diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..76f28a8136
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+draft.toml
+charts/
+NOTICE
+LICENSE
+README.md
diff --git a/.helmignore b/.helmignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..747e6e94a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.helmignore
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# 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
+*~
+# Various IDEs
+.project
+.idea/
+*.tmproj
+*.png
+
+# known compile time folders
+target/
+node_modules/
+vendor/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d8b60dc30f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+FROM python:onbuild
+COPY requirements.txt .
+ENV PORT 8080
+EXPOSE 8080
+ENTRYPOINT ["python"]
+CMD ["app.py"]
diff --git a/OWNERS_ALIASES b/OWNERS_ALIASES
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9f9ad3a1af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/OWNERS_ALIASES
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+aliases:
+- venkatamatrix
+best-approvers:
+- venkatamatrix
+best-reviewers:
+- venkatamatrix
diff --git a/charts/preview/Chart.yaml b/charts/preview/Chart.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..35e5bd86ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/preview/Chart.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+description: A Helm chart for Kubernetes
+icon: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jenkins-x/jenkins-x-platform/master/images/python.png
+name: preview
+version: 0.1.0-SNAPSHOT
diff --git a/charts/preview/Makefile b/charts/preview/Makefile
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..af8a9f86f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/preview/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+OS := $(shell uname)
+
+preview:
+ifeq ($(OS),Darwin)
+	sed -i "" -e "s/version:.*/version: $(PREVIEW_VERSION)/" Chart.yaml
+	sed -i "" -e "s/version:.*/version: $(PREVIEW_VERSION)/" ../*/Chart.yaml
+	sed -i "" -e "s/tag:.*/tag: $(PREVIEW_VERSION)/" values.yaml
+else ifeq ($(OS),Linux)
+	sed -i -e "s/version:.*/version: $(PREVIEW_VERSION)/" Chart.yaml
+	sed -i -e "s/version:.*/version: $(PREVIEW_VERSION)/" ../*/Chart.yaml
+	sed -i -e "s|repository:.*|repository: $(DOCKER_REGISTRY)\/venkatamatrix\/python|" values.yaml
+	sed -i -e "s/tag:.*/tag: $(PREVIEW_VERSION)/" values.yaml
+else
+	echo "platfrom $(OS) not supported to release from"
+	exit -1
+endif
+	echo "  version: $(PREVIEW_VERSION)" >> requirements.yaml
+	jx step helm build
diff --git a/charts/preview/requirements.yaml b/charts/preview/requirements.yaml
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..6959665a4b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/preview/requirements.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# !! File must end with empty line !!
+dependencies:
+- alias: expose
+  name: exposecontroller
+  repository: http://chartmuseum.jenkins-x.io
+  version: 2.3.92
+- alias: cleanup
+  name: exposecontroller
+  repository: http://chartmuseum.jenkins-x.io
+  version: 2.3.92
+
+  # !! "alias: preview" must be last entry in dependencies array !!
+  # !! Place custom dependencies above !!
+- alias: preview
+  name: python
+  repository: file://../python
diff --git a/charts/preview/values.yaml b/charts/preview/values.yaml
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..b53ceaa574
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/preview/values.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+
+expose:
+  Annotations:
+    helm.sh/hook: post-install,post-upgrade
+    helm.sh/hook-delete-policy: hook-succeeded
+  config:
+    exposer: Ingress
+    http: true
+    tlsacme: false
+
+cleanup:
+  Args:
+    - --cleanup
+  Annotations:
+    helm.sh/hook: pre-delete
+    helm.sh/hook-delete-policy: hook-succeeded
+
+preview:
+  image:
+    repository:
+    tag:
+    pullPolicy: IfNotPresent
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/charts/python/.helmignore b/charts/python/.helmignore
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..f0c1319444
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/python/.helmignore
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# 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
+*~
+# Various IDEs
+.project
+.idea/
+*.tmproj
diff --git a/charts/python/Chart.yaml b/charts/python/Chart.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3e4fc0eb4a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/python/Chart.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+description: A Helm chart for Kubernetes
+name: python
+version: v0.1.0
diff --git a/charts/python/Makefile b/charts/python/Makefile
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..af3348d685
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/python/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+CHART_REPO := http://jenkins-x-chartmuseum:8080
+CURRENT=$(pwd)
+NAME := python
+OS := $(shell uname)
+RELEASE_VERSION := $(shell cat ../../VERSION)
+
+build: clean
+	rm -rf requirements.lock
+	helm dependency build
+	helm lint
+
+install: clean build
+	helm install . --name ${NAME}
+
+upgrade: clean build
+	helm upgrade ${NAME} .
+
+delete:
+	helm delete --purge ${NAME}
+
+clean:
+	rm -rf charts
+	rm -rf ${NAME}*.tgz
+
+release: clean
+	helm dependency build
+	helm lint
+	helm init --client-only
+	helm package .
