diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
index a7d0fc7..4875fc5 100644
--- a/.vscode/settings.json
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
 {
-    "esbonio.sphinx.confDir": ""
+    "esbonio.sphinx.confDir": "",
+    "workbench.colorCustomizations": {
+        "activityBar.background": "#4D1B3C",
+        "titleBar.activeBackground": "#6B2654",
+        "titleBar.activeForeground": "#FDF8FB"
+    }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 3ee31d3..3f554a5 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -78,10 +78,6 @@ FROM developer-${TARGET_ARCHITECTURE} AS developer
 # copy initial epics folder structure
 COPY epics /epics
 
-# prepare tools settings
-RUN git config --global advice.detachedHead false
-
-
 # get and build EPICS base
 RUN git clone https://github.com/epics-base/epics-base.git -q --branch ${EPICS_VERSION} --recursive ${EPICS_BASE}
 RUN bash /epics/scripts/patch-epics-base.sh
@@ -97,7 +93,7 @@ RUN make -C ${SUPPORT}/sncseq -j $(nproc)
 
 
 # setup a global python venv and install ibek
-RUN python3 -m venv ${VIRTUALENV} && pip install ibek
+RUN python3 -m venv ${VIRTUALENV} && pip install ibek==1.0.0
 
 ##### runtime preparation stage ################################################
 
diff --git a/epics/ioc/config/st.cmd b/epics/ioc/config/st.cmd
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..2459c09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/epics/ioc/config/st.cmd
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# EXAMPLE IOC Instance to demonstrate the ADSimDetector Generic IOC
+
+cd "$(TOP)"
+
+dbLoadDatabase "dbd/ioc.dbd"
+ioc_registerRecordDeviceDriver(pdbbase)
+
+# start IOC shell
+iocInit
+
diff --git a/epics/ioc/iocApp/src/Makefile.jinja b/epics/ioc/iocApp/src/Makefile.jinja
index 162cd4a..ab981af 100644
--- a/epics/ioc/iocApp/src/Makefile.jinja
+++ b/epics/ioc/iocApp/src/Makefile.jinja
@@ -10,14 +10,12 @@ PROD_IOC = ioc
 DBD += ioc.dbd
 ioc_DBD += base.dbd
 
-{% for dbd in dbds %}
-ioc_DBD += {{dbd}}
+{% for dbd in dbds %}ioc_DBD += {{dbd}}
 {% endfor %}
 
 ioc_SRCS += ioc_registerRecordDeviceDriver.cpp
 
-{% for lib in libs %}
-ioc_LIBS += {{lib}}
+{% for lib in libs %}ioc_LIBS += {{lib}}
 {% endfor %}
 
