diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+__pycache__
+venv
diff --git a/backend/__init__.py b/backend/__init__.py
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diff --git a/backend/__main__.py b/backend/__main__.py
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+from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib
+from fastapi import FastAPI
+from fastapi.responses import FileResponse
+from fastapi.staticfiles import StaticFiles
+from backend.health_router import router
+from uvicorn import run
+
+
+def create_app():
+    app = FastAPI(
+        title="Backend Server",
+    )
+    app.include_router(router)
+
+    client_path = f"{get_python_lib()}/vite_project"
+    app.mount("/assets", StaticFiles(directory=f"{client_path}/assets"), name="assets")
+    app.mount("/static", StaticFiles(directory=f"{client_path}/static"), name="static")
+
+    @app.get("/{catchall:path}")
+    async def serve_react_app(catchall: str):
+        return FileResponse(f"{client_path}/index.html")
+
+    return app
+
+
+def main():
+    app = create_app()
+    run(app, host="0.0.0.0", port=8080)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
diff --git a/backend/health_router.py b/backend/health_router.py
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+from typing import Literal
+from typing_extensions import TypedDict
+from fastapi import APIRouter, status
+
+STATUS = Literal["success", "error", "partial", "unknown"]
+
+
+class ReturnHealthcheckStruct(TypedDict):
+    status: STATUS
+
+
+router = APIRouter(
+    prefix="/v1/health-check",
+    tags=["Health Check"],
+)
+
+
+@router.get(
+    "/liveness",
+    summary="Perform a Liveness Health Check",
+    response_description="Return HTTP Status Code 200 (OK)",
+    status_code=status.HTTP_200_OK,
+    response_model=ReturnHealthcheckStruct,
+)
+async def liveness() -> ReturnHealthcheckStruct:
+    return {"status": "success"}
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
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+fastapi==0.110.0
+uvicorn==0.29.0
+vite-project==1.0.5