diff --git a/k8s/3scale-apicast/apicast-dep.yaml b/k8s/3scale-apicast/apicast-dep.yaml
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+apiVersion: extensions/v1beta1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  name: openresty-instance-1-dep
+spec:
+  replicas: 1
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        app: openresty-instance-1-dep
+    spec:
+      terminationGracePeriodSeconds: 10
+      containers:
+      - name: nginx-openresty
+        image: bigchaindb/nginx_3scale:unstable
+        imagePullPolicy: Always
+        env:
+        - name: THREESCALE_PORTAL_ENDPOINT
+          valueFrom:
+            secretKeyRef:
+              name: apicast-secret
+              key: portal-endpoint
+        - name: RESOLVER
+          valueFrom:
+            configMapKeyRef:
+              name: vars
+              key: cluster-dns-server-ip
+        - name: APICAST_LOG_LEVEL
+          valueFrom:
+            configMapKeyRef:
+              name: apicast-config
+              key: api-log-level
+        - name: APICAST_MANAGEMENT_API
+          valueFrom:
+            configMapKeyRef:
+              name: apicast-config
+              key:  mgmt-api-mode
+        - name: BIGCHAINDB_BACKEND_HOST
+          valueFrom:
+            configMapKeyRef:
+              name: vars
+              key: bdb-instance-name
+        - name: BIGCHAINDB_API_PORT
+          valueFrom:
+            configMapKeyRef:
+              name: vars
+              key: bigchaindb-api-port
+        ports:
+        - containerPort: 8080
+          protocol: TCP
+        - containerPort: 8090
+          protocol: TCP
diff --git a/k8s/3scale-apicast/apicast-svc.yaml b/k8s/3scale-apicast/apicast-svc.yaml
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+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Service
+metadata:
+  name: openresty-instance-1
+  namespace: default
+  labels:
+    name: openresty-instance-1
+  annotations:
+    # NOTE: the following annotation is a beta feature and
+    # only available in GCE/GKE and Azure as of now
+    # Ref: https://kubernetes.io/docs/tutorials/services/source-ip/
+    service.beta.kubernetes.io/external-traffic: OnlyLocal
+spec:
+  selector:
+    app: openresty-instance-1-dep
+  ports:
+  - port: 8080
+    targetPort: 8080
+    name: apicast-svc
+  - port: 8090
+    targetPort: 8090
+    name: apicast-mgmt
+    protocol: TCP
+  type: ClusterIP
+  clusterIP: None
diff --git a/k8s/3scale-apicast/container/Dockerfile b/k8s/3scale-apicast/container/Dockerfile
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+FROM openresty/openresty:xenial
+LABEL maintainer "dev@bigchaindb.com"
+WORKDIR /opt/apicast
+RUN apt-get update \
+    && apt-get -y upgrade \
+    && apt-get autoremove \
+    && apt-get clean \
+    && apt-get install wget
+COPY nginx_openresty_entrypoint.bash /
+
+# The following ports are the values we use to run the NGINX+3scale container.
+# 80 for http, 8080 for the 3scale api, 8888 for health-check, 27017 for
+# MongoDB
+EXPOSE 8080 8090 8888
+
+ENTRYPOINT ["/nginx_openresty_entrypoint.bash"]
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diff --git a/k8s/3scale-apicast/container/README.md b/k8s/3scale-apicast/container/README.md
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+# nginx_3scale agent
+nginx_3scale agent is a module that is responsible for providing authentication,
+authorization and metering of BigchainDB API users, by communicating with 3scale.
+We use the openresty for this, which is nginx bundled with lua libraries.
+More information at their [website](openresty.org/en)
+
+It validates the tokens sent by users in HTTP headers.
+The user tokens map directly to the Application Plan specified in 3scale.
+
+## Build and Push the Latest Container
+Use the `docker_build_and_push.bash` script to build the latest docker image
+and upload it to Docker Hub.
+Ensure that the image tag is updated to a new version number to properly
+reflect any changes made to the container.
+
+
+## Working
+
+* We define a [lua module](./nginx.lua.template) and
+  custom hooks (lua functions to be executed at certain phases of the nginx
+  request processing lifecycle) to authenticate an API request.
+
+* Download the template available from 3scale which pre-defines all the
+  rules defined using the 3scale UI for monitoring, and the basic nginx
+  configuration.
