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+---
+# Copyright 2018-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.
+
+# Values file for API tests
+#
+# The test process is to install minikube directly on a machine with docker
+# installed (`--vm-driver=none`) then use imagebuilder to build images with
+# candidate tags into that local docker registry, and run the tests.
+
+# shared by xos-core, rcord-lite, etc.
+imagePullPolicy: 'IfNotPresent'
+
+# xos core
+xos-gui:
+  enabled: false
+
+xos_coreImage: 'xosproject/xos-core:candidate'
+xos_chameleonImage: 'xosproject/chameleon:candidate'
+xos_toscaImage: 'xosproject/xos-tosca:candidate'
+xos_api_testerImage: 'xosproject/xos-api-tester:candidate'
+
+# rcord-lite
+rcord_synchronizerImage: "xosproject/rcord-synchronizer:candidate"
+
+# xossh
+xosshImage: 'xosproject/xos-client:candidate'
+
+# XOS service charts
+addressmanager:
+  addressmanager_synchronizerImage: "xosproject/addressmanager-synchronizer:candidate"
+  imagePullPolicy: 'IfNotPresent'
+fabric:
+  fabric_synchronizerImage: "xosproject/fabric-synchronizer:candidate"
+  imagePullPolicy: 'IfNotPresent'
+onos-service:
+  onos_synchronizerImage: "xosproject/onos-synchronizer:candidate"
+  imagePullPolicy: 'IfNotPresent'
+volt:
+  volt_synchronizerImage: "xosproject/volt-synchronizer:candidate"
+  imagePullPolicy: 'IfNotPresent'
+vsg-hw:
+  vsg_hw_synchronizerImage: "xosproject/vsg-hw-synchronizer:candidate"
+  imagePullPolicy: 'IfNotPresent'
+vrouter:
+  vrouter_synchronizerImage: "xosproject/vrouter-synchronizer:candidate"
+  imagePullPolicy: 'IfNotPresent'
+kubernetes:
+  kubernetes_synchronizerImage: "xosproject/kubernetes-synchronizer:candidate"
+  imagePullPolicy: 'IfNotPresent'
+simpleexampleservice:
+  simpleexampleservice_synchronizerImage: "xosproject/simpleexampleservice-synchronizer:candidate"
+  imagePullPolicy: 'IfNotPresent'
+