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+# Copyright © 2017 Amdocs, Bell Canada
+#
+# 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.
+
+apiVersion: extensions/v1beta1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  name: {{ include "common.fullname" . }}
+  namespace: {{ include "common.namespace" . }}
+  labels:
+    app: {{ include "common.name" . }}
+    chart: {{ .Chart.Name }}-{{ .Chart.Version | replace "+" "_" }}
+    release: {{ .Release.Name }}
+    heritage: {{ .Release.Service }}
+spec:
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app: {{ include "common.name" . }}
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        app: {{ include "common.name" . }}
+        release: {{ .Release.Name }}
+      name: {{ include "common.name" . }}
+    spec:
+      initContainers:
+      - command:
+        - /root/ready.py
+        args:
+        - --container-name
+        - "{{ index .Values "vnfsdk-postgres" "nameOverride" }}"
+        env:
+        - name: NAMESPACE
+          valueFrom:
+            fieldRef:
+              apiVersion: v1
+              fieldPath: metadata.namespace
+        image: "{{ .Values.global.readinessRepository }}/{{ .Values.global.readinessImage }}"
+        imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.global.pullPolicy}}
+        name: {{ include "common.name" . }}-readiness
+      containers:
+      - image: "{{ include "common.repository" . }}/{{ .Values.image }}"
+        imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.pullPolicy | default .Values.global.pullPolicy }}
+        name: {{ include "common.name" . }}
+        readinessProbe:
+          tcpSocket:
+            port: {{ .Values.service.internalPort }}
+          initialDelaySeconds: {{ .Values.readiness.initialDelaySeconds }}
+          periodSeconds: {{ .Values.readiness.periodSeconds }}
+      imagePullSecrets:
+      - name: "{{ include "common.namespace" . }}-docker-registry-key"