diff --git a/7nodes/istanbul-7nodes-constellation/qubernetes-istanbul-constellation-7nodes-pvc.yaml b/7nodes/istanbul-7nodes-constellation/qubernetes-istanbul-constellation-7nodes-pvc.yaml
index 5e4d29a..3476b25 100644
--- a/7nodes/istanbul-7nodes-constellation/qubernetes-istanbul-constellation-7nodes-pvc.yaml
+++ b/7nodes/istanbul-7nodes-constellation/qubernetes-istanbul-constellation-7nodes-pvc.yaml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ quorum:
     Capacity: 200Mi
 # generic geth related options
 geth:
-  Node_RPCPort: 8546
+  Node_RPCPort: 8545
   NodeP2P_ListenAddr: 21000
   network:
     # network id (1: mainnet, 3: ropsten, 4: rinkeby ... )
diff --git a/7nodes/istanbul-7nodes-tessera/qubernetes-istanbul-tessera-7nodes-pvc.yaml b/7nodes/istanbul-7nodes-tessera/qubernetes-istanbul-tessera-7nodes-pvc.yaml
index 544eb6a..5171520 100644
--- a/7nodes/istanbul-7nodes-tessera/qubernetes-istanbul-tessera-7nodes-pvc.yaml
+++ b/7nodes/istanbul-7nodes-tessera/qubernetes-istanbul-tessera-7nodes-pvc.yaml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ quorum:
     Capacity: 200Mi
 # generic geth related options
 geth:
-  Node_RPCPort: 8546
+  Node_RPCPort: 8545
   NodeP2P_ListenAddr: 21000
   network:
     # network id (1: mainnet, 3: ropsten, 4: rinkeby ... )
diff --git a/7nodes/raft-7nodes-constellation/qubernetes-raft-constellation-7nodes-pvc.yaml b/7nodes/raft-7nodes-constellation/qubernetes-raft-constellation-7nodes-pvc.yaml
index 981ad3c..ed404db 100644
--- a/7nodes/raft-7nodes-constellation/qubernetes-raft-constellation-7nodes-pvc.yaml
+++ b/7nodes/raft-7nodes-constellation/qubernetes-raft-constellation-7nodes-pvc.yaml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ quorum:
     Capacity: 200Mi
 # generic geth related options
 geth:
-  Node_RPCPort: 8546
+  Node_RPCPort: 8545
   NodeP2P_ListenAddr: 21000
   network:
     # network id (1: mainnet, 3: ropsten, 4: rinkeby ... )
diff --git a/7nodes/raft-7nodes-tessera/qubernetes-raft-tessera-7nodes-pvc.yaml b/7nodes/raft-7nodes-tessera/qubernetes-raft-tessera-7nodes-pvc.yaml
index 4332e98..48c106e 100644
--- a/7nodes/raft-7nodes-tessera/qubernetes-raft-tessera-7nodes-pvc.yaml
+++ b/7nodes/raft-7nodes-tessera/qubernetes-raft-tessera-7nodes-pvc.yaml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ quorum:
     Capacity: 200Mi
 # generic geth related options
 geth:
-  Node_RPCPort: 8546
+  Node_RPCPort: 8545
   NodeP2P_ListenAddr: 21000
   network:
     # network id (1: mainnet, 3: ropsten, 4: rinkeby ... )
diff --git a/examples/config/qubernetes-ingress-ws.yaml b/examples/config/qubernetes-ingress-ws.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bb8ece8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/config/qubernetes-ingress-ws.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+#namespace:
+# name: quorum-test
+# number of nodes to deploy
+sep_deployment_files: true
+nodes:
+  number: 4
+service:
+  # NodePort | ClusterIP | LoadBalancer
+  type: NodePort
+  Ingress:
+    # OneToMany | OneToOne
+    Strategy: OneToMany
+    Host: "quorum.testnet.com"
+quorum:
+  # supported: (raft | istanbul)
+  consensus: istanbul
+  # related to quorum containers
+  quorum:
+    # container images at https://hub.docker.com/u/quorumengineering/
+    Quorum_Version: 2.2.5
+  # related to transaction manager containers
+  tm:
+    # container images at https://hub.docker.com/u/quorumengineering/
+    # (tessera|constellation)
+    Name: tessera
+    Tm_Version: 0.11
+  # persistent storage is handled by Persistent Volume Claims (PVC) https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/storage/persistent-volumes/
+  # test locally and on GCP
+  # The data dir is persisted here
+  storage:
+    # PVC (Persistent_Volume_Claim - tested with GCP).
