diff --git a/base/deployment.yaml b/base/deployment.yaml
index 9f4d3fa30..1bc96c785 100644
--- a/base/deployment.yaml
+++ b/base/deployment.yaml
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ spec:
           name: db-volume
       volumes:
       - name: db-volume
-        emptyDir: {}
+        persistentVolumeClaim:
+          claimName: mysql-pv-claim
       - name: db-init
         emptyDir: {}
 ---
diff --git a/base/kustomization.yaml b/base/kustomization.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6e83ccc46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/base/kustomization.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+kind: Kustomization
+resources:
+- deployment-frontend.yaml
+- deployment.yaml
+- service.yaml
+- service-frontend.yaml
diff --git a/overlays/development/dbclaim-pvc.yaml b/overlays/development/dbclaim-pvc.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..412f48247
--- /dev/null
+++ b/overlays/development/dbclaim-pvc.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: PersistentVolumeClaim
+metadata:
+ name: mysql-pv-claim
+spec:
+ accessModes:
+ - ReadWriteOnce
+ resources:
+ requests:
+ storage: 5Mi
+ storageClassName: nfs-storage
diff --git a/overlays/development/kustomization.yaml b/overlays/development/kustomization.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..716eb520d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/overlays/development/kustomization.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+kind: Kustomization
+bases:
+ - ../../base
+resources:
+- dbclaim-pvc.yaml
+- route.yaml
+namePrefix: dev-
diff --git a/overlays/development/route.yaml b/overlays/development/route.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b9877a047
--- /dev/null
+++ b/overlays/development/route.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+apiVersion: route.openshift.io/v1
+kind: Route
+metadata:
+ labels:
+ app: todonodejs
+ name: frontend
+ name: frontend
+spec:
+ host: todo.apps.ocp4.example.com
+ path: "/todo"
+ to:
+ kind: Service
+ name: dev-frontend
+ weight: 100
+ wildcardPolicy: None