diff --git a/kubernetes/aaf/charts/aaf-cs/templates/deployment.yaml b/kubernetes/aaf/charts/aaf-cs/templates/deployment.yaml
index cfece70..e0d500c 100644
--- a/kubernetes/aaf/charts/aaf-cs/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/aaf/charts/aaf-cs/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -30,25 +30,31 @@
         app: {{ include "common.name" . }}
         release: {{ .Release.Name }}
     spec:
-      hostname: {{ include "common.name" . }}
       containers:
-      - args:
+      - name: {{ include "common.name" . }}
         image: "{{ include "common.repository" . }}/{{ .Values.image }}"
         imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.global.pullPolicy | default .Values.pullPolicy }}
-        name: {{ include "common.name" . }}
+        command: ["/bin/bash","/opt/app/aaf/cass_init/cmd.sh","onap"]
         ports:
         - containerPort: {{ .Values.service.externalPort }}
         - containerPort: {{ .Values.service.externalPort2 }}
         - containerPort: {{ .Values.service.externalPort3 }}
         - containerPort: {{ .Values.service.externalPort4 }}
+        env:
+        - name: CASSANDRA_CLUSTER_NAME
+          value: "osaaf"
+        - name: CASSANDRA_DC
+          value: "dc1"
+        - name: HEAP_NEWSIZE
+          value: "512M"
+        - name: MAX_HEAP_SIZE
+          value: "1024M"
         volumeMounts:
-        - mountPath: /data
-          name: aaf-cs-data
+        - mountPath: /var/lib/cassandra
+          name: cassandra-storage
         - mountPath: /etc/localtime
           name: localtime
           readOnly: true
-        # disable liveness probe when breakpoints set in debugger
-        # so K8s doesn't restart unresponsive container
         {{- if eq .Values.liveness.enabled true }}
         livenessProbe:
           tcpSocket:
@@ -57,25 +63,12 @@
           periodSeconds: {{ .Values.liveness.periodSeconds }}
         {{ end -}}
         readinessProbe:
-          tcpSocket:
-            port: {{ .Values.service.internalPort3 }}
+          exec:
+            command: ["/bin/bash","/opt/app/aaf/cass_init/cmd.sh","wait"]
           initialDelaySeconds: {{ .Values.readiness.initialDelaySeconds }}
           periodSeconds: {{ .Values.readiness.periodSeconds }}
-        lifecycle:
-          postStart:
-            exec:
-              command:
-              - /bin/sh
-              - -c
-              - >
-                /bin/sleep {{ .Values.readiness.initialDelaySeconds }};
-                cd /data/;
-                cqlsh -u root -p root -f keyspace.cql ;
-                cqlsh -u root -p root -f init.cql ;
-                cqlsh -u root -p root -f osaaf.cql ;
-                cqlsh -u root -p root -f temp_identity.cql
         resources:
-{{ include "common.resources" . | indent 12 }}
+{{ include "common.resources" . | indent 10 }}
       {{- if .Values.nodeSelector }}
       nodeSelector:
 {{ toYaml .Values.nodeSelector | indent 10 }}
@@ -85,11 +78,15 @@
 {{ toYaml .Values.affinity | indent 10 }}
       {{- end }}
       volumes:
-        - name: localtime
-          hostPath:
-            path: /etc/localtime
-        - name: aaf-cs-data
-          secret:
-            secretName: {{ include "common.fullname" . }}
+      - name: localtime
+        hostPath:
+          path: /etc/localtime
+      - name: cassandra-storage
+      {{- if .Values.persistence.enabled }}
+        persistentVolumeClaim:
+          claimName: {{ include "common.fullname" . }}
+      {{- else }}
+        emptyDir: {}
+      {{- end }}
       imagePullSecrets:
-      - name: "{{ include "common.namespace" . }}-docker-registry-key"
+      - name: "{{ include "common.namespace" . }}-docker-registry-key"
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diff --git a/kubernetes/aaf/charts/aaf-cs/templates/pv.yaml b/kubernetes/aaf/charts/aaf-cs/templates/pv.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4209179
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kubernetes/aaf/charts/aaf-cs/templates/pv.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+{{/*
+# 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.
+*/}}
+
+{{- if and .Values.global.persistence.enabled (not .Values.persistence.existingClaim) -}}
+kind: PersistentVolume
+apiVersion: v1
+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 }}"
+    name: {{ include "common.fullname" . }}
+spec:
+  capacity:
+    storage: {{ .Values.persistence.size}}
+  accessModes:
+    - {{ .Values.persistence.accessMode }}
+  persistentVolumeReclaimPolicy: {{ .Values.persistence.volumeReclaimPolicy }}
+  hostPath:
+    path: {{ .Values.global.persistence.mountPath | default .Values.persistence.mountPath }}/{{ .Release.Name }}/{{ .Values.persistence.mountSubPath }}
+{{- if .Values.persistence.storageClass }}
+{{- if (eq "-" .Values.persistence.storageClass) }}
+  storageClassName: ""
+{{- else }}
+  storageClassName: "{{ .Values.persistence.storageClass }}"
+{{- end }}
+{{- end }}
+{{- end -}}
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diff --git a/kubernetes/aaf/charts/aaf-cs/templates/pvc.yaml b/kubernetes/aaf/charts/aaf-cs/templates/pvc.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b102ffa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kubernetes/aaf/charts/aaf-cs/templates/pvc.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+{{/*
+# 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.
+*/}}
+
+{{- if and .Values.global.persistence.enabled (not .Values.persistence.existingClaim) -}}
+kind: PersistentVolumeClaim
+apiVersion: v1
+metadata:
+  name: {{ include "common.fullname" . }}
+  namespace: {{ include "common.namespace" . }}
+  labels:
+    app: {{ include "common.name" . }}
+    chart: "{{ .Chart.Name }}-{{ .Chart.Version }}"
+    release: "{{ .Release.Name }}"
+    heritage: "{{ .Release.Service }}"
+{{- if .Values.persistence.annotations }}
+  annotations:
+{{ toYaml .Values.persistence.annotations | indent 4 }}
+{{- end }}
+spec:
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app: {{ include "common.name" . }}
+  accessModes:
+    - {{ .Values.persistence.accessMode }}
+  resources:
+    requests:
+      storage: {{ .Values.persistence.size }}
+{{- if .Values.persistence.storageClass }}
+{{- if (eq "-" .Values.persistence.storageClass) }}
+  storageClassName: ""
+{{- else }}
+  storageClassName: "{{ .Values.persistence.storageClass }}"
+{{- end }}
+{{- end }}
+{{- end -}}
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diff --git a/kubernetes/aaf/charts/aaf-cs/templates/secret.yaml b/kubernetes/aaf/charts/aaf-cs/templates/secret.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 4ae60f1..0000000
--- a/kubernetes/aaf/charts/aaf-cs/templates/secret.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-# 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: v1
-kind: Secret
-metadata:
-  name: {{ include "common.fullname" . }}
-  namespace: {{ include "common.namespace" . }}
-type: Opaque
-data:
-{{ (.Files.Glob "resources/config/aaf-cs-data/*").AsSecrets | indent 2 }}