diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.bkup b/.github/workflows/ci.bkup
deleted file mode 100644
index 8fa11198..00000000
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.bkup
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,126 +0,0 @@
-name: CI
-
-# On every pull request, but only on push to main
-on:
-  push:
-    branches:
-    - main
-    tags:
-    - '*'
-  pull_request:
-
-jobs:
-  helm-tests:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      - uses: d3adb5/helm-unittest-action@v2
-        with:
-          helm-version: v3.8.2
-          github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-      - run: |
-          cd infrastructure/k8s/helm-chart
-          helm unittest eoapi -f 'tests/*.yaml' -v eoapi/required-test-values.yaml
-
-
-  publish-docker:
-    needs: [helm-tests]
-    if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/main' || startsWith(github.event.ref, 'refs/tags') || github.event_name == 'release'
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
-
-      - name: Set up QEMU
-        uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v1
-
-      - name: Set up Docker Buildx
-        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v1
-
-      - name: Login to DockerHub
-        uses: docker/login-action@v1
-        with:
-          username: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_USERNAME }}
-          password: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_TOKEN }}
-
-      - name: Login to Github
-        uses: docker/login-action@v1
-        with:
-          registry: ghcr.io
-          username: ${{ github.actor }}
-          password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-
-      - name: Set tag version
-        id: tag
-        run: |
-          echo "version=${GITHUB_REF#refs/*/}"
-          echo "version=${GITHUB_REF#refs/*/}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-
-      #############################################################################
-      # RASTER
-      - name: RASTER - Build and push latest
-        if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/main'
-        uses: docker/build-push-action@v2
-        with:
-          platforms: linux/amd64
-          context: .
-          file: dockerfiles/Dockerfile.raster-uvicorn
-          push: true
-          tags: |
-            ghcr.io/developmentseed/eoapi-raster:latest
-
-      - name: RASTER - Build and push tags
-        if: startsWith(github.event.ref, 'refs/tags') || github.event_name == 'release'
-        uses: docker/build-push-action@v2
-        with:
-          platforms: linux/amd64
-          context: .
-          file: dockerfiles/Dockerfile.raster-uvicorn
-          push: true
-          tags: |
-            ghcr.io/developmentseed/eoapi-raster:${{ steps.tag.outputs.tag }}
-
-      #############################################################################
-      # STAC
-      - name: STAC - Build and push latest
-        if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/main'
-        uses: docker/build-push-action@v2
-        with:
-          context: .
-          file: dockerfiles/Dockerfile.stac-uvicorn
-          push: true
-          tags: |
-            ghcr.io/developmentseed/eoapi-stac:latest
-
-      - name: STAC - Build and push tags
-        if: startsWith(github.event.ref, 'refs/tags') || github.event_name == 'release'
-        uses: docker/build-push-action@v2
-        with:
-          context: .
-          file: dockerfiles/Dockerfile.stac-uvicorn
-          push: true
-          tags: |
-            ghcr.io/developmentseed/eoapi-stac:${{ steps.tag.outputs.tag }}
-
-      #############################################################################
-      # VECTOR
-      - name: VECTOR - Build and push latest
-        if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/main'
-        uses: docker/build-push-action@v2
-        with:
-          context: .
-          file: dockerfiles/Dockerfile.vector-uvicorn
-          push: true
-          tags: |
-            ghcr.io/developmentseed/eoapi-vector:latest
-
-      - name: VECTOR - Build and push tags
-        if: startsWith(github.event.ref, 'refs/tags') || github.event_name == 'release'
-        uses: docker/build-push-action@v2
-        with:
-          context: .
-          file: dockerfiles/Dockerfile.vector-uvicorn
-          push: true
-          tags: |
-            ghcr.io/developmentseed/eoapi-vector:${{ steps.tag.outputs.tag }}
-
diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy_mkdocs.bkup b/.github/workflows/deploy_mkdocs.bkup
deleted file mode 100644
index 159aae18..00000000
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy_mkdocs.bkup
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-name: Publish docs via GitHub Pages
-
-on:
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - main
-    paths:
-      # Only rebuild website when docs have changed
-      - 'README.md'
-      - 'CHANGES.md'
-      - 'CONTRIBUTING.md'
-      - 'docs/**'
-      - '.github/workflows/deploy_mkdocs.yml'
-
-jobs:
-  build:
-    name: Deploy docs
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout main
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
-
-      - name: Set up Python 3.8
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
-        with:
-          python-version: 3.8
-
-      - name: Install dependencies
-        run: |
-          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-          python -m pip install mkdocs mkdocs-material pygments
-
-      - name: Deploy docs
-        run: mkdocs gh-deploy --force -f docs/mkdocs.yml
diff --git a/.github/workflows/helm-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/helm-tests.yml
index 1a6fb608..2660313c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/helm-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/helm-tests.yml
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
       - uses: azure/setup-helm@v3
+        with:
+          helm-version: v3.8.2
+          github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
       - name: start minikube
         uses: medyagh/setup-minikube@master
@@ -80,37 +83,47 @@ jobs:
           cd helm-chart/eoapi
           kubectl apply -f eoapi-manfests.yaml
 
