diff --git a/kubernetes/dmaap/components/dmaap-dr-prov/requirements.yaml b/kubernetes/dmaap/components/dmaap-dr-prov/requirements.yaml
index 94b026f..a873762 100644
--- a/kubernetes/dmaap/components/dmaap-dr-prov/requirements.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/dmaap/components/dmaap-dr-prov/requirements.yaml
@@ -25,4 +25,7 @@
   - name: mariadb-galera
     alias: mariadb
     version: ~6.x-0
-    repository: '@local'
\ No newline at end of file
+    repository: '@local'
+  - name: certInitializer
+    version: ~6.x-0
+    repository: '@local'
diff --git a/kubernetes/dmaap/components/dmaap-dr-prov/templates/deployment.yaml b/kubernetes/dmaap/components/dmaap-dr-prov/templates/deployment.yaml
index adbdb68..8db6edb 100644
--- a/kubernetes/dmaap/components/dmaap-dr-prov/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/dmaap/components/dmaap-dr-prov/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -46,61 +46,15 @@
                 apiVersion: v1
                 fieldPath: metadata.namespace
         {{- if .Values.global.aafEnabled }}
-        - name: {{ include "common.name" . }}-aaf-readiness
-          image: "{{ .Values.global.readinessRepository }}/{{ .Values.global.readinessImage }}"
-          imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.global.pullPolicy | default .Values.pullPolicy }}
-          command:
-          - /root/ready.py
-          args:
-          - --container-name
-          - aaf-locate
-          - --container-name
-          - aaf-cm
-          - --container-name
-          - aaf-service
-          env:
-          - name: NAMESPACE
-            valueFrom:
-              fieldRef:
-                apiVersion: v1
-                fieldPath: metadata.namespace
-        - name: {{ include "common.name" . }}-dr-prov-aaf-config
-          image: "{{ include "common.repository" . }}/{{ .Values.global.aafAgentImage }}"
-          imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.global.pullPolicy | default .Values.pullPolicy }}
-          command: ["bash","-c","exec /opt/app/aaf_config/bin/agent.sh"]
-          volumeMounts:
-          - mountPath: {{ .Values.persistence.aafCredsPath }}
-            name: {{ include "common.fullname" . }}-aaf-config-vol
-          env:
-            - name: APP_FQI
-              value: "{{ .Values.aafConfig.fqi }}"
-            - name: aaf_locate_url
-              value: "https://aaf-locate.{{ .Release.Namespace }}:8095"
-            - name: aaf_locator_container
-              value: "{{ .Values.global.aafLocatorContainer }}"
-            - name: aaf_locator_container_ns
-              value: "{{ .Release.Namespace }}"
-            - name: aaf_locator_fqdn
-              value: "{{ .Values.aafConfig.fqdn }}"
-            - name: aaf_locator_public_fqdn
-              value: "{{.Values.aafConfig.publicFqdn}}"
-            - name: aaf_locator_app_ns
-              value: "{{ .Values.global.aafAppNs }}"
-            - name: DEPLOY_FQI
-              value: "{{ .Values.aafConfig.aafDeployFqi }}"
-            - name: DEPLOY_PASSWORD
-              value: "{{ .Values.aafConfig.aafDeployPass }}"
-            - name: cadi_longitude
-              value: "{{ .Values.aafConfig.cadiLongitude }}"
-            - name: cadi_latitude
-              value: "{{ .Values.aafConfig.cadiLatitude }}"
+
+        {{ include "common.certInitializer.initContainer" . | nindent 8 }}
+
         - name: {{ include "common.name" . }}-permission-fixer
           image: "{{ .Values.global.busyBoxRepository }}/{{ .Values.global.busyBoxImage }}"
           imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.global.pullPolicy | default .Values.pullPolicy }}
-          volumeMounts:
-          - mountPath: {{ .Values.persistence.aafCredsPath }}
-            name: {{ include "common.fullname" . }}-aaf-config-vol
+          volumeMounts: {{ include "common.certInitializer.volumeMount" . | nindent 10 }}
