diff --git a/build.out b/build.out
index eefcc8a..36fecc6 100644
--- a/build.out
+++ b/build.out
@@ -1 +1 @@
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+{"builds":[{"imageName":"gcr.io/lesser-weevil/emailservice","tag":"gcr.io/lesser-weevil/emailservice:v0.1.0-49-g6c11f13@sha256:b5642298862ce0852e6038cf029ed75df6a08530c3ca9b86cd2ad4b50d5cff00"},{"imageName":"gcr.io/lesser-weevil/productcatalogservice","tag":"gcr.io/lesser-weevil/productcatalogservice:v0.1.0-49-g6c11f13@sha256:74288be0207731ee0f846273da3486638777cf8d4077bddd45e0aeac75bb3559"},{"imageName":"gcr.io/lesser-weevil/recommendationservice","tag":"gcr.io/lesser-weevil/recommendationservice:v0.1.0-49-g6c11f13-dirty@sha256:761fcf9065618d1edf9739c5a99e0b85e85a00ea79831d9cd14ceef281bfcb96"},{"imageName":"gcr.io/lesser-weevil/shippingservice","tag":"gcr.io/lesser-weevil/shippingservice:v0.1.0-49-g6c11f13@sha256:6625a1e45b63c32585248a51d32b1b5137c16c7fb0f622ee9efbd08ef0cfed42"},{"imageName":"gcr.io/lesser-weevil/checkoutservice","tag":"gcr.io/lesser-weevil/checkoutservice:v0.1.0-49-g6c11f13@sha256:cab8d517f524609837c7c70d357d7ba4aeb836dc417414d726079ed811928804"},{"imageName":"gcr.io/lesser-weevil/paymentservice","tag":"gcr.io/lesser-weevil/paymentservice:v0.1.0-49-g6c11f13@sha256:1d65c32c95fbf5fe7348e8d4975bf15a305279f78264f342734afc3d1273a7cb"},{"imageName":"gcr.io/lesser-weevil/currencyservice","tag":"gcr.io/lesser-weevil/currencyservice:v0.1.0-49-g6c11f13@sha256:dcbf4a09a2b7961ad00496c70ebb33b125d40b3a2c28e92dc18e44ad15ff9139"},{"imageName":"gcr.io/lesser-weevil/cartservice","tag":"gcr.io/lesser-weevil/cartservice:v0.1.0-49-g6c11f13@sha256:2d6b7b6422669a0850f3743c734d300cbcf247fe850127ea99f695e831e32374"},{"imageName":"gcr.io/lesser-weevil/frontend","tag":"gcr.io/lesser-weevil/frontend:v0.1.0-49-g6c11f13@sha256:119a11554f457f3a4df05672de4f51050f305fba67482b242543ec6fb4ed1f05"},{"imageName":"gcr.io/lesser-weevil/loadgenerator","tag":"gcr.io/lesser-weevil/loadgenerator:v0.1.0-49-g6c11f13@sha256:de90c5ce3bef7e118183a82b6a5de5f994045727b66462c2bffd4f57749f40c1"},{"imageName":"gcr.io/lesser-weevil/adservice","tag":"gcr.io/lesser-weevil/adservice:v0.1.0-49-g6c11f13@sha256:39a383bafca249864cd67a8eac66e67a19dc107b46566d7e16501c4f15ee0935"}]}
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diff --git a/kubernetes-manifests/pinger.yaml b/kubernetes-manifests/pinger.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e4e233c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kubernetes-manifests/pinger.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+apiVersion: batch/v1beta1
+kind: CronJob
+metadata:
+  name: pinger-job
+spec:
+  schedule: "*/5 * * * *"
+  jobTemplate:
+    spec:
+      template:
+        spec:
+          containers:
+            - name: main
+              image: pingjob
+              env:
+                - name: FRONTEND_ADDR
+                  value: "frontend:80"
+          restartPolicy: OnFailure
+
diff --git a/src/pingjob/Dockerfile b/src/pingjob/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4942b0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/pingjob/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+FROM python:3-slim as base
+
+FROM base as builder
+
+RUN apt-get -qq update \
+    && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+        g++
+
+COPY requirements.txt .
+
+RUN pip install --install-option="--prefix=/install" -r requirements.txt
+
+FROM base
+COPY --from=builder /install /usr/local
+
+COPY . .
+ENTRYPOINT ["./pinger.sh"]
+
diff --git a/src/pingjob/pinger.py b/src/pingjob/pinger.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fb9b8e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/pingjob/pinger.py
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python
+#
+# Copyright 2018 Google LLC
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+import random
+
+import requests
+import sys
+
+BASE = sys.argv[1]
+
+products = [
+    '0PUK6V6EV0',
+    '1YMWWN1N4O',
+    '2ZYFJ3GM2N',
+    '66VCHSJNUP',
+    '6E92ZMYYFZ',
+    '9SIQT8TOJO',
+    'L9ECAV7KIM',
+    'LS4PSXUNUM',
+    'OLJCESPC7Z']
+
+
+def index():
+  requests.get(BASE + "/")
+
+
+def setCurrency():
+  currencies = ['EUR', 'USD', 'JPY', 'CAD']
+  requests.post(BASE + "/setCurrency",
+                {'currency_code': random.choice(currencies)})
+
+
+def browseProduct():
+  requests.get(BASE + "/product/" + random.choice(products))
+
+
+def viewCart():
+  requests.get(BASE + "/cart")
+
+
+def addToCart():
+  product = random.choice(products)
+  requests.get(BASE + "/product/" + product)
+  requests.post(BASE + "/cart", {
+      'product_id': product,
+      'quantity': random.choice([1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10])})
+
+
+def checkout():
+  addToCart()
+  requests.post(BASE + "/cart/checkout", {
+      'email': 'someone@example.com',
+      'street_address': '1600 Amphitheatre Parkway',
+      'zip_code': '94043',
+      'city': 'Mountain View',
+      'state': 'CA',
+      'country': 'United States',
+      'credit_card_number': '4432-8015-6152-0454',
+      'credit_card_expiration_month': '1',
+      'credit_card_expiration_year': '2039',
+      'credit_card_cvv': '672',
+  })
+
+
+if not BASE:
+  print("ERROR: no frontend address")
+else:
+  print("pinging" + BASE)
+index()
+browseProduct()
+addToCart()
+viewCart()
+checkout()
diff --git a/src/pingjob/pinger.sh b/src/pingjob/pinger.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..9e799ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/pingjob/pinger.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+#!/bin/sh -eu
+#
+# Copyright 2018 Google LLC
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+trap "exit" TERM
+
+if [ -z "${FRONTEND_ADDR}" ]; then
+    echo >&2 "FRONTEND_ADDR not specified"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+set -x
+python pinger.py "${FRONTEND_ADDR}"
diff --git a/src/pingjob/requirements.in b/src/pingjob/requirements.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f229360
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/pingjob/requirements.in
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+requests
diff --git a/src/pingjob/requirements.txt b/src/pingjob/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..59b8df2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/pingjob/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#
+# This file is autogenerated by pip-compile
+# To update, run:
+#
+#    pip-compile --output-file=requirements.txt requirements.in
+#
+certifi==2018.11.29       # via requests
+chardet==3.0.4            # via requests
+idna==2.8                 # via requests
+requests==2.21.0
+urllib3==1.24.1           # via requests