diff --git a/samples/deployment/k8s/README.md b/samples/deployment/k8s/README.md
index 99ac6718f..848bc0363 100644
--- a/samples/deployment/k8s/README.md
+++ b/samples/deployment/k8s/README.md
@@ -99,9 +99,9 @@ make these images available inside the k8s environment.
 With minikube we can easily do that by calling the following commands:
 
 ```bash
-minikube cache add fpc/ercc:latest
-minikube cache add fpc/fpccc:latest
-minikube cache add fpc/fpcclient:latest
+minikube image load fpc/ercc:latest
+minikube image load fpc/fpccc:latest
+minikube image load fpc/fpcclient:latest
 ```
 
 You can double check if the images are available. Please also carefully check if the image ID corresponds to the image you want to use.
@@ -165,6 +165,7 @@ Show all pods
 # list all pods
 kubectl get pods -n hyperledger
 ```
+Before moving on ensure that all the pods status appears as running. You might have to wait a while for them to be at that status.
 
 Org1
 ```bash
@@ -229,8 +230,8 @@ kubectl exec -it cli_orgX_pod_name bash -n hyperledger
 # for all peers of orgX we install ercc and fpccc
 export ERCC=ercc-peer0-$ORG; export FPCCC=fpccc-peer0-$ORG
 
-peer lifecycle chaincode install packages/$ERCC.tgz
-peer lifecycle chaincode install packages/$FPCCC.tgz
+peer lifecycle chaincode install packages/$ERCC.tar.gz
+peer lifecycle chaincode install packages/$FPCCC.tar.gz
 peer lifecycle chaincode queryinstalled
 
 export ERCC_PKG_ID=$(peer lifecycle chaincode queryinstalled | grep ercc | awk '{print $3}' | sed 's/.$//')
diff --git a/samples/deployment/k8s/core.yaml b/samples/deployment/k8s/core.yaml
index 1578985d5..3be4eb93d 100644
--- a/samples/deployment/k8s/core.yaml
+++ b/samples/deployment/k8s/core.yaml
@@ -562,9 +562,12 @@ chaincode:
         #      - GOPROXY
     externalBuilders:
         # FPC Addition 0: external builder for fpc-c chaincode
-        - path: /builders/external
-          name: fpc-c
-          propagateEnvironment:
+       # - path: /builders/external
+       #   name: fpc-c
+       - name: ccaas_builder
+         path: /opt/hyperledger/ccaas_builder
+         propagateEnvironment:
+              - CHAINCODE_AS_A_SERVICE_BUILDER_CONFIG
               - CORE_PEER_ID
               - FPC_HOSTING_MODE
               - FABRIC_LOGGING_SPEC
diff --git a/samples/deployment/k8s/generate.sh b/samples/deployment/k8s/generate.sh
index 96ffe6f72..9654a04f1 100755
--- a/samples/deployment/k8s/generate.sh
+++ b/samples/deployment/k8s/generate.sh
@@ -3,6 +3,19 @@
 # Copyright IBM Corp. All Rights Reserved.
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
+C_RESET='\033[0m'
+C_RED='\033[0;31m'
+C_GREEN='\033[0;32m'
+C_BLUE='\033[0;34m'
+C_YELLOW='\033[1;33m'
+# successln echos in green color
+function successln() {
+  println "${C_GREEN}${1}${C_RESET}"
+}
+# println echos string
+function println() {
+  echo -e "$1"
+}
 set -euo pipefail
 
 if [[ -z "${FPC_PATH}" ]]; then
@@ -19,9 +32,10 @@ cryptoConfigDir="${outDir}/crypto-config"
 channelArtifactsDir="${outDir}/channel-artifacts"
 packageDir="${outDir}/packages"
 
