diff --git a/kubernetes/autoscaling.py b/kubernetes/autoscaling.py
index 287c5b8..2736d5e 100644
--- a/kubernetes/autoscaling.py
+++ b/kubernetes/autoscaling.py
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ def body(self):
 
 class PodDisruptionBudget(KubernetesResource):
     kind: str = "PodDisruptionBudget"
-    api_version: str = "policy/v1beta1"
+    api_version: str = "policy/v1"
 
     def body(self):
         super().body()
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ def body(self):
 
 class HorizontalPodAutoscaler(KubernetesResource):
     kind: str = "HorizontalPodAutoscaler"
-    api_version: str = "autoscaling.k8s.io/v2beta2"
+    api_version: str = "autoscaling.k8s.io/v2"
 
     def body(self):
         super().body()
diff --git a/kubernetes/certmanager.py b/kubernetes/certmanager.py
index 292cd92..5e07fd6 100644
--- a/kubernetes/certmanager.py
+++ b/kubernetes/certmanager.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ class CertManagerIssuer(KubernetesResource):
     def body(self):
         config = self.config
         super().body()
-        self.root.spec = config.get("spec")
+        self.root.spec = config.spec
 
 
 @kgenlib.register_generator(path="certmanager.cluster_issuer")
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ class CertManagerClusterIssuer(KubernetesResource):
     def body(self):
         config = self.config
         super().body()
-        self.root.spec = config.get("spec")
+        self.root.spec = config.spec
 
 
 @kgenlib.register_generator(path="certmanager.certificate")
@@ -35,4 +35,4 @@ class CertManagerCertificate(KubernetesResource):
     def body(self):
         config = self.config
         super().body()
-        self.root.spec = config.get("spec")
+        self.root.spec = config.spec
diff --git a/kubernetes/common.py b/kubernetes/common.py
index d218c0e..2fc6748 100644
--- a/kubernetes/common.py
+++ b/kubernetes/common.py
@@ -358,6 +358,10 @@ class VPAConfigSpec(kgenlib.BaseModel):
     update_mode: str = "Auto"
     resource_policy: Dict[str, List[Dict]] = {}
 
+class HPAConfigSpec(kgenlib.BaseModel):
+    min_replicas: Optional[int] = None
+    max_replicas: Optional[int] = None
+    metrics: List[Dict[str, Any]] = []
 
 class ServiceMonitororConfigSpec(kgenlib.BaseModel):
     endpoints: list = []
@@ -382,6 +386,7 @@ class WorkloadConfigSpec(KubernetesResourceSpec, ContainerSpec):
     application: Optional[str] = None
     auto_pdb: bool = False
     backend_config: dict = {}
+    frontend_config: dict = {}
     cluster_role: Optional[Dict] = None
     containers: dict = {}
     deployment_progress_deadline_seconds: int | None = None
@@ -389,7 +394,7 @@ class WorkloadConfigSpec(KubernetesResourceSpec, ContainerSpec):
     grace_period: int = 30
     host_network: Optional[bool] = None
     host_pid: Optional[bool] = None
-    hpa: dict = {}
+    hpa: Optional[HPAConfigSpec] = None
     image_pull_secrets: list = []
     init_containers: Optional[Dict[str, Union[InitContainerSpec, None]]] = {}
     istio_policy: dict = {}
diff --git a/kubernetes/gke.py b/kubernetes/gke.py
index 82806c7..5662ee0 100644
--- a/kubernetes/gke.py
+++ b/kubernetes/gke.py
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
-from .common import KubernetesResource
+from .common import KubernetesResource, kgenlib
+from typing import Any
 
 
 class BackendConfig(KubernetesResource):
@@ -11,4 +12,41 @@ class BackendConfig(KubernetesResource):
 
     def body(self):
         super().body()
-        self.root.spec = self.config.backend_config
+        spec = self.spec
+        self.root.spec = spec
+
+
+@kgenlib.register_generator(path="generators.kubernetes.backend_config")
+class BackendConfigGenerator(kgenlib.BaseStore):
+    name: str
+    config: Any
+
+    def body(self):
+        name = self.name
+        config = self.config
+        spec = self.config.spec
+        backend_config = BackendConfig(name=name, config=config, spec=spec)
+        self.add(backend_config)
+
+
+class FrontendConfig(KubernetesResource):
+    kind: str = "FrontendConfig"
+    api_version: str = "networking.gke.io/v1beta1"
+
+    def body(self):
+        super().body()
+        spec = self.spec
+        self.root.spec = spec
+
+
+@kgenlib.register_generator(path="generators.kubernetes.frontend_config")
+class FrontendConfigGenerator(kgenlib.BaseStore):
+    name: str
+    config: Any
+
+    def body(self):
+        name = self.name
+        config = self.config
+        spec = self.config.spec
+        frontend_config = FrontendConfig(name=name, config=config, spec=spec)
+        self.add(frontend_config)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/kubernetes/networking.py b/kubernetes/networking.py
index b321ab7..0667e76 100644
--- a/kubernetes/networking.py
+++ b/kubernetes/networking.py
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ def body(self):
         config = self.config
 
