lets try this

apps/recipes/deployment.yaml

@@ -18,47 +18,6 @@ spec:
     spec:
       restartPolicy: Always
       initContainers:
-      - name: init-chmod-data
-        env:
-          - name: SECRET_KEY
-            valueFrom:
-              secretKeyRef:
-                name: recipes
-                key: secret-key
-          - name: DB_ENGINE
-            value: django.db.backends.sqlite3
-        image: recipes
-        imagePullPolicy: Always
-        resources:
-          requests:
-            cpu: 250m
-            memory: 64Mi
-        command:
-        - sh
-        - -c
-        - |
-          set -e
-          source venv/bin/activate
-          echo "Updating database"
-          python manage.py migrate
-          python manage.py collectstatic_js_reverse
-          python manage.py collectstatic --noinput
-          echo "Setting media file attributes"
-          chown -R 65534:65534 /opt/recipes/mediafiles
-          find /opt/recipes/mediafiles -type d | xargs -r chmod 755
-          find /opt/recipes/mediafiles -type f | xargs -r chmod 644
-          echo "Done"
-        securityContext:
-          runAsUser: 0
-        volumeMounts:
-        - mountPath: /opt/recipes/mediafiles
-          name: media
-          # mount as subPath due to lost+found on ext4 pvc
-          subPath: files
-        - mountPath: /opt/recipes/staticfiles
-          name: static
-          # mount as subPath due to lost+found on ext4 pvc
-          subPath: files
       containers:
       - name: recipes-nginx
         image: nginx:latest
@@ -141,8 +100,6 @@ spec:
             value: "0"
           - name: DB_ENGINE
             value: django.db.backends.sqlite3
-        securityContext:
-          runAsUser: 65534
       volumes:
         - name: media
           persistentVolumeClaim: