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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.
+*/ -}}
+
+{{- define "voltha-shovel.cmd" }}
+- "/shovel/shovel/main.py"
+- "--kafka={{ .Values.kafkaReleaseName }}-kafka.default.svc.cluster.local"
+- "--host=grafana.voltha.svc.cluster.local"
+- "--topic=voltha.kpis"
+{{- end }}
+
+{{- define "voltha-dashd.cmd" }}
+- "/dashd/dashd/main.py"
+- "--kafka={{ .Values.kafkaReleaseName }}-kafka.default.svc.cluster.local"
+- "--grafana_url=http://admin:admin@grafana.$(NAMESPACE).svc.cluster.local:80/api"
+- "--topic=voltha.kpis"
+{{- end }}
+
+{{- define "voltha-vcore.cmd" }}
+- "voltha/voltha/main.py"
+- "-v"
+- "--etcd=etcd-cluster.default.svc.cluster.local:2379"
+- "--kafka={{ .Values.kafkaReleaseName }}-kafka.default.svc.cluster.local"
+- "--rest-port=8880"
+- "--grpc-port=50556"
+- "--interface=eth1"
+- "--backend=etcd"
+- "--pon-subnet=10.38.0.0/12"
+- "--ponsim-comm=grpc"
+{{- end }}
+
+{{- define "xos-core.initial_data" }}
+- model: core.Site
+  fields:
+    name: {{ .Values.cordSiteName | quote }}
+    abbreviated_name: {{ .Values.cordSiteName | quote }}
+    login_base: {{ .Values.cordSiteName | quote }}
+    site_url: "http://opencord.org/"
+    hosts_nodes: true
+
+- model: core.User
+  fields:
+    email: {{ .Values.xosAdminUser | quote }}
+    password: {{ .Values.xosAdminPassword | quote }}
+    firstname: {{ .Values.xosAdminFirstname | quote }}
+    lastname:  {{ .Values.xosAdminLastname | quote }}
+    is_admin: true
+  relations:
+    site:
+      fields:
+        name: {{ .Values.cordSiteName | quote }}
+      model: core.Site
+{{- end }}
+
+{{- define "xos-core.ca_cert_chain" }}
+{{ .Values.ca_cert_chain | b64dec }}
+{{- end }}
+