diff --git a/packages/grid/devspace.yaml b/packages/grid/devspace.yaml
index 75b9dcefdb9..3cbcfa61c4e 100644
--- a/packages/grid/devspace.yaml
+++ b/packages/grid/devspace.yaml
@@ -304,6 +304,8 @@ dev:
     imageSelector: "${DOCKER_IMAGE_SEAWEEDFS}:${SEAWEEDFS_VERSION}"
     ports:
       - port: "9333" # admin
+      - port: "8888" # filer
+      - port: "8333" # S3
   backend:
     imageSelector: "${CONTAINER_REGISTRY}/${DOCKER_IMAGE_BACKEND}"
     env:
@@ -323,6 +325,16 @@ profiles:
         path: deployments.seaweedfs-config
 
 commands:
+  deploy:
+    command: |-
+      devspace use context k3d-syft-dev
+      devspace use namespace syft
+      devspace deploy --var CONTAINER_REGISTRY=k3d-registry.localhost:12345
   dev:
     command: |-
-      devspace --var CONTAINER_REGISTRY=k3d-registry.localhost:12345 dev --config=devspace.yaml
+      devspace use context k3d-syft-dev
+      devspace use namespace syft
+      devspace dev --var CONTAINER_REGISTRY=k3d-registry.localhost:12345
+  contexts:
+    command: |-
+      kubectl config get-contexts
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 9ac5fcf05bd..2ee59b796f2 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -925,3 +925,54 @@ changedir = {toxinidir}/packages/syftcli
 commands =
     pip list
     pytest
+
+[testenv:dev.k8s.registry]
+changedir = {toxinidir}/packages/grid
+passenv=HOME,USER
+allowlist_externals =
+    bash
+commands =
+    bash -c 'k3d registry create registry.localhost --port 12345 -v $HOME/.k3d-registry:/var/lib/registry'
+    bash -c '\
+        CYAN="\033[1;36m"; \
+        CLEAR="\033[0m"; \
+        printf "\n${CYAN}---------------------------------------------------------\n" ;\
+        printf "Make sure to add the following to your /etc/hosts file:${CLEAR}\n";\
+        printf "127.0.0.1 k3d-registry.localhost\n";\
+        printf "${CYAN}---------------------------------------------------------${CLEAR}\n"'
+
+[testenv:dev.k8s.start]
+changedir = {toxinidir}/packages/grid
+allowlist_externals =
+    bash
+    k3d
+commands =
+    bash -c 'URL=http://k3d-registry.localhost:12345/v2/_catalog; \
+        curl -X GET $URL || (echo "ERROR: Add \"127.0.0.1 k3d-registry.localhost\" to /etc/hosts" && exit 1)'
+    bash -c 'k3d cluster create syft-dev -p "8080:80@loadbalancer" --registry-use k3d-registry.localhost:12345; \
+        k3d cluster list'
+
+[testenv:dev.k8s.deploy]
+changedir = {toxinidir}/packages/grid
+passenv=HOME, USER
+allowlist_externals =
+    bash
+commands =
+    bash -c '\
+        devspace use context k3d-syft-dev; \
+        devspace use namespace syft; \
+        devspace deploy --var CONTAINER_REGISTRY=k3d-registry.localhost:12345 --config=devspace.yaml'
+
+[testenv:dev.k8s.cleanup]
+changedir = {toxinidir}/packages/grid
+allowlist_externals =
+    bash
+commands =
+    bash -c '\
+        devspace use context k3d-syft-dev; \
+        devspace use namespace syft; \
+        devspace purge; \
+        rm -rf .devspace; echo ""; \
+        k3d cluster delete syft-dev; echo ""; \
+        k3d registry delete registry.localhost; echo "";\
+        kubectl config view'