 ioc_LIBS += $(EPICS_BASE_IOC_LIBS)
diff --git a/epics/ioc/liveness.sh b/epics/ioc/liveness.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..861e5c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/epics/ioc/liveness.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+TOP=/repos/epics/ioc
+cd ${TOP}
+CONFIG_DIR=${TOP}/config
+
+set -ex
+
+CONFIG_DIR=/repos/epics/ioc/config
+THIS_SCRIPT=$(realpath ${0})
+override=${CONFIG_DIR}/liveness.sh
+
+if [[ -f ${override} && ${override} != ${THIS_SCRIPT} ]]; then
+    exec bash ${override}
+fi
+
+if [[ ${K8S_IOC_LIVENESS_ENABLED} != 'true' ]]; then
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+# use devIOCStats UPTIME as the default liveness PV
+# but allow override from the environment
+K8S_IOC_PV=${K8S_IOC_PV:-"${IOC_PREFIX}:UPTIME"}
+
+# use default CA PORT or override from the environment
+K8S_IOC_PORT=${K8S_IOC_PORT:-5064}
+
+export EPICS_CA_ADDR_LIST=${K8S_IOC_ADDRESS}
+export EPICS_CA_SERVER_PORT=${K8S_IOC_PORT}
+
+# verify that the IOC is running
+if caget ${K8S_IOC_PV} ; then
+    exit 0
+else
+    # send the error message to the container's main process stdout
+    echo "Liveness check failed for ${IOC_NAME}" > /proc/1/fd/1
+    echo "Failing PV: ${K8S_IOC_PV}" > /proc/1/fd/2
+    echo "Address list: ${EPICS_CA_ADDR_LIST}" > /proc/1/fd/2
+    echo "CA Port: ${EPICS_CA_SERVER_PORT}" > /proc/1/fd/2
+    exit 1
+fi
diff --git a/epics/ioc/start.sh b/epics/ioc/start.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..6216579
--- /dev/null
+++ b/epics/ioc/start.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+#
+# The epics-containers IOC startup script.
+#
+# This script is used to start an EPICS IOC in a Kubernetes pod. Implementers
+# of generic IOCs are free to replace this script with their own. But
+# this script as is should work for most IOCs.
+#
+# When a generic IOC runs in a kubernetes pod it is expected to have
+# a config folder that defines the IOC instance.
+# The helm chart for the generic IOC will mount the config folder
+# as a configMap and this turns a generic IOC into aspecific IOC instance.
+#
+# Here we support the following set of options for the contents of
+# the config folder:
+#
+# 1. start.sh ******************************************************************
+#    If the config folder contains a start.sh script it will be executed.
+#    This allows the instance implementer to provide a conmpletely custom
+#    startup script.
+#
+# 2. ioc.yaml *************************************************************
+#    If the config folder contains an ioc.yaml file we invoke the ibek tool to
+#    generate the startup script and database. Then launch with the generated
+#    startup script.
+#
+# 3. st.cmd + ioc.subst *********************************************************
+#    If the config folder contains a st.cmd script and a ioc.subst file then
+#    optionally generate ioc.db from the ioc.subst file and use the st.cmd script
+#    as the IOC startup script. Note that the expanded database file will
+#    be generated in /tmp/ioc.db
+#
+# 4. empty config folder *******************************************************
+#    If the config folder is empty then this IOC will launch the example in
+#    ./example folder
+#
+# RTEMS IOCS - RTEMS IOC startup files can be generated using 2,3,4 above. For
+# RTEMS we do not execute the ioc inside of the pod. Instead we:
+#  - copy the IOC directory to the RTEMS mount point
+#  - send a reboot command to the RTEMS crate
+#  - start a telnet session to the RTEMS IOC console
+#
+
+set -x -e
+
+# environment setup ************************************************************
+
+export TOP=$(realpath $(dirname $0))
+cd ${TOP}
+CONFIG_DIR=${TOP}/config
+
+# add module paths to environment for use in ioc startup script
+source ${SUPPORT}/configure/RELEASE.shell
+
+# override startup script
+override=${CONFIG_DIR}/start.sh
+# source YAML for IOC Builder for EPICS on Kubernetes (ibek)
+ibek_src=${CONFIG_DIR}/ioc.yaml
+# Startup script for EPICS IOC generated by ibek
+ioc_startup=${CONFIG_DIR}/st.cmd
+# expanded database file
+epics_db=/tmp/ioc.db
+
+
+# 1. start.sh ******************************************************************
+
+if [ -f ${override} ]; then
+    exec ${override}
+
+# 2. ioc.yaml ******************************************************************
+
+elif [ -f ${ibek_src} ]; then
+    # Database generation script generated by ibek
+    db_src=/tmp/make_db.sh
+    final_ioc_startup=/tmp/st.cmd
+
+    # get ibek the support yaml files this ioc's support modules
+    defs=/ctools/*/*.ibek.support.yaml
+    ibek build-startup ${ibek_src} ${defs} --out ${final_ioc_startup} --db-out ${db_src}
+
+    # build expanded database using the db_src shell script
+    if [ -f ${db_src} ]; then
+        bash ${db_src} > ${epics_db}
+    fi
+
+# 3. st.cmd + ioc.substitutions ************************************************
+
+elif [ -f ${ioc_startup} ] ; then
+    if [ -f ${CONFIG_DIR}/ioc.substitutions ]; then
+        # generate ioc.db from ioc.substitutions, including all templates from SUPPORT
+        includes=$(for i in ${SUPPORT}/*/db; do echo -n "-I $i "; done)
+        msi ${includes} -S ${CONFIG_DIR}/ioc.substitutions -o ${epics_db}
+    fi
+    final_ioc_startup=${ioc_startup}
+
+# 4. empty config folder *******************************************************
+
+else
+    final_ioc_startup=${TOP}/example/st.cmd
+fi
+
+# Launch the IOC ***************************************************************
+
+if [[ ${TARGET_ARCHITECTURE} == "rtems" ]] ; then
+    echo "RTEMS IOC startup - copying IOC to RTEMS mount point ..."
+    cp -r ${IOC} ${K8S_IOC_ROOT}
+    sleep 100
+else
+    # Execute the IOC binary and pass the startup script as an argument
+    exec ${IOC}/bin/linux-x86_64/ioc ${final_ioc_startup}
+fi
diff --git a/epics/ioc/stop.sh b/epics/ioc/stop.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9d92a1e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/epics/ioc/stop.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+TOP=/repos/epics/ioc
+cd ${TOP}
+CONFIG_DIR=${TOP}/config
+
+override=${CONFIG_DIR}/stop.sh
+
+if [[ -f ${override} ]]; then
+    exec bash ${override}
+elif [[ ${RTEMS_VME_AUTO_REBOOT} == 'true' ]] ; then
+    # This is a placeholder for a script that is called when the pod is stopped.
+    # Placing your own stop.sh in the config directory will override this script.
+fi
+
+