+	curl --fail -u $(CHARTMUSEUM_CREDS_USR):$(CHARTMUSEUM_CREDS_PSW) --data-binary "@$(NAME)-$(shell sed -n 's/^version: //p' Chart.yaml).tgz" $(CHART_REPO)/api/charts
+	rm -rf ${NAME}*.tgz%
+
+tag:
+ifeq ($(OS),Darwin)
+	sed -i "" -e "s/version:.*/version: $(RELEASE_VERSION)/" Chart.yaml
+	sed -i "" -e "s/tag:.*/tag: $(RELEASE_VERSION)/" values.yaml
+else ifeq ($(OS),Linux)
+	sed -i -e "s/version:.*/version: $(RELEASE_VERSION)/" Chart.yaml
+	sed -i -e "s|repository:.*|repository: $(DOCKER_REGISTRY)\/venkatamatrix\/python|" values.yaml
+	sed -i -e "s/tag:.*/tag: $(RELEASE_VERSION)/" values.yaml
+else
+	echo "platfrom $(OS) not supported to release from"
+	exit -1
+endif
+	git add --all
+	git commit -m "release $(RELEASE_VERSION)" --allow-empty # if first release then no verion update is performed
+	git tag -fa v$(RELEASE_VERSION) -m "Release version $(RELEASE_VERSION)"
+	git push origin v$(RELEASE_VERSION)
diff --git a/charts/python/templates/NOTES.txt b/charts/python/templates/NOTES.txt
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..da948fa278
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/python/templates/NOTES.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+
+{{- if contains "NodePort" .Values.service.type }}
+  Get the application URL by running these commands:
+  export NODE_PORT=$(kubectl get --namespace {{ .Release.Namespace }} -o jsonpath="{.spec.ports[0].nodePort}" services {{ template "fullname" . }})
+  export NODE_IP=$(kubectl get nodes --namespace {{ .Release.Namespace }} -o jsonpath="{.items[0].status.addresses[0].address}")
+  echo http://$NODE_IP:$NODE_PORT/login
+{{- else if contains "LoadBalancer" .Values.service.type }}
+  Get the application URL by running these commands:
+     NOTE: It may take a few minutes for the LoadBalancer IP to be available.
+           You can watch the status of by running 'kubectl get svc -w {{ template "fullname" . }}'
+  export SERVICE_IP=$(kubectl get svc --namespace {{ .Release.Namespace }} {{ template "fullname" . }} -o jsonpath='{.status.loadBalancer.ingress[0].ip}')
+  echo http://$SERVICE_IP:{{ .Values.service.externalPort }}
+{{- else }}
+  http://{{ .Release.Name }}.{{ .Values.basedomain }} to access your application
+{{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/python/templates/_helpers.tpl b/charts/python/templates/_helpers.tpl
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..f0d83d2edb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/python/templates/_helpers.tpl
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+{{/* vim: set filetype=mustache: */}}
+{{/*
+Expand the name of the chart.
+*/}}
+{{- define "name" -}}
+{{- default .Chart.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).
+*/}}
+{{- define "fullname" -}}
+{{- $name := default .Chart.Name .Values.nameOverride -}}
+{{- printf "%s-%s" .Release.Name $name | trunc 63 | trimSuffix "-" -}}
+{{- end -}}
diff --git a/charts/python/templates/deployment.yaml b/charts/python/templates/deployment.yaml
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..328982b9c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/python/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+{{- if .Values.knativeDeploy }}
+{{- else }}
+apiVersion: extensions/v1beta1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  name: {{ template "fullname" . }}
+  labels:
+    draft: {{ default "draft-app" .Values.draft }}
+    chart: "{{ .Chart.Name }}-{{ .Chart.Version | replace "+" "_" }}"
+spec:
+  replicas: {{ .Values.replicaCount }}
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        draft: {{ default "draft-app" .Values.draft }}
+        app: {{ template "fullname" . }}
+{{- if .Values.podAnnotations }}
+      annotations:
+{{ toYaml .Values.podAnnotations | indent 8 }}
+{{- end }}
+    spec:
+      containers:
+      - name: {{ .Chart.Name }}
+        image: "{{ .Values.image.repository }}:{{ .Values.image.tag }}"
+        imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.image.pullPolicy }}
+        env:
+{{- range $pkey, $pval := .Values.env }}
+        - name: {{ $pkey }}
+          value: {{ $pval }}
+{{- end }}
+        ports:
+        - containerPort: {{ .Values.service.internalPort }}
+        resources:
+{{ toYaml .Values.resources | indent 12 }}
+{{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/python/templates/ingress.yaml b/charts/python/templates/ingress.yaml
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..974e6f66af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/python/templates/ingress.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{{- if .Values.ingress.enabled -}}
+apiVersion: extensions/v1beta1
+kind: Ingress
+metadata:
+  name: {{ template "fullname" . }}
+  labels:
+    chart: "{{ .Chart.Name }}-{{ .Chart.Version | replace "+" "_" }}"
+spec:
+  rules:
+  - host: {{ .Release.Name }}.{{ .Values.basedomain }}
+    http:
+      paths:
+      - path: /
+        backend:
+          serviceName: {{ template "fullname" . }}
+          servicePort: {{ .Values.service.externalPort }}
+{{- end -}}
diff --git a/charts/python/templates/ksvc.yaml b/charts/python/templates/ksvc.yaml
