubernetes.io/instance: {{ .Release.Name }}
+{{- end }}
+
+{{- define "xas-standards.backend.selectorLabels" -}}
+app.kubernetes.io/name: {{ include "xas-standards.name" . }}-backend
+app.kubernetes.io/instance: {{ .Release.Name }}
+{{- end }}
+
+
+{{/*
+Create the name of the service account to use
+*/}}
+# {{- define "xas-standards.serviceAccountName" -}}
+# {{- if .Values.serviceAccount.create }}
+# {{- default (include "xas-standards.fullname" .) .Values.serviceAccount.name }}
+# {{- else }}
+# {{- default "default" .Values.serviceAccount.name }}
+# {{- end }}
+# {{- end }}
diff --git a/helm/xas-standards/templates/backend_service.yaml b/helm/xas-standards/templates/backend_service.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7637518
--- /dev/null
+++ b/helm/xas-standards/templates/backend_service.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Service
+metadata:
+  name: {{ include "xas-standards.fullname" . }}-backend
+spec:
+  ports:
+  - name: http
+    port: {{ .Values.global.backend.port }}
+    protocol: TCP
+    targetPort: {{ .Values.backend.service.targetPort }}
+  selector:
+      app: {{ include "xas-standards.fullname" . }}-backend-statefulset
+  type: {{ .Values.backend.service.type }}
diff --git a/helm/xas-standards/templates/backend_statefulset.yaml b/helm/xas-standards/templates/backend_statefulset.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ee3484d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/helm/xas-standards/templates/backend_statefulset.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: StatefulSet
+metadata:
+  name: {{ include "xas-standards.fullname" . }}-backend-statefulset
+spec:
+  replicas: {{ .Values.replicaCount }}
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app: {{ include "xas-standards.fullname" . }}-backend-statefulset
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        app: {{ include "xas-standards.fullname" . }}-backend-statefulset
+    spec:
+      containers:
+        - name: {{ .Chart.Name }}
+          image: "{{ .Values.backend.image.repository }}:{{ .Values.backend.image.tag | default .Chart.AppVersion }}"
+          resources:
+            {{- toYaml .Values.backend.resources | nindent 12 }}
+          ports:
+            - name: http
+              containerPort: {{ .Values.global.backend.port }}
+              protocol: TCP
+          volumeMounts:
+            - mountPath: {{ .Values.backend.volumeMounts.mountPath }}
+              name: {{ .Values.backend.volumeMounts.name }}
+          env:
+            - name: POSTGRES_PASSWORD
+              valueFrom:
+                secretKeyRef:
+                  name: pguser-password
+                  key: password
+            - name: POSTGRES_PROT
+              value: {{ .Values.backend.databaseConfig.protocol }}
+            - name: POSTGRES_USERNAME
+              value: {{ .Values.backend.databaseConfig.username }}
+            - name: POSTGRES_DB_NAME
+              value: {{ .Values.backend.databaseConfig.dbname }}
+            - name: POSTGRES_ADDRESS
+              value: {{.Release.Name}}-postgresql.{{.Release.Namespace}}.svc.cluster.local
+            - name: POSTGRESURL
+              value: "$(POSTGRES_PROT)://$(POSTGRES_USERNAME):$(POSTGRES_PASSWORD)@$(POSTGRES_ADDRESS)/$(POSTGRES_DB_NAME)"
+            - name: OIDC_USER_INFO_ENDPOINT
+              value: {{ .Values.backend.authConfig.userInfoEndpoint}}
+            - name: OIDC_ID_KEY
+              value: {{ .Values.backend.authConfig.idKey}}
+            - name: PVC_LOCATION
+              value: {{ .Values.backend.volumeMounts.mountPath }}
+
+  persistentVolumeClaimRetentionPolicy:
+    whenDeleted: {{ .Values.backend.persistentVolumeClaim.whenDeleted }}
+  volumeClaimTemplates:
+    - metadata:
+        name: {{ .Values.backend.volumeMounts.name }}
+      spec:
+        {{- toYaml .Values.backend.persistentVolumeClaim.spec | nindent 12 }}
+        # storageClassName: db-nvme-storage
diff --git a/helm/xas-standards/templates/configmap.yaml b/helm/xas-standards/templates/configmap.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ddd7ebd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/helm/xas-standards/templates/configmap.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ConfigMap
+metadata:
+  name: dbtables-configmap
+data:
+  tables.sql: |-
+{{ .Files.Get "tables.sql" | indent 4 }}
diff --git a/helm/xas-standards/templates/frontend_deployment.yaml b/helm/xas-standards/templates/frontend_deployment.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6ab3246
--- /dev/null
+++ b/helm/xas-standards/templates/frontend_deployment.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  name: {{ include "xas-standards.fullname" . }}-frontend-deployment
+spec:
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app: {{ include "xas-standards.fullname" . }}-frontend-deployment
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+         app: {{ include "xas-standards.fullname" . }}-frontend-deployment
+    spec:
+      containers:
+        - name: {{ .Chart.Name }}
+          image: "{{ .Values.frontend.image.repository }}:{{ .Values.frontend.image.tag | default .Chart.AppVersion }}"
+          imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.frontend.image.pullPolicy }}
+          ports:
+            - name: http
+              containerPort: {{ .Values.global.frontend.port }}
+              protocol: TCP
+          resources:
+            {{- toYaml .Values.frontend.resources | nindent 12 }}
diff --git a/helm/xas-standards/templates/frontend_service.yaml b/helm/xas-standards/templates/frontend_service.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..68cc349
--- /dev/null
+++ b/helm/xas-standards/templates/frontend_service.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Service
+metadata:
+  name: {{ include "xas-standards.fullname" . }}-frontend
+spec:
+  ports:
+    - name: http
+      port: {{ .Values.global.frontend.port }}
+      protocol: TCP
+      targetPort: {{ .Values.frontend.service.targetPort }}
+  selector:
+      app: {{ include "xas-standards.fullname" . }}-frontend-deployment
+  type: {{ .Values.frontend.service.type }}
diff --git a/helm/xas-standards/templates/user_configmap.yaml b/helm/xas-standards/templates/user_configmap.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cada7d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/helm/xas-standards/templates/user_configmap.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ConfigMap
+metadata:
+  name: dbpersons-configmap
+data:
+  users.sql: |-
+{{ .Files.Get "users.sql" | indent 4 }}
diff --git a/helm/xas-standards/values.yaml b/helm/xas-standards/values.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6414f78
--- /dev/null
+++ b/helm/xas-standards/values.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,153 @@
+# Default values for xas-standards.