+    Type: PVC
+    ## when redeploying cannot be less than previous values
+    Capacity: 200Mi
+# generic geth related options
+geth:
+  Node_WSPort: 8546
+  # general verbosity of geth [1..5]
+  verbosity: 9
+  # additional startup params to pass into geth/quorum
+  Geth_Startup_Params: --rpccorsdomain=\"*\" --rpcvhosts=\"*\" --ws --wsorigins=\"*\" --wsaddr 0.0.0.0
diff --git a/qubernetes b/qubernetes
index 09c0dd8..4346f4e 100755
--- a/qubernetes
+++ b/qubernetes
@@ -66,6 +66,11 @@ if @config["geth"] and @config["geth"]["Node_RPCPort"]
   @Node_RPCPort = @config["geth"]["Node_RPCPort"]
 end
 
+@Node_WSPort = 8546
+if @config["geth"] and @config["geth"]["Node_WSPort"]
+  @Node_WSPort = @config["geth"]["Node_WSPort"]
+end
+
 @NodeP2P_ListenAddr = 30303
 if @config["geth"] and @config["geth"]["NodeP2P_ListenAddr"]
   @NodeP2P_ListenAdd = @config["geth"]["NodeP2P_ListenAddr"]
diff --git a/templates/k8s/network-policy.yaml.erb b/templates/k8s/network-policy.yaml.erb
index 6e5e2b2..83bf2b5 100644
--- a/templates/k8s/network-policy.yaml.erb
+++ b/templates/k8s/network-policy.yaml.erb
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ spec:
         -  port: <%= @TM_Port %>
         -  port: 9080
         -  port: <%= @Raft_Port %>
+        -  port: <%= @Node_WSPort %>
         -  port: <%= @Node_RPCPort %>
         -  port: <%= @NodeP2P_ListenAddr %>
   egress:
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ spec:
         - port: 9080
         - port: <%= @Raft_Port %>
         - port: <%= @Node_RPCPort %>
+        - port: <%= @Node_WSPort %>
         - port: <%= @NodeP2P_ListenAddr %>
 
 ---
@@ -55,3 +57,4 @@ spec:
         - port: <%= @TM_Port %>
         - port: 9080
         - port:  <%= @Node_RPCPort %>
+        - port: <%= @Node_WSPort %>
diff --git a/templates/k8s/quorum-deployment.yaml.erb b/templates/k8s/quorum-deployment.yaml.erb
index 119fdf8..5cf2013 100644
--- a/templates/k8s/quorum-deployment.yaml.erb
+++ b/templates/k8s/quorum-deployment.yaml.erb
@@ -231,12 +231,13 @@ spec:
 
            touch $QUORUM_DATA_DIR/password.txt;
            NETWORK_ID=<%= @Geth_Network_Id %>
+           RPC_APIS=admin,db,eth,debug,miner,net,shh,txpool,personal,web3,quorum
          <%- if @config["quorum"]["consensus"] == "raft" -%>
-           args=\" --gcmode archive --raft  --raftport <%= @Raft_Port %> --rpcapi admin,db,eth,debug,miner,net,shh,txpool,personal,web3,quorum,raft \";
+           args=\" --gcmode archive --raft  --raftport <%= @Raft_Port %> \";
+           RPC_APIS=\"$RPC_APIS,raft\";
          <%- elsif @config["quorum"]["consensus"] == "istanbul" -%>
-           args=\" --gcmode archive --istanbul.blockperiod 3 --syncmode full --mine --minerthreads 1 --rpcapi admin,db,eth,debug,miner,net,shh,txpool,personal,web3,quorum,istanbul \";
-         <%- else -%>
-           args=\"--rpcapi admin,db,eth,debug,miner,net,shh,txpool,personal,web3,quorum \";
