diff --git a/voltha/templates/_helpers.tpl b/voltha/templates/_helpers.tpl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bc4f720
--- /dev/null
+++ b/voltha/templates/_helpers.tpl
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+{{- /*
+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.$(NAMESPACE).svc.cluster.local:80/api"
+- "--topic=voltha.kpis"
+{{- end }}
+
+{{- define "voltha-vcore.cmd" }}
+- "voltha/voltha/main.py"
+- "-v"
+- "--etcd=etcd-cluster.default.svc.cluster.local:2379"
+- "--kafka={{ .Values.kafkaReleaseName }}-kafka.default.svc.cluster.local"
+- "--rest-port=8880"
+- "--grpc-port=50556"
+- "--interface=eth1"
+- "--backend=etcd"
+- "--pon-subnet=10.38.0.0/12"
+- "--ponsim-comm=grpc"
+{{- end }}
+
+{{- define "xos-core.initial_data" }}
+- model: core.Site
+  fields:
+    name: {{ .Values.cordSiteName | quote }}
+    abbreviated_name: {{ .Values.cordSiteName | quote }}
+    login_base: {{ .Values.cordSiteName | quote }}
+    site_url: "http://opencord.org/"
+    hosts_nodes: true
+
+- model: core.User
+  fields:
+    email: {{ .Values.xosAdminUser | quote }}
+    password: {{ .Values.xosAdminPassword | quote }}
+    firstname: {{ .Values.xosAdminFirstname | quote }}
+    lastname:  {{ .Values.xosAdminLastname | quote }}
+    is_admin: true
+  relations:
+    site:
+      fields:
+        name: {{ .Values.cordSiteName | quote }}
+      model: core.Site
+{{- end }}
+
+{{- define "xos-core.ca_cert_chain" }}
+{{ .Values.ca_cert_chain | b64dec }}
+{{- end }}
+
diff --git a/voltha/templates/stats.yaml b/voltha/templates/stats.yaml
index 51511a8..6e187b4 100644
--- a/voltha/templates/stats.yaml
+++ b/voltha/templates/stats.yaml
@@ -39,11 +39,8 @@
             fieldRef:
               fieldPath: metadata.namespace
         args:
-        - "/dashd/dashd/main.py"
-        - "--kafka={{ .Release.Name }}-kafka.default.svc.cluster.local"
-        - "--grafana_url=http://admin:admin@grafana.$(NAMESPACE).svc.cluster.local:80/api"
-        - "--topic=voltha.kpis"
-        #- "--consul=consul:8500"
+{{ include "voltha-dashd.cmd" . | indent 8 }}
+
 ---
 #
 # The shovel deployment
@@ -72,8 +69,4 @@
             fieldRef:
               fieldPath: metadata.namespace
         args:
-        - "/shovel/shovel/main.py"
-        - "--kafka={{ .Release.Name }}-kafka.default.svc.cluster.local"
-        - "--host=grafana.voltha.svc.cluster.local"
-        - "--topic=voltha.kpis"
-        #- "--consul=consul:8500"
\ No newline at end of file
+{{ include "voltha-shovel.cmd" . | indent 8 }}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/voltha/templates/vcore_for_etcd.yaml b/voltha/templates/vcore_for_etcd.yaml
index 7f02fe0..c660760 100644
--- a/voltha/templates/vcore_for_etcd.yaml
+++ b/voltha/templates/vcore_for_etcd.yaml
@@ -61,16 +61,7 @@
                 fieldRef:
                   fieldPath: metadata.namespace
           args:
-            - "voltha/voltha/main.py"
-            - "-v"
-            - "--etcd=etcd-cluster.default.svc.cluster.local:2379"
-            - "--kafka={{ .Release.Name }}-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"
+{{ include "voltha-vcore.cmd" . | indent 12 }}
           ports:
             - containerPort: 8880
               name: rest-port