         if config.default_backend:
-            self.root.spec.backend.service.name = config.default_backend.get("name")
-            self.root.spec.backend.service.port = config.default_backend.get("port", 80)
+            self.root.spec.defaultBackend.service.name = config.default_backend.get("name")
+            self.root.spec.defaultBackend.service.port = config.default_backend.get("port", 80)
         if config.paths:
             host = config.host
             paths = config.paths
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ def body(self):
 
 class GoogleManagedCertificate(KubernetesResource):
     kind: str = "ManagedCertificate"
-    api_version: str = "networking.gke.io/v1beta1"
+    api_version: str = "networking.gke.io/v1"
 
     def body(self):
         super().body()
@@ -410,6 +410,7 @@ def body(self):
             )
             self.add(
                 GoogleManagedCertificate(
-                    name=certificate_name, config={"domains": domains}
+                    name=certificate_name, namespace=self.config.namespace,
+                    config={"domains": domains}
                 )
             )
diff --git a/kubernetes/rbac.py b/kubernetes/rbac.py
index bbc44f7..6cbe20b 100644
--- a/kubernetes/rbac.py
+++ b/kubernetes/rbac.py
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@ def body(self):
             else:
                 self.name = config.name or self.name
         super().body()
+        # Force the name again after super().body()
+        # This is needed for when we are setting service_account.name.
+        # Wihthout this, only labels.name is set correctly
+        self.root.metadata.name = self.name
         if self.spec:
             self.add_annotations(self.spec.annotations)
 
diff --git a/kubernetes/workloads.py b/kubernetes/workloads.py
index 9c79c2b..a104667 100644
--- a/kubernetes/workloads.py
+++ b/kubernetes/workloads.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     WorkloadTypes,
     kgenlib,
 )
-from .gke import BackendConfig
+from .gke import BackendConfig, FrontendConfig
 from .istio import IstioPolicy
 from .networking import NetworkPolicy, Service
 from .prometheus import PrometheusRule, ServiceMonitor
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ def body(self):
         affinity = self.root.spec.template.spec.affinity
         if config.prefer_pods_in_node_with_expression and not config.node_selector:
             affinity.nodeAffinity.setdefault(
-                "preferredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecutio", []
+                "preferredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution", []
             )
             affinity.nodeAffinity.preferredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution.append(
                 {
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ def body(self):
                     "podAffinityTerm": {
                         "labelSelector": {
                             "matchExpressions": [
-                                {"key": "app", "operator": "In", "values": [name]}
+                                {"key": "name", "operator": "In", "values": [name]}
                             ]
                         },
                         "topologyKey": "kubernetes.io/hostname",
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ def body(self):
                     "podAffinityTerm": {
                         "labelSelector": {
                             "matchExpressions": [
-                                {"key": "app", "operator": "In", "values": [name]}
+                                {"key": "name", "operator": "In", "values": [name]}
                             ]
                         },
                         "topologyKey": "topology.kubernetes.io/zone",
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ class Container(BaseModel):
     @staticmethod
     def find_key_in_config(key, configs):
         for name, config in configs.items():
-            if key in config.data.keys():
+            if key in config.data or key in config.string_data:
                 return name
         raise (
             BaseException(
@@ -504,6 +504,7 @@ def body(self):
     apply_patches=[
         "generators.manifest.default_config",
         'applications."{application}".component_defaults',
+        'generators.manifest.resource_defaults.{type}'
     ],
 )
 class Components(kgenlib.BaseStore):
@@ -521,6 +522,7 @@ def _add_component(
         if config_attr and getattr(self.config, config_attr):
             spec = spec or getattr(self.config, config_attr, {})
             name = name or self.name
+
             component = component_class(
                 name=name, config=self.config, spec=spec, workload=workload, **kwargs
             )
@@ -528,6 +530,7 @@ def _add_component(
             logger.debug(f"Added component {component.root.metadata} for {self.name}.")
             return component
 
+
     def _generate_and_add_multiple_objects(
         self, generating_class, config_attr, workload
     ):
@@ -630,14 +633,16 @@ def body(self):
                     self._add_component(
                         ClusterRoleBinding, "cluster_role", role=role, sa=sa
                     )
+        self._add_component(BackendConfig, "backend_config", spec=self.config.backend_config)
+        self._add_component(FrontendConfig, "frontend_config", spec=self.config.frontend_config)
 
-        self._add_component(BackendConfig, "backend_config")
 
         # Handling a special case where pdb_min_available or auto_pdb is set, but config.type isn't "job"
         if self.config.type != "job" and (
             self.config.pdb_min_available or self.config.auto_pdb
         ):
-            self._add_component(PodDisruptionBudget, workload=workload)
+            config_attr = "pdb_min_available" if self.config.pdb_min_available else "auto_pdb"
+            self._add_component(PodDisruptionBudget, config_attr, workload=workload)
 
         self.add(workload)