diff --git a/example/apache-ignite/src/main/scala/org/finos/vuu/example/ignite/IgniteLocalConfig.scala b/example/apache-ignite/src/main/scala/org/finos/vuu/example/ignite/IgniteLocalConfig.scala
index 89fdb0478..7662f89ca 100644
--- a/example/apache-ignite/src/main/scala/org/finos/vuu/example/ignite/IgniteLocalConfig.scala
+++ b/example/apache-ignite/src/main/scala/org/finos/vuu/example/ignite/IgniteLocalConfig.scala
@@ -1,23 +1,83 @@
 package org.finos.vuu.example.ignite
 
+import org.apache.ignite.cache.{QueryEntity, QueryIndex, QueryIndexType}
 import org.apache.ignite.configuration.{CacheConfiguration, DataStorageConfiguration, IgniteConfiguration}
+import org.apache.ignite.kubernetes.configuration.KubernetesConnectionConfiguration
+import org.apache.ignite.logger.slf4j.Slf4jLogger
+import org.apache.ignite.spi.discovery.tcp.TcpDiscoverySpi
+import org.apache.ignite.spi.discovery.tcp.ipfinder.kubernetes.TcpDiscoveryKubernetesIpFinder
+import org.apache.ignite.spi.discovery.tcp.ipfinder.vm.TcpDiscoveryVmIpFinder
+import org.finos.vuu.core.module.simul.model.ChildOrder
+import org.finos.vuu.example.ignite.IgniteLocalConfig.{backupCount, childOrderCacheName, igniteWorkDir, logger, parentOrderCacheName}
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory
 import org.finos.vuu.example.ignite.schema.IgniteChildOrderEntity
 
 import java.nio.file.Paths
-import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean
 import scala.jdk.CollectionConverters.IterableHasAsJava
 
 object IgniteLocalConfig {
+  private val logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(IgniteLocalConfig.getClass)
   val parentOrderCacheName = "ParentOrders"
   val childOrderCacheName = "ChildOrders"
-  private val persistenceEnabled = new AtomicBoolean()
 
-  def create(clientMode: Boolean): IgniteConfiguration = {
+  def create(k8sEnvironment: Boolean = isK8s,
+             clientMode: Boolean = true,
+             persistenceEnabled: Boolean = false): IgniteLocalConfig = {
+    logger.info("K8s enabled : {}", k8sEnvironment)
+    if (k8sEnvironment) {
+      createConfig(k8sDiscovery(), clientMode, persistenceEnabled)
+    } else {
+      createConfig(localDiscovery(), clientMode, persistenceEnabled)
+    }
+  }
+
+  private def createConfig(tcpDiscoverySpi: TcpDiscoverySpi = localDiscovery(), clientMode: Boolean, persistenceEnabled: Boolean): IgniteLocalConfig = {
+    new IgniteLocalConfig(clientMode, persistenceEnabled, tcpDiscoverySpi)
+  }
+
+  private def localDiscovery(): TcpDiscoverySpi = {
+    val ipFinder = new TcpDiscoveryVmIpFinder()
+    ipFinder.setAddresses(List("127.0.0.1").asJavaCollection)
+    val tcpDiscoverySpi = new TcpDiscoverySpi().setIpFinder(ipFinder)
+
+    tcpDiscoverySpi
+  }
+
+  private def k8sDiscovery(): TcpDiscoverySpi = {
+    logger.info("Creating K8S config, Service : {}, NameSpace : {}", k8sServiceName, k8sServiceNamespace)
+    val k8sConnectionConfig = new KubernetesConnectionConfiguration()
+    k8sConnectionConfig.setNamespace(k8sServiceNamespace)
+    k8sConnectionConfig.setServiceName(k8sServiceName)
+    val ipFinder = new TcpDiscoveryKubernetesIpFinder(k8sConnectionConfig)
+    val tcpDiscoverySpi = new TcpDiscoverySpi().setIpFinder(ipFinder)
+
+    tcpDiscoverySpi
+  }
+
+  private def isK8s: Boolean = "true" == Option(System.getenv("KUBERNETES-ENV")).getOrElse("false").toLowerCase
+
+  private def k8sServiceNamespace: String = System.getenv("NAMESPACE")
+
+  private def k8sServiceName: String = System.getenv("SERVICE-NAME")
+
+  private def igniteWorkDir: String = Option(System.getenv("IGNITE-WORKDIR")).getOrElse(System.getProperty("java.io.tmpdir"))
+
+  private def backupCount: Integer = Option(System.getenv("BACKUP-COUNT")).map(it => Integer.valueOf(it)).getOrElse(0)
+
+}
+
+
+class IgniteLocalConfig(private val clientMode: Boolean,
+                        private val persistenceEnabled: Boolean,
+                        private val tcpDiscoverySpi: TcpDiscoverySpi) {
+  def igniteConfiguration(): IgniteConfiguration = {
+    logger.info(s"Ignite Client mode = $clientMode, Persistence Enabled = $persistenceEnabled, TcpDiscovery = $tcpDiscoverySpi")
     val cfg = new IgniteConfiguration()
 