-      - name: sleep for 5s seconds while services boot
-        run: sleep 5s
+      - name: sleep for 20s seconds while services boot
         shell: bash
+        run: sleep 20s
 
       - name: restart the services
         run: |
-          # usually if a pod fails b/c the DB isn't up yet it will go into CrashLoopBack state
-          # and try to restart itself then on the second try be able to connect
-          # minikube doesn't seem to do this by default so we force it to happen by deleting the `/pod`
-          # and therefore the deployment will restart the pod
-          kubectl get pod  | grep '^vector-.*$' | cut -d' ' -f1 | xargs -I{} kubectl delete pod/{}
-          kubectl get pod  | grep '^stac-.*$'  | cut -d' ' -f1 | xargs -I{} kubectl delete pod/{}
-          kubectl get pod  | grep '^raster-.*$'  | cut -d' ' -f1 | xargs -I{} kubectl delete pod/{}
-
-      - name: sleep for 10s seconds while services restart
-        run: sleep 10s
-        shell: bash
+          # usually if a pod fails b/c the DB isn't up yet it will go into CrashLoopBackOff state, so bounce them
+          #kubectl get pod  | grep '^vector-.*$' | cut -d' ' -f1 | xargs -I{} kubectl delete pod/{}
+          kubectl rollout restart deploy/vector
+          #kubectl get pod  | grep '^stac-.*$'  | cut -d' ' -f1 | xargs -I{} kubectl delete pod/{}
+          kubectl rollout restart deploy/stac
+          #kubectl get pod  | grep '^raster-.*$'  | cut -d' ' -f1 | xargs -I{} kubectl delete pod/{}
+          kubectl rollout restart deploy/raster
+
+          sleep 10s
+
+          while [[ -z "$(kubectl get pod  | grep '^raster-.*$'  | cut -d' ' -f1 | xargs -I{} kubectl logs pod/{} | grep "startup complete" | head -n 1)" ]]; do
+            echo "still waiting for raster service to start..."
+            sleep 1
+          done
+          echo "raster service has started, moving on..."
+          while [[ -z "$(kubectl get pod  | grep '^vector-.*$'  | cut -d' ' -f1 | xargs -I{} kubectl logs pod/{} | grep "startup complete" | head -n 1)" ]]; do
+            echo "still waiting for vector service to start..."
+            sleep 1
+          done
+          echo "vector service has started, moving on..."
+          while [[ -z "$(kubectl get pod  | grep '^stac-.*$'  | cut -d' ' -f1 | xargs -I{} kubectl logs pod/{} | grep "startup complete" | head -n 1)" ]]; do
+            echo "still waiting for stac service to start..."
+            sleep 1
+          done
+          echo "all services have started, moving on..."
+
+          sleep 10s
 
       - name: test service urls
         run: |
           minikube service list
 #          echo "------------------opening the service------------------"
-#          URL=$(minikube service vector --url)
-#          curl -XGET "$URL/collections"
-#          URL=$(minikube service stac --url)
-#          curl -XGET "$URL"
-#          URL=$(minikube service raster --url)
-#          curl -XGET "$URL"
-
-#      - name: setup upterm session
-#        uses: lhotari/action-upterm@v1
+#          curl -XGET "$(minikube service vector --url)"
+#          curl -XGET "$(minikube service stac --url)"
+#          curl -XGET "$(minikube service raster --url)"
 
       - name: install python unit-test dependencies
         run: |
@@ -121,17 +134,17 @@ jobs:
           # first substitute test enpoints in the test files
           # TODO: pytest should be able to have a pattern for injection here but htis is quicker
           URL=$(minikube service vector --url)
-          sed -i "s|vector_endpoint\=.*$|vector_endpoint\='$URL/vector'|g" .github/workflows/tests/test_vector.py
+          sed -i "s|vector_endpoint\=.*$|vector_endpoint\='$URL'|g" .github/workflows/tests/test_vector.py
           head -n 5 .github/workflows/tests/test_vector.py
           pytest .github/workflows/tests/test_vector.py
 
           URL=$(minikube service stac --url)
-          sed -i "s|stac_endpoint\=.*$|stac_endpoint\='$URL/stac'|g" .github/workflows/tests/test_stac.py
+          sed -i "s|stac_endpoint\=.*$|stac_endpoint\='$URL'|g" .github/workflows/tests/test_stac.py
           head -n 5 .github/workflows/tests/test_stac.py
           pytest .github/workflows/tests/test_stac.py
 