           command: ["chown","-Rf","1000:1001", "/opt/app/"]
+
         {{ end }}
       containers:
         - name: {{ include "common.name" . }}
@@ -125,11 +79,7 @@
             {{- include "common.secret.envFromSecretFast" (dict "global" . "uid" "dmaap-dr-db-user-secret" "key" "login") | indent 12 }}
           - name: DB_PASSWORD
             {{- include "common.secret.envFromSecretFast" (dict "global" . "uid" "dmaap-dr-db-user-secret" "key" "password") | indent 12 }}
-          volumeMounts:
-          {{- if .Values.global.aafEnabled }}
-          - mountPath: {{ .Values.persistence.aafCredsPath }}
-            name: {{ include "common.fullname" . }}-aaf-config-vol
-          {{- end }}
+          volumeMounts: {{ include "common.certInitializer.volumeMount" . | nindent 10 }}
           - mountPath: /etc/localtime
             name: localtime
             readOnly: false
@@ -163,7 +113,7 @@
             mountPath: /usr/share/filebeat/data
           - name: {{ include "common.fullname" . }}-logs
             mountPath: /var/log/onap/datarouter-prov
-      volumes:
+      volumes: {{ include "common.certInitializer.volumes" . | nindent 6 }}
       - name: localtime
         hostPath:
           path: /etc/localtime
@@ -183,14 +133,5 @@
         emptyDir: {}
       - name:  {{ include "common.fullname" . }}-logs
         emptyDir: {}
-      {{- if .Values.global.aafEnabled }}
-      - name: {{ include "common.fullname" . }}-aaf-config-vol
-        {{- if .Values.persistence.enabled }}
-        persistentVolumeClaim:
-          claimName: {{ include "common.fullname" . }}-aaf-props
-        {{- else }}
-        emptyDir: {}
-        {{- end }}
-      {{- end }}
       imagePullSecrets:
       - name: "{{ include "common.namespace" . }}-docker-registry-key"
diff --git a/kubernetes/dmaap/components/dmaap-dr-prov/templates/pv.yaml b/kubernetes/dmaap/components/dmaap-dr-prov/templates/pv.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 1a09a81..0000000
--- a/kubernetes/dmaap/components/dmaap-dr-prov/templates/pv.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-{{/*
-  # ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
-  #  Copyright (C) 2019 Nordix 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.
-  #
-  # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-  # ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
-*/}}
-{{- if .Values.global.aafEnabled }}
-{{- if and .Values.persistence.enabled (not .Values.persistence.existingClaim) }}
-{{- if eq "True" (include "common.needPV" .) -}}
-kind: PersistentVolume
-apiVersion: v1
-metadata:
-  name: {{ include "common.fullname" . }}-aaf-props
-  namespace: {{ include "common.namespace" . }}
-  labels:
-    app: {{ include "common.name" . }}-aaf-props
-    chart: "{{ .Chart.Name }}-{{ .Chart.Version | replace "+" "_" }}"
-    release: "{{ include "common.release" . }}"
-    heritage: "{{ .Release.Service }}"
-    name: {{ include "common.fullname" . }}-aaf-props
-spec:
-  capacity:
-    storage: {{ .Values.persistence.aafCredsSize}}
-  accessModes:
-    - {{ .Values.persistence.accessMode }}
-  storageClassName: "{{ include "common.fullname" . }}-data"
-  persistentVolumeReclaimPolicy: {{ .Values.persistence.volumeReclaimPolicy }}
-  hostPath:
-    path: {{ .Values.persistence.mountPath }}/{{ include "common.release" . }}/{{ .Values.persistence.aafCredsMountSubPath }}
-{{ end -}}
-{{- end -}}
-{{- end -}}
diff --git a/kubernetes/dmaap/components/dmaap-dr-prov/templates/pvc.yaml b/kubernetes/dmaap/components/dmaap-dr-prov/templates/pvc.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index c6ac749..0000000
--- a/kubernetes/dmaap/components/dmaap-dr-prov/templates/pvc.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-{{/*
-  # ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
-  #  Copyright (C) 2019 Nordix 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.
