diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9b8a46e6..d23a2192 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -32,3 +32,6 @@ override.tf.json
 # Ignore CLI configuration files
 .terraformrc
 terraform.rc
+
+# jq (used to gather information when terraform applying or plannig)
+jq
diff --git a/.terraform.lock.hcl b/.terraform.lock.hcl
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8e7f85cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.terraform.lock.hcl
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+# This file is maintained automatically by "terraform init".
+# Manual edits may be lost in future updates.
+
+provider "registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/external" {
+  version     = "2.3.1"
+  constraints = "2.3.1"
+  hashes = [
+    "h1:bROCw6g5D/3fFnWeJ01L4IrdnJl1ILU8DGDgXCtYzaY=",
+    "zh:001e2886dc81fc98cf17cf34c0d53cb2dae1e869464792576e11b0f34ee92f54",
+    "zh:2eeac58dd75b1abdf91945ac4284c9ccb2bfb17fa9bdb5f5d408148ff553b3ee",
+    "zh:2fc39079ba61411a737df2908942e6970cb67ed2f4fb19090cd44ce2082903dd",
+    "zh:472a71c624952cff7aa98a7b967f6c7bb53153dbd2b8f356ceb286e6743bb4e2",
+    "zh:4cff06d31272aac8bc35e9b7faec42cf4554cbcbae1092eaab6ab7f643c215d9",
+    "zh:78d5eefdd9e494defcb3c68d282b8f96630502cac21d1ea161f53cfe9bb483b3",
+    "zh:7ed16ccd2049fa089616b98c0bd57219f407958f318f3c697843e2397ddf70df",
+    "zh:842696362c92bf2645eb85c739410fd51376be6c488733efae44f4ce688da50e",
+    "zh:8985129f2eccfd7f1841ce06f3bf2bbede6352ec9e9f926fbaa6b1a05313b326",
+    "zh:a5f0602d8ec991a5411ef42f872aa90f6347e93886ce67905c53cfea37278e05",
+    "zh:bf4ab82cbe5256dcef16949973bf6aa1a98c2c73a98d6a44ee7bc40809d002b8",
+    "zh:e70770be62aa70198fa899526d671643ff99eecf265bf1a50e798fc3480bd417",
+  ]
+}
+
+provider "registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/google" {
+  version     = "5.10.0"
+  constraints = "~> 5.0"
+  hashes = [
+    "h1:3kD/GqYmZkA97ebToXu6qhhrwo+GQNmqq9xv30Qkhmw=",
+    "zh:0f6a1feb5b3a128be6ef5fe0400ed800310a67e799c18aec7442161bb6d3ba36",
+    "zh:13d591ba78e424c94ce5caaf176ab6b087b0e3af08a7b6bcd963673698cdefda",
+    "zh:3bef54a2b24b06eef99f3df02e0fe4ac97f018c89f83e0faeb4ade921962565b",
+    "zh:3f3755b8f5b9db1611d42a02c21f03c54577e4aad3cf93323792f131c671c050",
+    "zh:61516eec734714ac48b565bee93cc2532160d1b4bd0320753799b829083b7060",
+    "zh:9160848ad0b9becb522a0744dcb89474849906aa2436ed945c658fe201a724b0",
+    "zh:aa5e79b01949cfedd874bf52958f90cf8f7d202600126c872127a9a156a3c17b",
+    "zh:cef73a67031008b7d7ef3edfbcd5e1a9b04c0f2580d815401248025b741bc8e4",
+    "zh:d2ad21ff9e9d2ad04146591c1b5784075e6df73e2bd243efd8d227d764b80b6e",
+    "zh:f569b65999264a9416862bca5cd2a6177d94ccb0424f3a4ef424428912b9cb3c",
+    "zh:f58b145081d20bce52e14bee0de73f5c018bc39b8c4736e23e1329df32f8bd45",
+    "zh:fb82f6b5d1f992243ab8fe417659cdf9831202cf1e16fe7593d3967888b035cc",
+  ]
+}
+
+provider "registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/kubernetes" {
+  version     = "2.24.0"
+  constraints = "2.24.0"
+  hashes = [
+    "h1:u9lRMCdNXcB5/WQTZVMvGhNliW2pKOzj3SOVbu9yPpg=",
+    "zh:0ed83ec390a7e75c4990ebce698f14234de2b6204ed9a01cd042bb7ea5f26564",
+    "zh:195150e4fdab259c70088528006f4604557a051e037ebe8de64e92840f27e40a",
+    "zh:1a334af55f7a74adf033eb871c9fe7e9e648b41ab84321114ef4ca0e7a34fba6",
+    "zh:1ef68c3832691de21a61bf1a4e268123f3e08850712eda0b893cac908a0d1bc1",
+    "zh:44a1c58e5a6646e62b0bad653319c245f3b635dd03554dea2707a38f553e4a52",
+    "zh:54b5b374c4386f7f05b3fe986f9cb57bde4beab3bdf6ee33444f2b9a81b8af64",
+    "zh:aa8c2687ab784b72f8cdad8d3c3673dea83b33561e7b3f2d287ef0d06ff2a9e5",
+    "zh:e6ecba0503052ef3ad49ad56e17b2a73d9b55e30fcb82b040189d281e25e1a3b",
+    "zh:f105393f6487d3eb1f1636ba42d10c82950ddfef852244c1bca8d526fa23a9a3",
+    "zh:f17a8f1914ec66d80ccacecd40123362cf093abee3d3aa1ff9f8f687d8736f85",
+    "zh:f394b12ef01fa0bdf666a43ad152eb3890134f35e635ea056b18771c292de46e",
+    "zh:f569b65999264a9416862bca5cd2a6177d94ccb0424f3a4ef424428912b9cb3c",
+  ]
+}
+
+provider "registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/local" {
+  version     = "2.4.0"
+  constraints = "2.4.0"
+  hashes = [
+    "h1:R97FTYETo88sT2VHfMgkPU3lzCsZLunPftjSI5vfKe8=",
+    "zh:53604cd29cb92538668fe09565c739358dc53ca56f9f11312b9d7de81e48fab9",
+    "zh:66a46e9c508716a1c98efbf793092f03d50049fa4a83cd6b2251e9a06aca2acf",
+    "zh:70a6f6a852dd83768d0778ce9817d81d4b3f073fab8fa570bff92dcb0824f732",
+    "zh:78d5eefdd9e494defcb3c68d282b8f96630502cac21d1ea161f53cfe9bb483b3",
+    "zh:82a803f2f484c8b766e2e9c32343e9c89b91997b9f8d2697f9f3837f62926b35",
+    "zh:9708a4e40d6cc4b8afd1352e5186e6e1502f6ae599867c120967aebe9d90ed04",
+    "zh:973f65ce0d67c585f4ec250c1e634c9b22d9c4288b484ee2a871d7fa1e317406",
+    "zh:c8fa0f98f9316e4cfef082aa9b785ba16e36ff754d6aba8b456dab9500e671c6",
+    "zh:cfa5342a5f5188b20db246c73ac823918c189468e1382cb3c48a9c0c08fc5bf7",
+    "zh:e0e2b477c7e899c63b06b38cd8684a893d834d6d0b5e9b033cedc06dd7ffe9e2",
+    "zh:f62d7d05ea1ee566f732505200ab38d94315a4add27947a60afa29860822d3fc",
+    "zh:fa7ce69dde358e172bd719014ad637634bbdabc49363104f4fca759b4b73f2ce",
+  ]
+}
+
+provider "registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/tls" {
+  version     = "4.0.4"
+  constraints = "4.0.4"
+  hashes = [
+    "h1:pe9vq86dZZKCm+8k1RhzARwENslF3SXb9ErHbQfgjXU=",
+    "zh:23671ed83e1fcf79745534841e10291bbf34046b27d6e68a5d0aab77206f4a55",
+    "zh:45292421211ffd9e8e3eb3655677700e3c5047f71d8f7650d2ce30242335f848",
+    "zh:59fedb519f4433c0fdb1d58b27c210b27415fddd0cd73c5312530b4309c088be",
+    "zh:5a8eec2409a9ff7cd0758a9d818c74bcba92a240e6c5e54b99df68fff312bbd5",
+    "zh:5e6a4b39f3171f53292ab88058a59e64825f2b842760a4869e64dc1dc093d1fe",
+    "zh:810547d0bf9311d21c81cc306126d3547e7bd3f194fc295836acf164b9f8424e",
+    "zh:824a5f3617624243bed0259d7dd37d76017097dc3193dac669be342b90b2ab48",
+    "zh:9361ccc7048be5dcbc2fafe2d8216939765b3160bd52734f7a9fd917a39ecbd8",
+    "zh:aa02ea625aaf672e649296bce7580f62d724268189fe9ad7c1b36bb0fa12fa60",
+    "zh:c71b4cd40d6ec7815dfeefd57d88bc592c0c42f5e5858dcc88245d371b4b8b1e",
+    "zh:dabcd52f36b43d250a3d71ad7abfa07b5622c69068d989e60b79b2bb4f220316",
+    "zh:f569b65999264a9416862bca5cd2a6177d94ccb0424f3a4ef424428912b9cb3c",
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/backends.tf b/backends.tf
deleted file mode 100644
index 582fc53e..00000000
--- a/backends.tf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-terraform {
-  backend "gcs" {
-    bucket = "terraform-tfstate-gcp-storage"
-    prefix = "terraform/state"
-  }
-
-  required_providers {
-    google = {
-      source  = "hashicorp/google"
-      version = "~> 5.0"
-    }
-  }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/terraform/dns/provider.tf b/terraform/dns/provider.tf
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29b..00000000
diff --git a/terraform/dns/variables.tf b/terraform/dns/variables.tf
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29b..00000000
diff --git a/terraform/gcp-kubernetes-cluster/cluster.tf b/terraform/gcp-kubernetes-cluster/cluster.tf
index 1dc3ed78..c2c39c7c 100644
--- a/terraform/gcp-kubernetes-cluster/cluster.tf
+++ b/terraform/gcp-kubernetes-cluster/cluster.tf
@@ -68,47 +68,17 @@ resource "google_container_node_pool" "nodepool" {
     auto_upgrade = true
   }
 
-  node_config {
-    preemptible  = false
-    machine_type = "e2-small"
-
-    labels = {
-      role = "general"
-    }
-
-    service_account = google_service_account.kubernetes.email
-    oauth_scopes = [
-      "https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform"
-    ]
-  }
-}
-
-resource "google_container_node_pool" "spot" {
-  name    = "${var.cluster_name}-spot-nodepool"
-  cluster = google_container_cluster.cluster.id
-
-  management {
-    auto_repair  = true
-    auto_upgrade = true
-  }
-
   autoscaling {
-    min_node_count = 0
-    max_node_count = 3
+    min_node_count = 1
+    max_node_count = 10
   }
 
   node_config {
-    preemptible  = true
+    preemptible  = false
     machine_type = "e2-small"
 
     labels = {
-      team = "devsecops"
-    }
-
-    taint {
-      key    = "instance_type"
-      value  = "${var.cluster_name}-spot"
-      effect = "NO_SCHEDULE"
+      role = "general"
     }
 
     service_account = google_service_account.kubernetes.email
@@ -116,4 +86,4 @@ resource "google_container_node_pool" "spot" {
       "https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform"
     ]
   }
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file