diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d459d50
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+redis-sentinel-proxy
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..369813a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+FROM golang:1.14.3-alpine AS build
+
+COPY main.go /src/redis-sentinel-proxy/
+
+WORKDIR /src/redis-sentinel-proxy/
+
+RUN CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=linux GOARCH=amd64 go build .
+
+FROM alpine:3.4
+MAINTAINER Anubhav Mishra <anubhavmishra@me.com>
+
+# copy binary
+COPY --from=build /src/redis-sentinel-proxy/redis-sentinel-proxy /usr/local/bin/redis-sentinel-proxy
+
+ENTRYPOINT ["/usr/local/bin/redis-sentinel-proxy"]
+CMD ["-master", "mymaster"]
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d50836a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+IMAGE_NAME := anubhavmishra/redis-sentinel-proxy
+.PHONY: test
+
+.DEFAULT_GOAL := help
+help: ## List targets & descriptions
+	@cat Makefile* | grep -E '^[a-zA-Z_-]+:.*?## .*$$' | sort | awk 'BEGIN {FS = ":.*?## "}; {printf "\033[36m%-30s\033[0m %s\n", $$1, $$2}'
+
+deps:
+	go get .
+
+run-docker: ## Run dockerized service directly
+	docker run $(IMAGE_NAME):latest
+
+push: ## docker push image to registry
+	docker push $(IMAGE_NAME):latest
+
+build: ## Build the project
+	CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=linux GOARCH=amd64 go build .
+	docker build -t $(IMAGE_NAME):latest .
+
+run: ## Build and run the project
+	go build . && ./redis-sentinel-proxy
+
+clean:
+	-rm -rf build
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 842619a..51cf429 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -11,3 +11,38 @@ Small command utility that:
 Usage:
 
 `./redis-sentinel-proxy -listen IP:PORT -sentinel :SENTINEL_PORT -master NAME`
+
+## Usage
+
+Edit `kubernetes/redis-sentinel-proxy-deployment.yaml`:
+
+```bash
+vim kubernetes/redis-sentinel-proxy-deployment.yaml
+...
+        args:
+          - "-master"
+          - "primary"
+          - "-sentinel"
+          - "redis-sentinel.$(NAMESPACE):26379" # change this to the sentinel address
+```
+
+Create `redis-sentinel-proxy-deployment` that uses `redis-sentinel-proxy`:
+
+```bash
+kubectl apply -f kubernetes/redis-sentinel-proxy-deployment.yaml
+deployment "redis-sentinel-proxy" configured
+```
+
+Check if deployment is running: 
+
+```bash
+kubectl get pods
+redis-sentinel-proxy-2064359825-s4n0k   1/1       Running   0          1d
+```
+
+Expose `redis-sentinel-proxy-deployment`:
+
+```bash
+kubectl apply -f kubernetes/redis-sentinel-proxy-service.yaml
+```
+
diff --git a/kubernetes/redis-sentinel-proxy-deployment.yaml b/kubernetes/redis-sentinel-proxy-deployment.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..76906d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kubernetes/redis-sentinel-proxy-deployment.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+apiVersion: apps/v1beta1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  name: redis-sentinel-proxy
+  namespace: redis
+spec:
+  replicas: 1
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        app: redis-sentinel-proxy
+    spec:
+      containers:
+      - name: redis-sentinel-proxy
+        image: anubhavmishra/redis-sentinel-proxy:latest
+        env:
+          - name: NAMESPACE
+            valueFrom:
+              fieldRef:
+                fieldPath: metadata.namespace
+        args:
+          - "-master"
+          - "primary"
+          - "-sentinel"
+          - "redis-sentinel.$(NAMESPACE):26379"
+        ports:
+        - containerPort: 9999
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/kubernetes/redis-sentinel-proxy-service.yaml b/kubernetes/redis-sentinel-proxy-service.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a22b590
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kubernetes/redis-sentinel-proxy-service.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Service
+metadata:
+  name: redis-sentinel-proxy
+  namespace: redis
+  labels:
+    app: redis-sentinel-proxy
+spec:
+  type: NodePort
+  ports:
+  - port: 9999
+    name: redis-sentinel-proxy
+  selector:
+    app: redis-sentinel-proxy
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index c36f96b..35d85f3 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ var (
 	localAddr    = flag.String("listen", ":9999", "local address")
 	sentinelAddr = flag.String("sentinel", ":26379", "remote address")
 	masterName   = flag.String("master", "", "name of the master redis node")
+	password     = flag.String("password", "", "password (if any) to authenticate")
+	debug   	 = flag.Bool("debug", false, "sets debug mode")
 )
 
 func main() {
@@ -54,7 +56,7 @@ func main() {
 func master() {
 	var err error
 	for {
-		masterAddr, err = getMasterAddr(saddr, *masterName)
+		masterAddr, err = getMasterAddr(saddr, *masterName, *password)
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Println(err)
 		}
@@ -78,7 +80,7 @@ func proxy(local io.ReadWriteCloser, remoteAddr *net.TCPAddr) {
 	go pipe(remote, local)
 }
 
-func getMasterAddr(sentinelAddress *net.TCPAddr, masterName string) (*net.TCPAddr, error) {
+func getMasterAddr(sentinelAddress *net.TCPAddr, masterName string, password string) (*net.TCPAddr, error) {
 	conn, err := net.DialTCP("tcp", nil, sentinelAddress)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -86,6 +88,22 @@ func getMasterAddr(sentinelAddress *net.TCPAddr, masterName string) (*net.TCPAdd
 
 	defer conn.Close()
 
+	if len(password) > 0 {
+		conn.Write([]byte(fmt.Sprintf("AUTH %s\n", password)))
+		if *debug {
+			fmt.Println("> AUTH ", password)
+		}
+		authResp := make([]byte, 256)
+		_, err = conn.Read(authResp)
+
+		if *debug {
+			fmt.Println("< ", string(authResp))
+		}
+	}
+
+	if *debug {
+		fmt.Println("> sentinel get-master-addr-by-name ", masterName)
+	}
 	conn.Write([]byte(fmt.Sprintf("sentinel get-master-addr-by-name %s\n", masterName)))
 
 	b := make([]byte, 256)
@@ -95,9 +113,12 @@ func getMasterAddr(sentinelAddress *net.TCPAddr, masterName string) (*net.TCPAdd
 	}
 
 	parts := strings.Split(string(b), "\r\n")
+	if *debug {
+		fmt.Println("< ", string(b))
+	}
 
 	if len(parts) < 5 {
-		err = errors.New("Couldn't get master address from sentinel")
+		err = errors.New(fmt.Sprintf("Couldn't get master address from sentinel: %s", string(b)))
 		return nil, err
 	}