+# This is a YAML-formatted file.
+# Declare variables to be passed into your templates.
+
+#need these to be global for tpl-ing of the oauth2-proxy config
+global:
+  name: xas-standards
+  frontend:
+    port: 8081
+  backend:
+    port: 8080
+    
+postgresql:
+  image:
+     debug: true
+  auth:
+     existingSecret: postgres-passwords
+     secretKeys:
+         adminPasswordKey: password
+  primary:
+    service:
+      type: LoadBalancer
+    podAntiAffinityPreset: hard
+    resources:
+      requests:
+        cpu: 500m
+        memory: 512Mi
+      limits:
+        cpu: 2
+        memory: 2Gi
+    initdb:
+        scriptsSecret: postgres-init-script
+    extraVolumeMounts:
+        - name: custom-init-scripts-volume
+          mountPath: /docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/tables
+        - name: custom-user-scripts-volume
+          mountPath: /docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/users
+    extraVolumes:
+        - name: custom-init-scripts-volume
+          configMap:
+            name: dbtables-configmap
+        - name: custom-user-scripts-volume
+          configMap:
+            name: dbpersons-configmap
+  persistence:
+    storageClass: db-nvme-storage
+    size: 50Gi
+
+replicaCount: 1
+
+frontend:
+  service:
+    type: ClusterIP
+    targetPort: 80
+  image:
+    repository: ""
+    pullPolicy: IfNotPresent
+    # Overrides the image tag whose default is the chart appVersion.
+    tag: latest
+  resources:
+    limits:
+      cpu: "1"
+      memory: 300M
+
+backend:
+  service:
+    type: ClusterIP
+    targetPort: 5000
+  image:
+    repository: ""
+    pullPolicy: IfNotPresent
+    # Overrides the image tag whose default is the chart appVersion.
+    tag: latest
+  resources:
+    limits:
+      cpu: "1"
+      memory: 300M
+  volumeMounts:
+    name: my-pv-volume
+    mountPath: "/scratch/xas-standards-pretend-pvc"
+  persistentVolumeClaim:
+    whenDeleted: Retain
+    spec:
+      accessModes:
+        - "ReadWriteOnce"
+      resources:
+        requests:
+          storage: 1Gi
+  databaseConfig:
+    username: xasadmin
+    dbname: xasstandarddb
+    protocol: "postgresql+psycopg2"
+  authConfig:
+    userInfoEndpoint: ""
+    idKey: ""
+
+# alpha
+oauth2-proxy:
+  extraVolumeMounts:
+  - name: proxy-secret
+    mountPath: "/etc/alpha"
+    readOnly: true 
+  extraVolumes:
+  - name: proxy-secret
+    secret:
+      secretName: oidc-secrets
+      items:
+      - key: client-secret
+        path: client-secret
+  config:
+    configFile: |-
+       email_domains = [ "*" ]
+       skip_auth_routes = ["GET=^/api/standards", "/static","GET=^/api/metadata", "GET=^/api/data", "GET=^/$","GET=^/assets"]
+       api_routes = ["^/api"]
+       skip_provider_button = true
+  ingress:
+    enabled: true
+    pathType: Prefix
+    hostname: ""
+    hosts: []
+    path: /
+  alphaConfig:
+    enabled: true
+    configFile: |
+      upstreamConfig:
+        proxyRawPath: true
+        upstreams:
+          - id: api
+            path: /api/
+            uri: http://{{ include "xas-standards.fullname" . }}-backend:{{.Values.global.backend.port}}
+          - id: client
+            path: /
+            #rewriteTarget: /
+            uri: http://{{ include "xas-standards.fullname" . }}-frontend:{{.Values.global.frontend.port}}
+    configData:
+      providers: []
+      injectRequestHeaders:
+      - name: Authorization
+        values:
+        - claim: access_token
+          prefix: "Bearer "
+      - name: x-forwarded-user
+        values:
+        - claim: user
+      - name: x-auth-request-user
+        values:
+        - claim: user
+      injectResponseHeaders:
+      - name: Identity
+        values:
+        - claim: id_token
+  redis:
+    enabled: false
diff --git a/xas-standards-api/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/xas-standards-api/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 6bbed96..05b93f6 100644
--- a/xas-standards-api/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/xas-standards-api/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ repos:
     hooks:
       - id: check-added-large-files
       - id: check-yaml
+        exclude: ^helm\/.*\/templates\/.*|catalog-info.yaml
       - id: check-merge-conflict
 
   - repo: local
diff --git a/xas-standards-api/pyproject.toml b/xas-standards-api/pyproject.toml
index 2872910..a69d45b 100644
--- a/xas-standards-api/pyproject.toml
+++ b/xas-standards-api/pyproject.toml
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ requires-python = ">=3.7"
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 dev = [
     "black",
+    "httpx",
     "mypy",
     "pipdeptree",
     "pre-commit",