-  #
-  # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-  # ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
-*/}}
-{{- if .Values.global.aafEnabled }}
-{{- if and .Values.persistence.enabled (not .Values.persistence.existingClaim) }}
-kind: PersistentVolumeClaim
-apiVersion: v1
-metadata:
-  name: {{ include "common.fullname" . }}-aaf-props
-  namespace: {{ include "common.namespace" . }}
-  labels:
-    app: {{ include "common.name" . }}
-    chart: "{{ .Chart.Name }}-{{ .Chart.Version }}"
-    release: "{{ include "common.release" . }}"
-    heritage: "{{ .Release.Service }}"
-{{- if .Values.persistence.annotations }}
-  annotations:
-{{ toYaml .Values.persistence.annotations | indent 4 }}
-{{- end }}
-spec:
-  accessModes:
-    - {{ .Values.persistence.accessMode }}
-  storageClassName: {{ include "common.storageClass" . }}
-  resources:
-    requests:
-      storage: {{ .Values.persistence.aafCredsSize }}
-{{ end -}}
-{{ end -}}
diff --git a/kubernetes/dmaap/components/dmaap-dr-prov/values.yaml b/kubernetes/dmaap/components/dmaap-dr-prov/values.yaml
index 3fb90f0..1cf2e58 100644
--- a/kubernetes/dmaap/components/dmaap-dr-prov/values.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/dmaap/components/dmaap-dr-prov/values.yaml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 #################################################################
 secrets:
   - uid: dmaap-dr-db-user-secret
-    name: '{{ include "common.release" . }}-dmaap-dr-db-user-secret'
+    name: &dbSecretName '{{ include "common.release" . }}-dmaap-dr-db-user-secret'
     type: basicAuth
     externalSecret: '{{ tpl (default "" .Values.config.dmaapDrDb.userCredentialsExternalSecret) . }}'
     login: '{{ .Values.config.dmaapDrDb.userName }}'
@@ -69,10 +69,6 @@
   accessMode: ReadWriteOnce
   mountPath: /dockerdata-nfs
 
-  aafCredsMountSubPath: data-router/dr-prov/aaf-props
-  aafCredsSize: 10M
-  aafCredsPath: /opt/app/osaaf/local
-
 ingress:
   enabled: false
   service:
@@ -111,7 +107,7 @@
   nameOverride: dmaap-dr-db
   replicaCount: 2
   config:
-    userCredentialsExternalSecret: '{{ include "common.release" . }}-dmaap-dr-db-user-secret'
+    userCredentialsExternalSecret: *dbSecretName
     mysqlDatabase: datarouter
   service:
     name: dmaap-dr-db-svc
@@ -121,15 +117,22 @@
     size: 1Gi
     mountSubPath: data-router/dr-db-data
 
-#AAF local config
-aafConfig:
+#################################################################
+# AAF part
+#################################################################
+certInitializer:
+  nameOverride: dmaap-dr-prov-cert-initializer
   aafDeployFqi: deployer@people.osaaf.org
   aafDeployPass: demo123456!
+# aafDeployCredsExternalSecret: some secret
   fqdn: dmaap-dr-prov
   fqi: dmaap-dr-prov@dmaap-dr.onap.org
   publicFqdn: dmaap-dr.onap.org
   cadiLatitude: 0.0
   cadiLongitude: 0.0
+  app_ns: org.osaaf.aaf
+  credsPath: /opt/app/osaaf/local
+
 
 # Resource Limit flavor -By Default using small
 flavor: small