diff --git a/stack_orchestrator/deploy/k8s/cluster_info.py b/stack_orchestrator/deploy/k8s/cluster_info.py
index dbf7c907..342dc16c 100644
--- a/stack_orchestrator/deploy/k8s/cluster_info.py
+++ b/stack_orchestrator/deploy/k8s/cluster_info.py
@@ -300,6 +300,14 @@ class ClusterInfo:
             result.append(pv)
         return result
 
+    def _any_service_has_host_network(self):
+        for pod_name in self.parsed_pod_yaml_map:
+            pod = self.parsed_pod_yaml_map[pod_name]
+            for svc in pod.get("services", {}).values():
+                if svc.get("network_mode") == "host":
+                    return True
+        return False
+
     # TODO: put things like image pull policy into an object-scope struct
     def get_deployment(self, image_pull_policy: str = None):
         containers = []
@@ -362,12 +370,22 @@ class ClusterInfo:
                 for service_name in services:
                     labels[key.replace("{name}", service_name)] = value
 
+        use_host_network = self._any_service_has_host_network()
+
         template = client.V1PodTemplateSpec(
             metadata=client.V1ObjectMeta(
                 annotations=annotations,
                 labels=labels
             ),
-            spec=client.V1PodSpec(containers=containers, image_pull_secrets=image_pull_secrets, volumes=volumes),
+            spec=client.V1PodSpec(
+                containers=containers,
+                image_pull_secrets=image_pull_secrets,
+                volumes=volumes,
+                host_network=use_host_network or None,
+                dns_policy=(
+                    "ClusterFirstWithHostNet" if use_host_network else None
+                ),
+            ),
         )
         spec = client.V1DeploymentSpec(
             replicas=1, template=template, selector={
diff --git a/stack_orchestrator/deploy/k8s/helpers.py b/stack_orchestrator/deploy/k8s/helpers.py
index 80fb9c6a..4a2b05b4 100644
--- a/stack_orchestrator/deploy/k8s/helpers.py
+++ b/stack_orchestrator/deploy/k8s/helpers.py
@@ -251,9 +251,36 @@ def _generate_kind_port_mappings_from_services(parsed_pod_files):
 
 def _generate_kind_port_mappings(parsed_pod_files):
     port_definitions = []
-    # For now we just map port 80 for the nginx ingress controller we install in kind
-    port_string = "80"
-    port_definitions.append(f"  - containerPort: {port_string}\n    hostPort: {port_string}\n")
+    seen = set()
+    # Map port 80 for the ingress controller
+    for port_string in ["80"]:
+        port_definitions.append(
+            f"  - containerPort: {port_string}\n    hostPort: {port_string}\n"
+        )
+        seen.add((port_string, "TCP"))
+    # Map ports declared in compose services
+    for pod in parsed_pod_files:
+        parsed_pod_file = parsed_pod_files[pod]
+        if "services" in parsed_pod_file:
+            for service_name in parsed_pod_file["services"]:
+                service_obj = parsed_pod_file["services"][service_name]
+                for port_entry in service_obj.get("ports", []):
+                    port_str = str(port_entry)
+                    protocol = "TCP"
+                    if "/" in port_str:
+                        port_str, proto = port_str.split("/", 1)
+                        protocol = proto.upper()
+                    # Handle host:container port mapping - use container port
+                    if ":" in port_str:
+                        port_str = port_str.split(":")[-1]
+                    port_num = port_str.strip("'\"")
+                    if (port_num, protocol) not in seen:
+                        seen.add((port_num, protocol))
+                        port_definitions.append(
+                            f"  - containerPort: {port_num}\n"
+                            f"    hostPort: {port_num}\n"
+                            f"    protocol: {protocol}\n"
+                        )
     return (
         "" if len(port_definitions) == 0 else (
             "  extraPortMappings:\n"