+
 CHAINCODE_SERVER_PORT=9999
 
-FABRIC_BIN_DIR="${FABRIC_BIN_DIR:-${FABRIC_PATH}/build/bin}"
+FABRIC_BIN_DIR="${FPC_PATH}/fabric/_internal/bin"
 if [[ -z "${FABRIC_BIN_DIR}" ]]; then
   echo "Error: FABRIC_BIN_DIR not set"
   echo "Error: FABRIC_BIN_DIR must point to the location of cryptogen and configtxgen"
@@ -32,9 +46,9 @@ CRYPPTOGEN_CMD="${FABRIC_BIN_DIR}/cryptogen"
 CONFIGTXGEN_CMD="${FABRIC_BIN_DIR}/configtxgen"
 
 echo "Clean existing deployment artifacts"
-rm -rf ${cryptoConfigDir}
-rm -rf ${channelArtifactsDir}
-rm -rf ${packageDir}
+rm -rf $cryptoConfigDir
+rm -rf $channelArtifactsDir
+rm -rf $packageDir
 
 echo "Generate crypto material for orgs"
 $CRYPPTOGEN_CMD generate --output=${cryptoConfigDir} --config=./crypto-config.yaml
@@ -54,7 +68,44 @@ do
 done
 
 echo "Package ercc and fpccc"
-CC_TYPE="external"
+function packageChaincode() {
+
+  address="{{.peername}}_${CC_NAME}_ccaas:${CHAINCODE_SERVER_PORT}"
+  prefix=$(basename "$0")
+  tempdir=$(mktemp -d -t "$prefix.XXXXXXXX") || error_exit "Error creating temporary directory"
+  label=${CC_NAME}_${CC_VERSION}
+  mkdir -p "$tempdir/src"
+
+cat > "$tempdir/src/connection.json" <<CONN_EOF
+{
+  "address": "${address}",
+  "dial_timeout": "10s",
+  "tls_required": false
+}
+CONN_EOF
+
+   mkdir -p "$tempdir/pkg"
+
+cat << METADATA-EOF > "$tempdir/pkg/metadata.json"
+{
+    "type": "ccaas",
+    "label": "$label"
+}
+METADATA-EOF
+
+    tar -C "$tempdir/src" -czf "$tempdir/pkg/code.tar.gz" .
+    tar -C "$tempdir/pkg" -czf "$CC_NAME-$peer.tar.gz" metadata.json code.tar.gz
+    rm -Rf "$tempdir"
+
+#    PACKAGE_ID=$(peer lifecycle chaincode calculatepackageid ${CC_NAME}.tar.gz)
+# commenting due to the network not yet being setup to calculate package_id 
+  
+    mv $CC_NAME-$1.tar.gz $packageDir
+    successln "Chaincode is packaged  ${address} and in ${packageDir}/${CC_NAME}-${1}.tar.gz"
+    
+}
+
+CC_TYPE="ccaas"
 ERCC_ID="ercc"
 ERCC_VER="1.0"
 FPCCC_ID="fpccc"
@@ -66,19 +117,25 @@ if [[ -z "${TEST_CC_PATH}" ]]; then
 fi
 
 FPC_MRENCLAVE="$(cat "${FPCCC_PATH}"/_build/lib/mrenclave)"
-
+mkdir $packageDir
 for peer in $(shopt -s globstar; find ${cryptoConfigDir}/**/peers/ -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -execdir echo {} ';' | sed 's/^\.\///g');
 do
     # ercc
-    endpoint="${ERCC_ID}-${peer}:${CHAINCODE_SERVER_PORT}"
-    packageName="${ERCC_ID}-${peer}.tgz"
-    packageChaincode "${packageDir}" "${packageName}" "${ERCC_ID}" "${ERCC_VER}" "${CC_TYPE}" "${endpoint}" "${peer}"
+    CC_NAME="${ERCC_ID}"
+    CC_VERSION=$ERCC_VER
+#    endpoint="${ERCC_ID}-${peer}:${CHAINCODE_SERVER_PORT}"
+#    packageName="${ERCC_ID}-${peer}.tgz"
+#    packageChaincode "${packageDir}" "${packageName}" "${ERCC_ID}" "${ERCC_VER}" "${CC_TYPE}" "${endpoint}" "${peer}"
+    packageChaincode "${peer}"
 