           URL=$(minikube service raster --url)
-          sed -i "s|raster_endpoint\=.*$|raster_endpoint\='$URL/raster'|g" .github/workflows/tests/test_raster.py
+          sed -i "s|raster_endpoint\=.*$|raster_endpoint\='$URL'|g" .github/workflows/tests/test_raster.py
           head -n 5 .github/workflows/tests/test_raster.py
           pytest .github/workflows/tests/test_raster.py
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests/test_raster.py b/.github/workflows/tests/test_raster.py
index 65b32fff..39951a93 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests/test_raster.py
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests/test_raster.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 import httpx
 
-raster_endpoint = "http://k8s-gcorradi-nginxing-553d3ea33b-3eef2e6e61e5d161.elb.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/raster"
+raster_endpoint="http://k8s-gcorradi-nginxing-553d3ea33b-3eef2e6e61e5d161.elb.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/raster"
 
 
 def test_raster_api():
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests/test_stac.py b/.github/workflows/tests/test_stac.py
index 7c5204aa..7c125c96 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests/test_stac.py
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests/test_stac.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 import httpx
 
-stac_endpoint = "http://k8s-gcorradi-nginxing-553d3ea33b-3eef2e6e61e5d161.elb.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/stac/"
+stac_endpoint="http://k8s-gcorradi-nginxing-553d3ea33b-3eef2e6e61e5d161.elb.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/stac/"
 
 
 def test_stac_api():
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests/test_vector.py b/.github/workflows/tests/test_vector.py
index a57e5026..872d614b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests/test_vector.py
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests/test_vector.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 import httpx
 
-vector_endpoint = "http://k8s-gcorradi-nginxing-553d3ea33b-3eef2e6e61e5d161.elb.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/vector/"
+vector_endpoint="http://k8s-gcorradi-nginxing-553d3ea33b-3eef2e6e61e5d161.elb.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/vector/"
 
 
 def test_vector_api():
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 55d8c372..0c429709 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,11 +1,19 @@
 # k8s-eoapi
 
+<p align="center">
+  <a href="https://github.com/developmentseed/k8s-eoapi/actions?query=workflow%3Ahelm-tests" target="_blank">
+      <img src="https://github.com/developmentseed/k8s-eoapi/actions/workflows/helm-tests.yml/badge.svg" alt="Test">
+  </a>
+  <a href="https://github.com/developmentseed/k8s-eoapi/blob/main/LICENSE" target="_blank">
+      <img src="https://img.shields.io/github/license/developmentseed/titiler.svg" alt="Downloads">
+  </a>
+</p>
+
 ---
 
 ## Getting Started
 
-If you don't have a k8s cluster set up on AWS or GCP then follow an IAC guide below that is relevant to you. This helm chart hasn't been
-tested on [minikube](https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube) yet:
+If you don't have a k8s cluster set up on AWS or GCP then follow an IAC guide below that is relevant to you
 
 > &#9432; The helm chart in this repo assumes your cluster has a few third-party add-ons and controllers installed. So
 > it's in your best interest to read through the IAC guides to understand what those defaults are
diff --git a/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.tipg b/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.tipg
index 335b1755..5fe673b3 100644
--- a/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.tipg
+++ b/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.tipg
@@ -1 +1 @@
-FROM ghcr.io/developmentseed/tipg:uvicorn-latest
\ No newline at end of file
+FROM ghcr.io/developmentseed/tipg:uvicorn-0.2.0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.titiler b/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.titiler
index cc8d497f..2deefc0b 100644
--- a/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.titiler
+++ b/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.titiler
@@ -1 +1 @@
-FROM ghcr.io/stac-utils/titiler-pgstac:uvicorn-latest
\ No newline at end of file
+FROM ghcr.io/stac-utils/titiler-pgstac:uvicorn-0.4.1
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/helm-chart/eoapi/templates/db/deployment.yaml b/helm-chart/eoapi/templates/db/deployment.yaml
index 76426a5a..bff11541 100644
--- a/helm-chart/eoapi/templates/db/deployment.yaml
+++ b/helm-chart/eoapi/templates/db/deployment.yaml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ spec:
               name: pgstac-secrets
           ports:
             - containerPort: 5432
-          {{- if not (eq $.Values.ingress.className "minikube") }}
+          {{- if not (eq .Values.providerContext "minikube") }}
           volumeMounts:
             - mountPath: /var/lib/postgresql/data
               name: pgstac-claim
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ spec:
           ports:
             - containerPort: 6543
           volumeMounts:
-            {{- if not (eq $.Values.ingress.className "minikube") }}
+            {{- if not (eq .Values.providerContext "minikube") }}
             - mountPath: /var/lib/postgresql/data
               name: pgstac-claim
             {{ end }}
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ spec:
               name: initdb-sh-volume
         {{- end }}
       volumes:
-        {{- if not (eq $.Values.ingress.className "minikube") }}
+        {{- if not (eq .Values.providerContext "minikube") }}
         - name: pgstac-claim
           persistentVolumeClaim:
             claimName: pgstac-claim
diff --git a/helm-chart/eoapi/templates/services/deployment.yaml b/helm-chart/eoapi/templates/services/deployment.yaml
index 862930e2..3264617b 100644
--- a/helm-chart/eoapi/templates/services/deployment.yaml
+++ b/helm-chart/eoapi/templates/services/deployment.yaml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ spec:
     spec:
       containers:
       - image: {{ index $v "image" "name" }}:{{ index $v "image" "tag" }}
-        {{- if (and ($.Values.ingress.className) (eq $.Values.ingress.className "minikube")) }}
+        {{- if (eq $.Values.providerContext "minikube") }}
         imagePullPolicy: Never
         {{- end }}
         name: {{ $serviceName }}
diff --git a/helm-chart/eoapi/test-helm-values.yaml b/helm-chart/eoapi/test-helm-values.yaml
index 285902aa..71ee356e 100644
--- a/helm-chart/eoapi/test-helm-values.yaml
+++ b/helm-chart/eoapi/test-helm-values.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 # this file is used with `helm-tests` job in CI
+providerContext: "aws"
+
 ingress:
   enabled: true
 