+           args=\" --gcmode archive --istanbul.blockperiod 3 --syncmode full --mine --minerthreads 1 \";
+           RPC_APIS=\"$RPC_APIS,istanbul\";
          <%- end -%>
            /usr/local/bin/geth \
            --datadir $QUORUM_DATA_DIR \
@@ -251,12 +252,16 @@ spec:
            --rpc \
            --rpcaddr 0.0.0.0 \
            --rpcport <%= @Node_RPCPort %> \
+           --rpcapi $RPC_APIS \
+           --wsapi $RPC_APIS \
+           --wsport <%= @Node_WSPort %> \
            --port <%= @NodeP2P_ListenAddr %> \
            <%= @Geth_Startup_Params %> \
            --password $QUORUM_DATA_DIR/password.txt 2>&1 | tee -a <%= @Node_DataDir%>/logs/quorum.log;"
         ports:
           - containerPort: <%= @Raft_Port %>
           - containerPort: <%= @Node_RPCPort %>
+          - containerPort: <%= @Node_WSPort %>
           - containerPort: <%= @NodeP2P_ListenAddr %>
         env:
         - name: PRIVATE_CONFIG
diff --git a/templates/k8s/quorum-ingress.yaml.erb b/templates/k8s/quorum-ingress.yaml.erb
index a4fe712..ff1e7c0 100644
--- a/templates/k8s/quorum-ingress.yaml.erb
+++ b/templates/k8s/quorum-ingress.yaml.erb
@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@ spec:
             backend:
               serviceName: <%= @Node_UserIdent %>
               servicePort: <%= @Node_RPCPort %>
+          - path: /quorum-ws
+            backend:
+              serviceName: <%= @Node_UserIdent %>
+              servicePort: <%= @Node_WSPort %>
   tls:
     - hosts:
         - "<%= @Node_UserIdent %>.<%= @Ingress_Host %>"
@@ -46,6 +50,10 @@ spec:
             backend:
               serviceName: <%= @Node_UserIdent %>
               servicePort: <%= @Node_RPCPort %>
+          - path: /quorum-ws
+            backend:
+              serviceName: <%= @Node_UserIdent %>
+              servicePort: <%= @Node_WSPort %>
           <%- end -%> <%# End Host conditional %>
      <% end -%> <%# end this node iteration %>
 <%- end -%> <%# End Ingress OneForEach (this node's ingress) %>
@@ -76,6 +84,10 @@ spec:
             backend:
               serviceName: <%= @Node_UserIdent %>
               servicePort: <%= @Node_RPCPort %>
+          - path: /<%= @Node_UserIdent %>/quorum-ws
+            backend:
+              serviceName: <%= @Node_UserIdent %>
+              servicePort: <%= @Node_WSPort %>
           <%- end -%> <%# end setting path for each node %>
 <%- if @Ingress_Host -%>
   tls:
diff --git a/templates/k8s/quorum-services.yaml.erb b/templates/k8s/quorum-services.yaml.erb
index 0f1ff7e..7a5663b 100644
--- a/templates/k8s/quorum-services.yaml.erb
+++ b/templates/k8s/quorum-services.yaml.erb
@@ -47,6 +47,10 @@ spec:
       protocol: TCP
       port: <%= @Node_RPCPort %>
       targetPort: <%= @Node_RPCPort %>
+    - name: wsport
+      protocol: TCP
+      port: <%= @Node_WSPort %>
+      targetPort: <%= @Node_WSPort %>
     - name: quorum-listener
       protocol: TCP
       port: <%= @NodeP2P_ListenAddr %>