+    cfg.setGridLogger(new Slf4jLogger())
     cfg.setClientMode(clientMode)
     cfg.setPeerClassLoadingEnabled(true)
-    cfg.setWorkDirectory(Paths.get("./target/ignite").toFile.getAbsolutePath)
+    cfg.setWorkDirectory(igniteWorkDir)
 
     cfg.setCacheConfiguration(
       createParentOrderCacheConfig(),
@@ -28,11 +88,9 @@ object IgniteLocalConfig {
       createDataStorageConfig()
     )
 
-    cfg
-  }
+    cfg.setDiscoverySpi(tcpDiscoverySpi)
 
-  def setPersistenceEnabled(enabled: Boolean): Unit = {
-    persistenceEnabled.set(enabled)
+    cfg
   }
 
   private def createChildOrderCacheConfig(): CacheConfiguration[?, ?] = {
@@ -41,17 +99,19 @@ object IgniteLocalConfig {
     val queryEntity = IgniteChildOrderEntity.buildQueryEntity
     cacheConfiguration.setQueryEntities(List(queryEntity).asJavaCollection)
     cacheConfiguration.setName(childOrderCacheName)
+    cacheConfiguration.setBackups(backupCount)
   }
 
   private def createParentOrderCacheConfig(): CacheConfiguration[?, ?] = {
     val cacheConfiguration = new CacheConfiguration()
     cacheConfiguration.setName(parentOrderCacheName)
+    cacheConfiguration.setBackups(backupCount)
   }
 
   private def createDataStorageConfig(): DataStorageConfiguration = {
     val storageConfiguration = new DataStorageConfiguration()
 
-    storageConfiguration.getDefaultDataRegionConfiguration.setPersistenceEnabled(persistenceEnabled.get())
+    storageConfiguration.getDefaultDataRegionConfiguration.setPersistenceEnabled(persistenceEnabled)
 
     storageConfiguration
   }
diff --git a/example/apache-ignite/src/main/scala/org/finos/vuu/example/ignite/IgniteOrderStore.scala b/example/apache-ignite/src/main/scala/org/finos/vuu/example/ignite/IgniteOrderStore.scala
index 1429166d9..e331b1aa1 100644
--- a/example/apache-ignite/src/main/scala/org/finos/vuu/example/ignite/IgniteOrderStore.scala
+++ b/example/apache-ignite/src/main/scala/org/finos/vuu/example/ignite/IgniteOrderStore.scala
@@ -21,9 +21,8 @@ object IgniteOrderStore {
    * @return an instance of IgniteOrderStore
    */
   def apply(clientMode: Boolean = true, persistenceEnabled: Boolean = false): IgniteOrderStore = {
-    IgniteLocalConfig.setPersistenceEnabled(persistenceEnabled)
-    val config = IgniteLocalConfig.create(clientMode = clientMode)
-    val ignite = Ignition.getOrStart(config)
+    val config = IgniteLocalConfig.create(clientMode = clientMode, persistenceEnabled = persistenceEnabled)
+    val ignite = Ignition.getOrStart(config.igniteConfiguration())
 
     ignite.cluster().state(ClusterState.ACTIVE)
 
diff --git a/example/apache-ignite/src/main/scala/org/finos/vuu/example/ignite/StartIgniteMain.scala b/example/apache-ignite/src/main/scala/org/finos/vuu/example/ignite/StartIgniteMain.scala
index 3520f3b92..8d6c937c2 100644
--- a/example/apache-ignite/src/main/scala/org/finos/vuu/example/ignite/StartIgniteMain.scala
+++ b/example/apache-ignite/src/main/scala/org/finos/vuu/example/ignite/StartIgniteMain.scala
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package org.finos.vuu.example.ignite
 import org.apache.ignite.Ignition
 
 object StartIgniteMain extends App {
-  IgniteLocalConfig.setPersistenceEnabled(false)
-  val configuration = IgniteLocalConfig.create(false)
+  val configuration = IgniteLocalConfig.create(clientMode = false).igniteConfiguration()
   val ignite = Ignition.getOrStart(configuration)
 }