     # fpc cc
-    endpoint="${FPCCC_ID}-${peer}:${CHAINCODE_SERVER_PORT}"
-    packageName="${FPCCC_ID}-${peer}.tgz"
-    packageChaincode "${packageDir}" "${packageName}" "${FPCCC_ID}" "${FPC_MRENCLAVE}" "${CC_TYPE}" "${endpoint}" "${peer}"
+    CC_NAME="${FPCCC_ID}"
+#    endpoint="${FPCCC_ID}-${peer}:${CHAINCODE_SERVER_PORT}"
+#    packageName="${FPCCC_ID}-${peer}.tgz"
+#    packageChaincode "${packageDir}" "${packageName}" "${FPCCC_ID}" "${FPC_MRENCLAVE}" "${CC_TYPE}" "${endpoint}" "${peer}"
+    packageChaincode "${peer}"
 done
 
+
 echo "Store mrenclave for fpccc"
 echo "FPC_MRENCLAVE=${FPC_MRENCLAVE}" >> ${packageDir}/chaincode-config.properties
diff --git a/samples/deployment/k8s/org1/org1-fpcclient-deployment.yaml b/samples/deployment/k8s/org1/org1-fpcclient-deployment.yaml
index fe526039f..8f499a5a8 100644
--- a/samples/deployment/k8s/org1/org1-fpcclient-deployment.yaml
+++ b/samples/deployment/k8s/org1/org1-fpcclient-deployment.yaml
@@ -67,6 +67,9 @@ spec:
             - mountPath: /opt/gopath/src/github.com/hyperledger/fabric-private-chaincode/
               name: fpc-claim
           workingDir: /opt/gopath/src/github.com/hyperledger/fabric/peer
+#      nodeSelector:
+#        kubernetes.io/arch: amd64
+# test to see if minikube can start a docker amd64 image even though it is running arm64
       restartPolicy: Always
       volumes:
         - name: fpcclient-claim3
diff --git a/samples/deployment/k8s/org1/org1-peer0-deployment.yaml b/samples/deployment/k8s/org1/org1-peer0-deployment.yaml
index 7e14f4c50..5fa8f4148 100644
--- a/samples/deployment/k8s/org1/org1-peer0-deployment.yaml
+++ b/samples/deployment/k8s/org1/org1-peer0-deployment.yaml
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ spec:
               value: 0.0.0.0:9443
             - name: CORE_METRICS_PROVIDER
               value: prometheus
+            - name: CHAINCODE_AS_A_SERVICE_BUILDER_CONFIG
+              value: "{\"peername\":\"peer0org1\"}"
           image: hyperledger/fabric-peer:2.5.9
           name: peer0
           ports:
@@ -74,8 +76,8 @@ spec:
             - mountPath: /etc/hyperledger/fabric/core.yaml
               name: peer0-config
               subPath: core.yaml
-            - mountPath: /builders/external/bin/
-              name: external-builder
+#            - mountPath: /builders/external/bin/
+#              name: external-builder
       restartPolicy: Always
       volumes:
         - name: peer0-org1-claim1
@@ -96,10 +98,10 @@ spec:
             items:
               - key: core.yaml
                 path: core.yaml
-        - name: external-builder
-          hostPath:
-            path: /fpc/fabric/externalBuilder/chaincode_server/bin
-            type: Directory
+#        - name: external-builder
+#          hostPath:
+#            path: /fpc/fabric/externalBuilder/chaincode_server/bin
+#            type: Directory
 ---
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: Service
diff --git a/samples/deployment/k8s/org2/org2-peer0-deployment.yaml b/samples/deployment/k8s/org2/org2-peer0-deployment.yaml
index 789992438..d2b043857 100644
--- a/samples/deployment/k8s/org2/org2-peer0-deployment.yaml
+++ b/samples/deployment/k8s/org2/org2-peer0-deployment.yaml
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ spec:
               value: 0.0.0.0:9443
             - name: CORE_METRICS_PROVIDER
