diff --git a/templates/node-service/content/Dockerfile b/templates/node-service/content/Dockerfile
index 984ef66..4f82e57 100644
--- a/templates/node-service/content/Dockerfile
+++ b/templates/node-service/content/Dockerfile
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-FROM alpine:3.20.0 as builder
+FROM alpine:3 as builder
 RUN apk add --no-cache nodejs npm
 COPY package*.json ./
 RUN npm install --only=prod
 
-FROM alpine:3.20.0
+FROM alpine:3
 RUN apk add --no-cache nodejs
 COPY --from=builder /node_modules ./node_modules
 COPY index.js index.js
diff --git a/templates/podinfo-example/content/.gitignore b/templates/podinfo-example/content/.gitignore
index e3ec6e1..6da8838 100644
--- a/templates/podinfo-example/content/.gitignore
+++ b/templates/podinfo-example/content/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 .score-compose/
-compose.yaml
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+compose.yaml
+.score-k8s/
+manifests.yaml
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diff --git a/templates/podinfo-example/content/Makefile b/templates/podinfo-example/content/Makefile
index 9f2d425..65e59cd 100644
--- a/templates/podinfo-example/content/Makefile
+++ b/templates/podinfo-example/content/Makefile
@@ -37,4 +37,51 @@ compose-test: compose-up
 ## Delete the containers running via compose down.
 .PHONY: compose-down
 compose-down:
-	docker compose down -v --remove-orphans || true
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+	docker compose down -v --remove-orphans || true
+
+.score-k8s/state.yaml:
+	score-k8s init \
+		--no-sample
+
+manifests.yaml: score.yaml .score-k8s/state.yaml Makefile
+	score-k8s generate score.yaml \
+		--image ${CONTAINER_IMAGE}
+
+## Create a local Kind cluster.
+.PHONY: kind-create-cluster
+kind-create-cluster:
+	./scripts/setup-kind-cluster.sh
+
+## Load the local container image in the current Kind cluster.
+.PHONY: kind-load-image
+kind-load-image:
+	kind load docker-image ${CONTAINER_IMAGE}
+
+NAMESPACE ?= default
+## Generate a manifests.yaml file from the score spec, deploy it to Kubernetes and wait for the Pods to be Ready.
+.PHONY: k8s-up
+k8s-up: manifests.yaml
+	kubectl apply \
+		-f manifests.yaml \
+		-n ${NAMESPACE}
+	kubectl wait deployments/${WORKLOAD_NAME} \
+		-n ${NAMESPACE} \
+		--for condition=Available \
+		--timeout=90s
+	kubectl wait pods \
+		-n ${NAMESPACE} \
+		-l app.kubernetes.io/name=${WORKLOAD_NAME} \
+		--for condition=Ready \
+		--timeout=90s
+
+## Expose the container deployed in Kubernetes via port-forward.
+.PHONY: k8s-test
+k8s-test: k8s-up
+	curl $$(score-k8s resources get-outputs dns.default#${WORKLOAD_NAME}.dns --format '{{ .host }}')
+
+## Delete the deployment of the local container in Kubernetes.
+.PHONY: k8s-down
+k8s-down:
+	kubectl delete \
+		-f manifests.yaml \
+		-n ${NAMESPACE}
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diff --git a/templates/podinfo-example/content/scripts/setup-kind-cluster.sh b/templates/podinfo-example/content/scripts/setup-kind-cluster.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..7e9bb72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/podinfo-example/content/scripts/setup-kind-cluster.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -o errexit
+
+cat <<EOF | kind create cluster --config=-
+kind: Cluster
+apiVersion: kind.x-k8s.io/v1alpha4
+nodes:
+- role: control-plane
+  extraPortMappings:
+  - containerPort: 31000
+    hostPort: 80
+    protocol: TCP
+EOF
+
+kubectl apply \
+    -f https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/gateway-api/releases/download/v1.1.0/standard-install.yaml
+
+helm install ngf oci://ghcr.io/nginxinc/charts/nginx-gateway-fabric \
+    --create-namespace \
+    -n nginx-gateway \
+    --set service.type=NodePort \
+    --set-json 'service.ports=[{"port":80,"nodePort":31000}]'
+
+kubectl apply -f - <<EOF
+apiVersion: gateway.networking.k8s.io/v1
+kind: Gateway
+metadata:
+  name: default
+spec:
+  gatewayClassName: nginx
+  listeners:
+  - name: http
+    port: 80
+    protocol: HTTP
+EOF
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