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+# Initial Lab Environment: Webapp Horizontal Pod Scaling
+# This manifest creates a standalone Pod that needs to be converted to a Deployment
+
+---
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  name: webapp
+  labels:
+    app: webapp
+    tier: frontend
+    version: v1
+spec:
+  replicas: 3
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app: webapp
+      tier: frontend
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        app: webapp
+        tier: frontend
+        version: v1
+    spec:
+      containers:
+      - name: nginx
+        image: nginx:1.25
+        ports:
+        - containerPort: 80
+          name: http
+        resources:
+          requests:
+            memory: "64Mi"
+            cpu: "100m"
+          limits:
+            memory: "128Mi"
+            cpu: "200m"
+        livenessProbe:
+          httpGet:
+            path: /
+            port: 80
+          initialDelaySeconds: 5
+          periodSeconds: 10
+        readinessProbe:
+          httpGet:
+            path: /
+            port: 80
+          initialDelaySeconds: 3
+          periodSeconds: 5
+
+---
+# Service to expose the webapp
+# This Service is already correctly configured with proper selectors
+# It will work with both the original Pod and the future Deployment
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Service
+metadata:
+  name: webapp-service
+  labels:
+    app: webapp
+spec:
+  type: ClusterIP
+  selector:
+    app: webapp
+    tier: frontend
+  ports:
+  - port: 80
+    targetPort: 80
+    protocol: TCP
+    name: http
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