diff --git a/helm-chart/eoapi/test-unittest-values.yaml b/helm-chart/eoapi/test-unittest-values.yaml
index a2fff184..a7c869fb 100644
--- a/helm-chart/eoapi/test-unittest-values.yaml
+++ b/helm-chart/eoapi/test-unittest-values.yaml
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 # used in GH Actions `unit-tests.yml`
-
+providerContext: "minikube"
 ingress:
   enabled: false
-  className: "minikube"
+  # used to set up NodePort in CI unittests on minikube
+  className: "testing123"
 db:
   enabled: true
 raster:
@@ -10,13 +11,37 @@ raster:
   image:
     name: local/titiler
     tag: latest
+  settings:
+    resources:
+      limits:
+        cpu: "256m"
+        memory: "512Mi"
+      requests:
+        cpu: "256m"
+        memory: "512Mi"
 stac:
   enabled: true
   image:
     name: local/stac
     tag: latest
+  settings:
+    resources:
+      limits:
+        cpu: "256m"
+        memory: "512Mi"
+      requests:
+        cpu: "256m"
+        memory: "512Mi"
 vector:
   enabled: true
   image:
     name: local/tipg
     tag: latest
+  settings:
+    resources:
+      limits:
+        cpu: "256m"
+        memory: "512Mi"
+      requests:
+        cpu: "256m"
+        memory: "512Mi"
diff --git a/helm-chart/eoapi/values.schema.json b/helm-chart/eoapi/values.schema.json
index 94b7bf5c..dc7708bb 100644
--- a/helm-chart/eoapi/values.schema.json
+++ b/helm-chart/eoapi/values.schema.json
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
   "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/schema#",
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
+    "providerContext",
     "db",
     "service",
     "gitSha"
@@ -75,13 +76,17 @@
       "properties": {
         "className": {
           "type": "string",
-          "pattern": "^(alb|nginx|minikube)$"
+          "pattern": "^(alb|nginx|testing123)$"
         }
       }
     },
     "gitSha": {
       "type": "string",
       "pattern": "^.+$"
+    },
+    "providerContext": {
+      "type": "string",
+      "pattern": "^(aws|minikube)$"
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/helm-chart/eoapi/values.yaml b/helm-chart/eoapi/values.yaml
index 8474be79..6235af4d 100644
--- a/helm-chart/eoapi/values.yaml
+++ b/helm-chart/eoapi/values.yaml
@@ -59,6 +59,11 @@ db:
       PGPASSWORD: ""
       PGDATABASE: "postgis"
 
+providerContext: "aws"
+# 'aws' is only supported at the moment.
+# our CI pipelines test against 'minikube' yet it hasn't been fully evaluated.
+# 'gcp' will be coming shortly in the future
+
 gitSha: ""
 
 service:
@@ -74,7 +79,7 @@ raster:
   enabled: true
   image:
     name: ghcr.io/stac-utils/titiler-pgstac
-    tag: uvicorn-latest
+    tag: uvicorn-0.4.1
   settings:
     timeout: 10
     # https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/configuration/manage-resources-containers/
@@ -135,7 +140,7 @@ vector:
   enabled: true
   image:
     name: ghcr.io/developmentseed/tipg
-    tag: uvicorn-latest
+    tag: uvicorn-0.2.0
   settings:
     timeout: 10
     # https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/configuration/manage-resources-containers/