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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.
+
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Pod
+metadata:
+  name: "{{ .Release.Name }}-api-test"
+  annotations:
+    "helm.sh/hook": test-success
+spec:
+  containers:
+  - name: {{ .Release.Name }}-api-test
+    image: {{ .Values.images.api_tester.repository }}:{{ .Values.images.api_tester.tag }}
+    imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.images.api_tester.pullPolicy }}
+    env:
+      - name: SERVER_IP
+        value: 'xos-chameleon'
+      - name: SERVER_PORT
+        value: '9101'
+      - name: USER
+        value: '{{ .Values.xosAdminUser }}'
+      - name: PASSWD
+        value: '{{ .Values.xosAdminPassword }}'
+    command: [ "pybot", "-L", "TRACE", "-d", "Log", "-T", "Ch_DeploymentTest.txt", "Ch_SiteTest.txt", "Ch_UsersTest.txt", "Ch_SliceTest.txt", "Ch_ServiceTest.txt" ]
+  restartPolicy: Never