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..c2f9e6cf99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/python/templates/ksvc.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+{{- if .Values.knativeDeploy }}
+apiVersion: serving.knative.dev/v1alpha1
+kind: Service
+metadata:
+{{- if .Values.service.name }}
+  name: {{ .Values.service.name }}
+{{- else }}
+  name: {{ template "fullname" . }}
+{{- end }}
+  labels:
+    chart: "{{ .Chart.Name }}-{{ .Chart.Version | replace "+" "_" }}"
+spec:
+  runLatest:
+    configuration:
+      revisionTemplate:
+        spec:
+          container:
+            image: "{{ .Values.image.repository }}:{{ .Values.image.tag }}"
+            imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.image.pullPolicy }}
+            env:
+{{- range $pkey, $pval := .Values.env }}
+            - name: {{ $pkey }}
+              value: {{ $pval }}
+{{- end }}
+            livenessProbe:
+              httpGet:
+                path: {{ .Values.probePath }}
+              initialDelaySeconds: {{ .Values.livenessProbe.initialDelaySeconds }}
+              periodSeconds: {{ .Values.livenessProbe.periodSeconds }}
+              successThreshold: {{ .Values.livenessProbe.successThreshold }}
+              timeoutSeconds: {{ .Values.livenessProbe.timeoutSeconds }}
+            readinessProbe:
+              httpGet:
+                path: {{ .Values.probePath }}
+              periodSeconds: {{ .Values.readinessProbe.periodSeconds }}
+              successThreshold: {{ .Values.readinessProbe.successThreshold }}
+              timeoutSeconds: {{ .Values.readinessProbe.timeoutSeconds }}
+            terminationGracePeriodSeconds: {{ .Values.terminationGracePeriodSeconds }}
+            resources:
+{{ toYaml .Values.resources | indent 12 }}
+{{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/python/templates/service.yaml b/charts/python/templates/service.yaml
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..9321361e36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/python/templates/service.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{{- if .Values.knativeDeploy }}
+{{- else }}
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Service
+metadata:
+{{- if .Values.service.name }}
+  name: {{ .Values.service.name }}
+{{- else }}
+  name: {{ template "fullname" . }}
+{{- end }}
+  labels:
+    chart: "{{ .Chart.Name }}-{{ .Chart.Version | replace "+" "_" }}"
+{{- if .Values.service.annotations }}
+  annotations:
+{{ toYaml .Values.service.annotations | indent 4 }}
+{{- end }}
+spec:
+  type: {{ .Values.service.type }}
+  ports:
+  - port: {{ .Values.service.externalPort }}
+    targetPort: {{ .Values.service.internalPort }}
+    protocol: TCP
+    name: http
+  selector:
+    app: {{ template "fullname" . }}
+{{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/python/values.yaml b/charts/python/values.yaml
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..c80adc2097
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/python/values.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+# Default values for python.
+# This is a YAML-formatted file.
+# Declare variables to be passed into your templates.
+replicaCount: 1
+image:
+  repository: draft
+  tag: dev
+  pullPolicy: IfNotPresent
+
+# define environment variables here as a map of key: value
+env:
+
+# enable this flag to use knative serve to deploy the app
+knativeDeploy: false
+
+service:
+  name: python
+  type: ClusterIP
+  externalPort: 80
+  internalPort: 8080
+  annotations:
+    fabric8.io/expose: "true"
+    fabric8.io/ingress.annotations: "kubernetes.io/ingress.class: nginx"
+resources:
+  limits:
+    cpu: 100m
+    memory: 128Mi
+  requests:
+    cpu: 100m
+    memory: 128Mi
+ingress:
+  enabled: false
+probePath: /
+livenessProbe:
+  initialDelaySeconds: 60
+  periodSeconds: 10
+  successThreshold: 1
+  timeoutSeconds: 1
+readinessProbe:
+  periodSeconds: 10
+  successThreshold: 1
+  timeoutSeconds: 1
+terminationGracePeriodSeconds: 10
diff --git a/jenkins-x.yml b/jenkins-x.yml
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..a6798322c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jenkins-x.yml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+buildPack: python
diff --git a/skaffold.yaml b/skaffold.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0b755f22b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/skaffold.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+apiVersion: skaffold/v1beta2
+kind: Config
+build:
+  artifacts:
+  - image: changeme
+    context: .
+    docker: {}
+  tagPolicy:
+    envTemplate:
+      template: '{{.DOCKER_REGISTRY}}/venkatamatrix/python:{{.VERSION}}'
+  local: {}
+deploy:
+  kubectl: {}
+profiles:
+- name: dev
+  build:
+    artifacts:
+    - docker: {}
+    tagPolicy:
+      envTemplate:
+        template: '{{.DOCKER_REGISTRY}}/venkatamatrix/python:{{.DIGEST_HEX}}'
+    local: {}
+  deploy:
+    helm:
+      releases:
+      - name: python
+        chartPath: charts/python
+        setValueTemplates:
+          image.repository: '{{.DOCKER_REGISTRY}}/venkatamatrix/python'
+          image.tag: '{{.DIGEST_HEX}}'