diff --git a/stack_orchestrator/data/compose/docker-compose-webapp-template.yml b/stack_orchestrator/data/compose/docker-compose-webapp-template.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b8697afa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stack_orchestrator/data/compose/docker-compose-webapp-template.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+services:
+  webapp:
+    image: cerc/webapp-container:local
+    restart: always
+    environment:
+      CERC_SCRIPT_DEBUG: ${CERC_SCRIPT_DEBUG}
+    ports:
+      - "3000"
diff --git a/stack_orchestrator/data/stacks/webapp-template/README.md b/stack_orchestrator/data/stacks/webapp-template/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4441e475
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stack_orchestrator/data/stacks/webapp-template/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+# Template stack for webapp deployments
diff --git a/stack_orchestrator/data/stacks/webapp-template/stack.yml b/stack_orchestrator/data/stacks/webapp-template/stack.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d574e764
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stack_orchestrator/data/stacks/webapp-template/stack.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+version: "1.0"
+name: test
+description: "Webapp deployment stack"
+containers:
+  - cerc/webapp-template-container
+pods:
+  - webapp-template
diff --git a/stack_orchestrator/deploy/webapp/deploy_webapp.py b/stack_orchestrator/deploy/webapp/deploy_webapp.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..aa530f60
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stack_orchestrator/deploy/webapp/deploy_webapp.py
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+# Copyright ©2023 Vulcanize
+
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http:#www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+import click
+
+from stack_orchestrator.util import error_exit
+
+
+@click.group()
+@click.pass_context
+def command(ctx):
+    '''manage a webapp deployment'''
+
+    # Check that --stack wasn't supplied
+    if ctx.parent.obj.stack:
+        error_exit("--stack can't be supplied with the deploy-webapp command")
+
+
+@command.command()
+@click.option("--kube-config", help="Provide a config file for a k8s deployment")
+@click.option("--image-registry", help="Provide a container image registry url for this k8s cluster")
+@click.option("--deployment-dir", help="Create deployment files in this directory")
+@click.option("--image", help="image to deploy", required=True)
+@click.option("--env-file", help="environment file for webapp")
+@click.pass_context
+def create(ctx, image, deploy_to, env_file):
+    '''create a deployment for the specified webapp container'''
+    pass
diff --git a/stack_orchestrator/main.py b/stack_orchestrator/main.py
index fdcad96f..26a011b0 100644
--- a/stack_orchestrator/main.py
+++ b/stack_orchestrator/main.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ from stack_orchestrator.repos import setup_repositories
 from stack_orchestrator.build import build_containers
 from stack_orchestrator.build import build_npms
 from stack_orchestrator.build import build_webapp
-from stack_orchestrator.deploy.webapp import run_webapp
+from stack_orchestrator.deploy.webapp import run_webapp, deploy_webapp
 from stack_orchestrator.deploy import deploy
 from stack_orchestrator import version
 from stack_orchestrator.deploy import deployment
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ cli.add_command(build_containers.command, "build-containers")
 cli.add_command(build_npms.command, "build-npms")
 cli.add_command(build_webapp.command, "build-webapp")
 cli.add_command(run_webapp.command, "run-webapp")
+cli.add_command(deploy_webapp.command, "deploy-webapp")
 cli.add_command(deploy.command, "deploy")  # deploy is an alias for deploy-system
 cli.add_command(deploy.command, "deploy-system")
 cli.add_command(deployment.command, "deployment")