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+---
+# Copyright 2017-present Open Networking Foundation
+#
+# 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.
+
+---
+kind: ClusterRole
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1beta1
+metadata:
+  name: pod-networks-operator
+rules:
+- apiGroups:
+  - '*'
+  resources:
+  - '*'
+  verbs:
+  - '*'
+- nonResourceURLs:
+  - '*'
+  verbs:
+  - '*'
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ServiceAccount
+metadata:
+  name: sriov-dp
+  namespace: kube-system
+---
+kind: ClusterRoleBinding
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1beta1
+metadata:
+  name: sriov-dp
+roleRef:
+  apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
+  kind: ClusterRole
+  name: pod-networks-operator
+subjects:
+- kind: ServiceAccount
+  name: sriov-dp
+  namespace: kube-system