diff --git a/nautilus/api-worker/redis.yaml b/nautilus/api-worker/redis.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..09fbe16
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nautilus/api-worker/redis.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: StatefulSet
+metadata:
+  namespace: nautilus
+  labels:
+    app: redis-app
+  name: redis-sts
+spec:
+  replicas: 1
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app: redis-app
+  serviceName: redis-service
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        app: redis-app
+    spec:
+      containers:
+      - image: docker.io/library/redis:7.2
+        imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
+        command: ["redis-server", "--save", "", "--appendonly", "no"]
+        name: redis
+        ports:
+        - containerPort: 6379
+        resources:
+          requests:
+            memory: "256Mi"
+            cpu: "200m"
+      nodeSelector:
+        k8s.kiwix.org/role: "services"
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Service
+metadata:
+  namespace: nautilus
+  name: redis-service
+  labels:
+    app: redis-app
+spec:
+  selector:
+    app: redis-app
+  ports:
+  - protocol: TCP
+    port: 6379
+    targetPort: 6379
diff --git a/nautilus/api-worker/worker.yaml b/nautilus/api-worker/worker.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..26943d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nautilus/api-worker/worker.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  namespace: nautilus
+  labels:
+    app: worker-app
+  name: api-worker-deployment
+spec:
+  replicas: 1
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app: worker-app
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        app: worker-app
+    spec:
+      containers:
+      - image: ghcr.io/openzim/nautilus-webui-api:latest
+        imagePullPolicy: Always
+        command: ["rq-worker"]
+        name: worker
+        envFrom:
+        - configMapRef:
+            name: api-configs
+        - secretRef:
+            name: api-secrets
+        volumeMounts:
+        - name: files-volume
+          mountPath: "/tmp/transient"
+          readOnly: false
+        resources:
+          requests:
+            memory: "256Mi"
+            cpu: "200m"
+      volumes:
+      # /!\ this is not backed-up (considered transient)
+      - name: files-volume
+        persistentVolumeClaim:
+          claimName: nautilus-api-files-pvc
+      nodeSelector:
+        k8s.kiwix.org/role: "services"
diff --git a/nautilus/api/api-configs.cm.yaml b/nautilus/api/api-configs.cm.yaml
index 2892b72..5d796b6 100644
--- a/nautilus/api/api-configs.cm.yaml
+++ b/nautilus/api/api-configs.cm.yaml
@@ -11,3 +11,5 @@ data:
   COOKIE_EXPIRATION_DAYS: "31"
   PROJECT_QUOTA: "100MiB"
   CHUNK_SIZE: "2MiB"
+  REDIS_URI: "redis://redis-service:6379/0"
+  CHANNEL_NAME: "s3_upload"