diff --git a/kubernetes/dmaap/components/message-router/templates/statefulset.yaml b/kubernetes/dmaap/components/message-router/templates/statefulset.yaml
index 9bad341..f0832ad 100644
--- a/kubernetes/dmaap/components/message-router/templates/statefulset.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/dmaap/components/message-router/templates/statefulset.yaml
@@ -103,13 +103,25 @@
             initialDelaySeconds: {{ .Values.liveness.initialDelaySeconds }}
             periodSeconds: {{ .Values.liveness.periodSeconds }}
             timeoutSeconds: {{ .Values.liveness.timeoutSeconds }}
-          {{ end -}}
+            successThreshold: {{ .Values.liveness.successThreshold }}
+            failureThreshold: {{ .Values.liveness.failureThreshold }}
+          {{ end }}
           readinessProbe:
             tcpSocket:
               port: {{ .Values.readiness.port }}
             initialDelaySeconds: {{ .Values.readiness.initialDelaySeconds }}
             periodSeconds: {{ .Values.readiness.periodSeconds }}
             timeoutSeconds: {{ .Values.readiness.timeoutSeconds }}
+            successThreshold: {{ .Values.readiness.successThreshold }}
+            failureThreshold: {{ .Values.readiness.failureThreshold }}
+          startupProbe:
+            tcpSocket:
+                port: {{ .Values.startup.port }}
+            initialDelaySeconds: {{ .Values.startup.initialDelaySeconds }}
+            periodSeconds: {{ .Values.startup.periodSeconds }}
+            timeoutSeconds: {{ .Values.startup.timeoutSeconds }}
+            successThreshold: {{ .Values.startup.successThreshold }}
+            failureThreshold: {{ .Values.startup.failureThreshold }}
           env:
           - name: enableCadi
             value: "{{ .Values.global.aafEnabled }}"
diff --git a/kubernetes/dmaap/components/message-router/values.yaml b/kubernetes/dmaap/components/message-router/values.yaml
index 44697d7..7aa3176 100644
--- a/kubernetes/dmaap/components/message-router/values.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/dmaap/components/message-router/values.yaml
@@ -85,18 +85,30 @@
 
 # probe configuration parameters
 liveness:
-  initialDelaySeconds: 70
+  initialDelaySeconds: 10
   periodSeconds: 10
   timeoutSeconds: 1
+  successThreshold: 1
+  failureThreshold: 3
   # necessary to disable liveness probe when setting breakpoints
   # in debugger so K8s doesn't restart unresponsive container
   port: api
   enabled: true
 
 readiness:
-  initialDelaySeconds: 70
+  initialDelaySeconds: 10
   periodSeconds: 10
   timeoutSeconds: 1
+  successThreshold: 1
+  failureThreshold: 3
+  port: api
+
+startup:
+  initialDelaySeconds: 10
+  periodSeconds: 10
+  timeoutSeconds: 1
+  successThreshold: 1
+  failureThreshold: 70
   port: api
 
 service:
diff --git a/kubernetes/onap/resources/overrides/environment.yaml b/kubernetes/onap/resources/overrides/environment.yaml
index 278a2da..50703fb 100644
--- a/kubernetes/onap/resources/overrides/environment.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/onap/resources/overrides/environment.yaml
@@ -82,10 +82,10 @@
       periodSeconds: 60
 cassandra:
   liveness:
-    initialDelaySeconds: 120
+    timeoutSeconds: 30
     periodSeconds: 120
   readiness:
-    initialDelaySeconds: 120
+    timeoutSeconds: 30
     periodSeconds: 60
 clamp:
   liveness:
@@ -120,11 +120,6 @@
       initialDelaySeconds: 120
     readiness:
       initialDelaySeconds: 120
-  message-router:
-    liveness:
-      initialDelaySeconds: 120
-    readiness:
-      initialDelaySeconds: 120
   dmaap-dr-prov:
     liveness:
       initialDelaySeconds: 120
diff --git a/kubernetes/sdc/components/sdc-be/templates/deployment.yaml b/kubernetes/sdc/components/sdc-be/templates/deployment.yaml
index 2eb1aba..5a5fcd6 100644
--- a/kubernetes/sdc/components/sdc-be/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/sdc/components/sdc-be/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@
         args:
         - --container-name
         - "sdc-onboarding-be"
+        - --container-name
+        - "message-router"
         env:
         - name: NAMESPACE
           valueFrom: