diff --git a/manifests/prod/postgres-secret.yaml b/manifests/prod/postgres-secret.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..853ed57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/manifests/prod/postgres-secret.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Secret
+metadata:
+  name: postgres-secret
+  namespace: prod
+type: Opaque
+stringData:
+  POSTGRES_DB: appdb
+  POSTGRES_USER: postgres
+  POSTGRES_PASSWORD: password 
diff --git a/manifests/prod/postgres.yaml b/manifests/prod/postgres.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3b9cf54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/manifests/prod/postgres.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  name: postgres
+  namespace: prod
+spec:
+  replicas: 1
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app: postgres
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        app: postgres
+    spec:
+      containers:
+        - name: postgres
+          image: postgres:16
+          ports:
+            - containerPort: 5432
+          envFrom:
+            - secretRef:
+                name: postgres-secret
+
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Service
+metadata:
+  name: postgres
+  namespace: prod
+spec:
+  selector:
+    app: postgres-service
+  ports:
+    - port: 5432
+      targetPort: 5432
diff --git a/manifests/stage/deployment.yaml b/manifests/stage/deployment.yaml
index b8a6d0d..10c75ed 100644
--- a/manifests/stage/deployment.yaml
+++ b/manifests/stage/deployment.yaml
@@ -18,5 +18,11 @@ spec:
           image: registry.internal.uia.no/ikt206-g-26v-devops/group23/flask:latest
           ports:
             - containerPort: 5000
+          env:
+            - name: FLASK_ENV
+              value: staging
+
+            - name: DATABASE_URL
+              value: postgresql://postgres:password@postgres-service:5432/appdb
       imagePullSecrets:
         - name: gitlab-registry-secret  
diff --git a/manifests/stage/postgres-secret.yaml b/manifests/stage/postgres-secret.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5c02f84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/manifests/stage/postgres-secret.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Secret
+metadata:
+  name: postgres-secret
+  namespace: stage
+type: Opaque
+stringData:
+  POSTGRES_DB: appdb
+  POSTGRES_USER: postgres
+  POSTGRES_PASSWORD: password
diff --git a/manifests/stage/postgres.yaml b/manifests/stage/postgres.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ee86b6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/manifests/stage/postgres.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  name: postgres
+  namespace: stage
+spec:
+  replicas: 1
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app: postgres
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        app: postgres
+    spec:
+      containers:
+        - name: postgres
+          image: postgres:16
+          ports:
+            - containerPort: 5432
+          envFrom:
+            - secretRef:
+                name: postgres-secret
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Service
+metadata:
+  name: postgres-service
+  namespace: stage
+spec:
+  selector:
+    app: postgres
+  ports:
+    - port: 5432
+      targetPort: 5432