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+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020-present Open Networking Foundation <info@opennetworking.org>
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: LicenseRef-ONF-Member-Only-1.0
+
+kind: ClusterRole
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
+metadata:
+  namespace: {{ .Release.Namespace }}
+  name: {{ template "subscriber-proxy.fullname" . }}-secret-reader-role
+rules:
+  - apiGroups: [""] # "" indicates the core API group
+    resources: ["secrets"]
+    verbs: ["get", "watch", "list"]