               value: prometheus
+            - name: CHAINCODE_AS_A_SERVICE_BUILDER_CONFIG
+              value: "{\"peername\":\"peer0org2\"}"
           image: hyperledger/fabric-peer:2.5.9
           name: peer0
           ports:
@@ -74,8 +76,8 @@ spec:
             - mountPath: /etc/hyperledger/fabric/core.yaml
               name: peer0-config
               subPath: core.yaml
-            - mountPath: /builders/external/bin/
-              name: external-builder
+#            - mountPath: /builders/external/bin/
+#              name: external-builder
       restartPolicy: Always
       volumes:
         - name: peer0-org2-claim1
@@ -96,10 +98,10 @@ spec:
             items:
               - key: core.yaml
                 path: core.yaml
-        - name: external-builder
-          hostPath:
-            path: /fpc/fabric/externalBuilder/chaincode_server/bin
-            type: Directory
+#        - name: external-builder
+#          hostPath:
+#            path: /fpc/fabric/externalBuilder/chaincode_server/bin
+#            type: Directory
 ---
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: Service
diff --git a/samples/deployment/k8s/org3/org3-peer0-deployment.yaml b/samples/deployment/k8s/org3/org3-peer0-deployment.yaml
index 5a1bac23a..b9ac224cd 100644
--- a/samples/deployment/k8s/org3/org3-peer0-deployment.yaml
+++ b/samples/deployment/k8s/org3/org3-peer0-deployment.yaml
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ spec:
               value: 0.0.0.0:9443
             - name: CORE_METRICS_PROVIDER
               value: prometheus
+            - name: CHAINCODE_AS_A_SERVICE_BUILDER_CONFIG
+              value: "{\"peername\":\"peer0org3\"}"
           image: hyperledger/fabric-peer:2.5.9
           name: peer0
           ports:
@@ -74,8 +76,8 @@ spec:
             - mountPath: /etc/hyperledger/fabric/core.yaml
               name: peer0-config
               subPath: core.yaml
-            - mountPath: /builders/external/bin/
-              name: external-builder
+#            - mountPath: /builders/external/bin/
+#              name: external-builder
       restartPolicy: Always
       volumes:
         - name: peer0-org3-claim1
@@ -96,10 +98,10 @@ spec:
             items:
               - key: core.yaml
                 path: core.yaml
-        - name: external-builder
-          hostPath:
-            path: /fpc/fabric/externalBuilder/chaincode_server/bin
-            type: Directory
+#        - name: external-builder
+#          hostPath:
+#            path: /fpc/fabric/externalBuilder/chaincode_server/bin
+#            type: Directory
 ---
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: Service
diff --git a/samples/deployment/k8s/scripts/installCC.sh b/samples/deployment/k8s/scripts/installCC.sh
index ca9c0644b..e0619c837 100755
--- a/samples/deployment/k8s/scripts/installCC.sh
+++ b/samples/deployment/k8s/scripts/installCC.sh
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ set -euo pipefail
 ERCC=ercc-peer0-$ORG
 FPCCC=fpccc-peer0-$ORG
 
-peer lifecycle chaincode install packages/$ERCC.tgz
-peer lifecycle chaincode install packages/$FPCCC.tgz
+peer lifecycle chaincode install packages/$ERCC.tar.gz
+peer lifecycle chaincode install packages/$FPCCC.tar.gz
 peer lifecycle chaincode queryinstalled
 
 ERCC_PKG_ID=$(peer lifecycle chaincode queryinstalled | grep ercc | awk '{print $3}' | sed 's/.$//')