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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: ServiceAccount
+metadata:
+  name: voltha-serviceaccount
+  namespace: {{ .Values.global.namespace }}
+
+---
+
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1beta1
+kind: ClusterRole
+metadata:
+  name: voltha-clusterrole
+rules:
+  - apiGroups:
+    - '*'
+    resources:
+    - '*'
+    verbs:
+    - '*'
+  - nonResourceURLs:
+    - '*'
+    verbs:
+    - '*'
+
+---
+
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1beta1
+kind: Role
+metadata:
+  name: voltha-role
+  namespace: {{ .Values.global.namespace }}
+rules:
+  - apiGroups:
+      - ""
+    resources:
+      - configmaps
+      - pods
+      - secrets
+      - namespaces
+    verbs:
+      - get
+  - apiGroups:
+      - ""
+    resources:
+      - configmaps
+    resourceNames:
+      # Defaults to "<election-id>-<ingress-class>"
+      # Here: "<ingress-controller-leader>-<nginx>"
+      # This has to be adapted if you change either parameter
+      # when launching the voltha-controller.
+      - "ingress-controller-leader-nginx"
+    verbs:
+      - get
+      - update
+  - apiGroups:
+      - ""
+    resources:
+      - configmaps
+    verbs:
+      - create
+  - apiGroups:
+      - ""
+    resources:
+      - endpoints
+    verbs:
+      - get
+
+---
+
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1beta1
+kind: RoleBinding
+metadata:
+  name: voltha-role-nisa-binding
+  namespace: {{ .Values.global.namespace }}
+roleRef:
+  apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
+  kind: Role
+  name: voltha-role
+subjects:
+  - kind: ServiceAccount
+    name: voltha-serviceaccount
+    namespace: {{ .Values.global.namespace }}
+
+---
+
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1beta1
+kind: ClusterRoleBinding
+metadata:
+  name: voltha-clusterrole-nisa-binding
+roleRef:
+  apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
+  kind: ClusterRole
+  name: voltha-clusterrole
+subjects:
+  - kind: ServiceAccount
+    name: voltha-serviceaccount
+    namespace: {{ .Values.global.namespace }}