diff --git a/kubernetes/start-kube.sh b/kubernetes/start-kube.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..d8394730d4a7322b18c1051e240387d41d5ce8a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kubernetes/start-kube.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# kubectl create -f pgdata-persistentvolumeclaim.yaml
+kubectl create -f postgres-deployment.yaml
+kubectl create -f postgres-service.yaml
+sleep 30
+kubectl create -f dspace-deployment.yaml
+kubectl create -f dspace-service.yaml
+sleep 30
+kubectl create -f nginx-deployment.yaml
+kubectl create -f nginx-service.yaml
+sleep 30
+kubectl create -f dspace-ingress.yaml
diff --git a/kubernetes/stop-kube.sh b/kubernetes/stop-kube.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..540058cad89f22a2db0e072a3315ecfdda15cd7e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kubernetes/stop-kube.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+kubectl delete -f dspace-ingress.yaml
+kubectl delete -f nginx-service.yaml
+kubectl delete -f nginx-deployment.yaml
+kubectl delete -f dspace-service.yaml
+kubectl delete -f dspace-deployment.yaml
+kubectl delete -f postgres-service.yaml
+kubectl delete -f postgres-deployment.yaml
+# kubectl delete -f pgdata-persistentvolumeclaim.yaml
+