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+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020-present Open Networking Foundation <info@opennetworking.org>
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: LicenseRef-ONF-Member-Only-1.0
+
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ServiceAccount
+metadata:
+  name: aether-roc-api
+  namespace: {{ .Release.Namespace }}