+
+* We heavily modify these templates to add our custom functionality.
+
+* The nginx_3scale image reads the environment variables and accordingly
+  creates the nginx.conf and nginx.lua files from the templates.
+
+* Every request calls the `_M.access()` function. This function extracts the
+  `app_id` and `app_key` from the HTTP request headers and forwards it to
+  3scale to see if a request is allowed to be forwarded to the BigchainDB
+  backend. The request also contains the
+  various parameters that one would like to set access policies on. If the
+  `app_id` and `app_key` is successful, the access rules for the parameters
+  passed with the request are checked to see if the request can pass through.
+  For example, we can send a parameter, say `request_body_size`, to the 3scale
+  auth API. If we have defined a rule in the 3scale dashboard to drop
+  `request_body_size` above a certain threshold, the authorization will fail
+  even if the `app_id` and `app_key` are valid.
+
+* A successful response from the auth API causes the request to be proxied to
+  the backend. After a backend response, the `_M.post_action_content` hook is
+  called. We calculate details about all the metrics we are interested in and
+  form a payload for the 3scale reporting API. This ensures that we update
+  parameters of every metric defined in the 3scale UI after every request.
+
+* Note: We do not cache the keys in nginx so that we can validate every request
+  with 3scale and apply plan rules immediately. We can add auth caching to
+  improve performance, and in case we move to a fully post-paid billing model.
+
+* Refer to the references made in the [lua module](./nginx.lua.template) for 
+  more details about how nginx+lua+3scale works
+
+* For HTTPS support, we also need to add the signed certificate and the
+  corresponding private key to the folder
+  `/usr/local/openresty/nginx/conf/ssl/`. Name the pem-encoded certificate as
+  `cert.pem` and the private key as `cert.key`.
diff --git a/k8s/3scale-apicast/container/docker_build_and_push.bash b/k8s/3scale-apicast/container/docker_build_and_push.bash
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+docker build -t bigchaindb/nginx_3scale:unstable .
+
+docker push bigchaindb/nginx_3scale:unstable
diff --git a/k8s/3scale-apicast/container/nginx_openresty_entrypoint.bash b/k8s/3scale-apicast/container/nginx_openresty_entrypoint.bash
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+#!/bin/bash
+set -euo pipefail
+
+BASE_DIR=$(pwd)
+APICAST_RELEASE="3.1.0"
+BASE_GIT_URL="https://github.com/3scale/apicast/archive"
+
+# Set Default config
+export APICAST_CONFIGURATION_LOADER="boot" # Overriding apicast default lazy config loader
+export APICAST_MANAGEMENT_API="debug" # Overriding apicast default fo 'status' mode to be
+                                      # able to update bigchaindb backen service endpoint
+
+# Sanity Check
+if [[ -z "${THREESCALE_PORTAL_ENDPOINT:?THREESCALE_PORTAL_ENDPOINT not specified. Exiting!}" || \
+      -z "${BIGCHAINDB_BACKEND_HOST:?BIGCHAINDB_BACKEND_HOST not specified. Exiting!}" || \
+      -z "${BIGCHAINDB_API_PORT:?BIGCHAINDB_API_PORT not specified. Exiting!}" ]]; then
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+export THREESCALE_PORTAL_ENDPOINT=`printenv THREESCALE_PORTAL_ENDPOINT`
+
+# Print Current Configs
+echo "Apicast Release: ${APICAST_RELEASE}"
+echo "Apicast Download URL: ${BASE_GIT_URL}"
+echo "APICAST_CONFIGURATION_LOADER: ${APICAST_CONFIGURATION_LOADER}"
+echo "BIGCHAINDB_BACKEND_HOST: ${BIGCHAINDB_BACKEND_HOST}"
+echo "BIGCHAINDB_API_PORT: ${BIGCHAINDB_API_PORT}"
+
+# Download and Install Apicast
+wget "${BASE_GIT_URL}/v${APICAST_RELEASE}.tar.gz"
+tar -xvzf "v${APICAST_RELEASE}.tar.gz"
+
+eval luarocks make apicast-${APICAST_RELEASE}/apicast/*.rockspec --tree /usr/local/openresty/luajit
+
+# Start nginx
+echo "INFO: starting nginx..."
+exec apicast-${APICAST_RELEASE}/apicast/bin/apicast -b -e production -v -v -v
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