diff --git a/ops/configs/snowball-config.toml b/ops/configs/backend-config.toml
similarity index 100%
rename from ops/configs/snowball-config.toml
rename to ops/configs/backend-config.toml
diff --git a/ops/deployments-from-scratch.md b/ops/deployments-from-scratch.md
index 50246d0..6c4dbce 100644
--- a/ops/deployments-from-scratch.md
+++ b/ops/deployments-from-scratch.md
@@ -1124,27 +1124,27 @@
 <details open>
   <summary>snowball-backend</summary>
 
-## Snowball Backend
+## Deploy Backend
 
 * Stack: <https://git.vdb.to/cerc-io/snowballtools-base-api-stack/src/branch/main/stack-orchestrator/stacks/snowballtools-base-backend>
 
 * Source repo: <https://git.vdb.to/cerc-io/snowballtools-base>
 
-* Target dir: `/srv/snowball/snowball-deployment`
+* Target dir: `/srv/deploy-backend/backend-deployment`
 
 * Cleanup an existing deployment if required:
 
   ```bash
-  cd /srv/snowball
+  cd /srv/deploy-backend
 
   # Stop the deployment
-  laconic-so deployment --dir snowball-deployment stop --delete-volumes
+  laconic-so deployment --dir backend-deployment stop --delete-volumes
 
   # Remove the deployment dir
-  sudo rm -rf snowball-deployment
+  sudo rm -rf backend-deployment
 
   # Remove the existing spec file
-  rm snowball-deployment-spec.yml
+  rm backend-deployment-spec.yml
   ```
 
 ### Setup
@@ -1154,7 +1154,7 @@
   ```bash
   laconic-so fetch-stack git.vdb.to/cerc-io/snowballtools-base-api-stack --pull
 
-  # This should clone the testnet-laconicd-stack repo at `/home/dev/cerc/snowballtools-base-api-stack`
+  # This should clone the snowballtools-base-api-stack repo at `/home/dev/cerc/snowballtools-base-api-stack`
   ```
 
 * Clone required repositories:
@@ -1173,39 +1173,75 @@
   # This should create the Docker images: "cerc/snowballtools-base-backend" and "cerc/snowballtools-base-backend-base"
   ```
 
+* Push the images to the container registry. The container registry will be set up while setting up a service provider
+
+  ```bash
+  laconic-so deployment --dir backend-deployment push-images
+  ```
+
 ### Deployment
 
 * Create a spec file for the deployment:
 
   ```bash
-  cd /srv/snowball
+  cd /srv/backend-deployment
 
-  laconic-so --stack ~/cerc/snowballtools-base-api-stack/stack-orchestrator/stacks/snowballtools-base-backend deploy init --output snowball-deployment-spec.yml --config SNOWBALL_BACKEND_CONFIG_FILE_PATH=/config/local.toml
+  laconic-so --stack ~/cerc/snowballtools-base-api-stack/stack-orchestrator/stacks/snowballtools-base-backend deploy init --output backend-deployment-spec.yml --config SNOWBALL_BACKEND_CONFIG_FILE_PATH=/config/prod.toml
   ```
 
-* Edit network in the spec file to map container ports to host ports:
+* Edit the spec file to deploy the stack to k8s:
 
   ```bash
+  stack:
+  /home/dev/cerc/snowballtools-base-api-stack/stack-orchestrator/stacks/snowballtools-base-backend
+  deploy-to: k8s
+  kube-config: /home/dev/.kube/config-vs-narwhal.yaml
+  image-registry: container-registry.apps.vaasl.io/laconic-registry
+  config:
+    SNOWBALL_BACKEND_CONFIG_FILE_PATH: /config/prod.toml
   network:
     ports:
-      snowballtools-base-backend:
-      - '8000:8000'
+      deploy-backend:
+      - '8000'
+    http-proxy:
+      - host-name: deploy-backend.apps.vaasl.io
+        routes:
+          - path: '/'
+            proxy-to: deploy-backend:8000
+  volumes:
+    data:
+  configmaps:
+    config: ./configmaps/config
   ```
 
 * Create a deployment from the spec file:
 
   ```bash
-  laconic-so --stack ~/cerc/snowballtools-base-api-stack/stack-orchestrator/stacks/snowballtools-base-backend deploy create --deployment-dir snowball-deployment --spec-file snowball-deployment-spec.yml
+  laconic-so --stack ~/cerc/snowballtools-base-api-stack/stack-orchestrator/stacks/snowballtools-base-backend deploy create --deployment-dir backend-deployment --spec-file backend-deployment-spec.yml
+  # This should create the deployment directory at `/srv/deploy-backend/backend-deployment`
   ```
 
+* Modify file `backend-deployment/kubeconfig.yml` if required
+  ```
+  apiVersion: v1
+  ...
+  contexts:
+    - context:
+        cluster: ***
+        user: ***
+      name: default
+  ...
+  ```
+  NOTE: `context.name` must be default to use with SO
+
 * Fetch the config template file for the snowball backend:
 
   ```bash
   # Place in snowball deployment directory
-  wget -O /srv/snowball/snowball-deployment/data/config/local.toml https://git.vdb.to/cerc-io/testnet-laconicd-stack/raw/branch/main/ops/configs/snowball-config.toml
+  wget -O /srv/deploy-backend/backend-deployment/configmaps/config/prod.toml https://git.vdb.to/cerc-io/testnet-laconicd-stack/raw/branch/main/ops/configs/backend-deployment.toml
   ```
 
-* Setup private key and bond id. Execute the following commands in the directory containing `stage2-deployment`
+* Setup private key and bond. If not already setup, execute the following commands in the directory containing `stage2-deployment`
 
   * Create a new account and fetch the private key
 
@@ -1288,21 +1324,21 @@
     ```
 
 
-* Update `/srv/snowball/snowball-deployment/data/config/local.toml`. Replace `<redacted>` with your credentials. Use the `userKey`, `bondId` and `authority` that you set up
+* Update `/srv/snowball/snowball-deployment/data/config/prod.toml`. Replace `<redacted>` with your credentials. Use the `userKey`, `bondId` and `authority` that you set up
 
 ### Start
 
 * Start the deployment:
 
   ```bash
-  laconic-so deployment --dir snowball-deployment start
+  laconic-so deployment --dir backend-deployment start
   ```
 
 * Check status:
 
   ```bash
   # Follow logs for snowball container
-  laconic-so deployment --dir snowball-deployment logs snowballtools-base-backend -f
+  laconic-so deployment --dir backend-deployment logs snowballtools-base-backend -f
   ```
 
 </details>
@@ -1310,7 +1346,7 @@
 <details open>
   <summary>snowball-frontend</summary>
 
-## Snowball Frontend
+## Deploy Frontend
 
 * Source repo: <https://git.vdb.to/cerc-io/snowballtools-base>