diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy_collab.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy_collab.yml
index 4d3ad09cbc..b866d9080c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy_collab.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy_collab.yml
@@ -120,6 +120,12 @@ jobs:
           export ZED_DO_CERTIFICATE_ID=$(doctl compute certificate list --format ID --no-header)
           export ZED_IMAGE_ID="registry.digitalocean.com/zed/collab:${GITHUB_SHA}"
 
+          export ZED_SERVICE_NAME=collab
           envsubst < crates/collab/k8s/collab.template.yml | kubectl apply -f -
-          kubectl -n "$ZED_KUBE_NAMESPACE" rollout status deployment/collab --watch
-          echo "deployed collab.template.yml to ${ZED_KUBE_NAMESPACE}"
+          kubectl -n "$ZED_KUBE_NAMESPACE" rollout status deployment/$ZED_SERVICE_NAME --watch
+          echo "deployed ${ZED_SERVICE_NAME} to ${ZED_KUBE_NAMESPACE}"
+
+          export ZED_SERVICE_NAME=api
+          envsubst < crates/collab/k8s/collab.template.yml | kubectl apply -f -
+          kubectl -n "$ZED_KUBE_NAMESPACE" rollout status deployment/$ZED_SERVICE_NAME --watch
+          echo "deployed ${ZED_SERVICE_NAME} to ${ZED_KUBE_NAMESPACE}"
diff --git a/crates/collab/k8s/collab.template.yml b/crates/collab/k8s/collab.template.yml
index 9ff7cee9e1..bc05fe5f3d 100644
--- a/crates/collab/k8s/collab.template.yml
+++ b/crates/collab/k8s/collab.template.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ kind: Service
 apiVersion: v1
 metadata:
   namespace: ${ZED_KUBE_NAMESPACE}
-  name: collab
+  name: ${ZED_SERVICE_NAME}
   annotations:
     service.beta.kubernetes.io/do-loadbalancer-tls-ports: "443"
     service.beta.kubernetes.io/do-loadbalancer-certificate-id: ${ZED_DO_CERTIFICATE_ID}
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ metadata:
 spec:
   type: LoadBalancer
   selector:
-    app: collab
+    app: ${ZED_SERVICE_NAME}
   ports:
     - name: web
       protocol: TCP
@@ -29,17 +29,17 @@ apiVersion: apps/v1
 kind: Deployment
 metadata:
   namespace: ${ZED_KUBE_NAMESPACE}
-  name: collab
+  name: ${ZED_SERVICE_NAME}
 
 spec:
   replicas: 1
   selector:
     matchLabels:
-      app: collab
+      app: ${ZED_SERVICE_NAME}
   template:
     metadata:
       labels:
-        app: collab
+        app: ${ZED_SERVICE_NAME}
       annotations:
         ad.datadoghq.com/collab.check_names: |
           ["openmetrics"]
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ spec:
           ]
     spec:
       containers:
-        - name: collab
+        - name: ${ZED_SERVICE_NAME}
           image: "${ZED_IMAGE_ID}"
           args:
             - serve
@@ -130,6 +130,26 @@ spec:
                 secretKeyRef:
                   name: blob-store
                   key: bucket
+            - name: CLICKHOUSE_URL
+              valueFrom:
+                secretKeyRef:
+                  name: clickhouse
+                  key: url
+            - name: CLICKHOUSE_USER
+              valueFrom:
+                secretKeyRef:
+                  name: clickhouse
+                  key: user
+            - name: CLICKHOUSE_PASSWORD
+              valueFrom:
+                secretKeyRef:
+                  name: clickhouse
+                  key: password
+            - name: CLICKHOUSE_DATABASE
+              valueFrom:
+                secretKeyRef:
+                  name: clickhouse
+                  key: database
             - name: INVITE_LINK_PREFIX
               value: ${INVITE_LINK_PREFIX}
             - name: RUST_BACKTRACE