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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# Copyright 2019 Ciena Corporation
+#
+# 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.
+
+echo "Scaling down voltha-api-server and ofagent"
+(set -x; kubectl scale --replicas=0 deployment -n voltha voltha-api-server ofagent)
+echo "Waiting for PODS to be terminated"
+echo -n "Waiting "
+until [ $(kubectl -n voltha get pods -o name | grep -c voltha-api-server) -eq 0 ]; do echo -n "."; sleep 3; done
+until [ $(kubectl -n voltha get pods -o name | grep -c ofagent) -eq 0 ]; do echo -n "."; sleep 3; done
+echo " Terminated"
+
+echo "Scaling up voltha-api-server and ofagent"
+(set -x; kubectl scale --replicas=1 deployment -n voltha voltha-api-server ofagent)
+
+