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+#!/bin/sh -x
+
+# Copyright (c) 2021 AT&T. All rights reserved.
+#
+# 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.
+
+# Pre-requisite
+# 1. Chart packages available under local directory provided as input/argument
+# 2. helm client installed with push plugin
+# 3. ONAP chartmuseum service deployed
+
+usage()
+{
+    echo "Chart Base directory must be provided as input!!"
+    echo "Usage: registry-initialize.sh  -d chartdirectory \
+<-n namespace override> <-r helmrelease override>"
+    exit 1
+}
+
+if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then
+    usage
+fi
+
+# defaults
+NAMESPACE=onap
+RLS_NAME=onap
+LOGIN=""
+PASSWORD=""
+
+while getopts ":d:n:r:" opt; do
+    case $opt in
+        d) BASEDIR="$OPTARG"
+        ;;
+        n) NAMESPACE="$OPTARG"
+        ;;
+        r) RLS_NAME="$OPTARG"
+        ;;
+        \?) echo "Invalid option -$OPTARG" >&2
+        usage
+        ;;
+   esac
+done
+
+if [ -z "$BASEDIR" ]; then
+    exit "Chart base directory provided $BASEDIR is empty"
+fi
+
+if [ "$(find $BASEDIR -maxdepth 1 -name '*tgz' -print -quit)" ]; then
+    echo "$BASEDIR valid"
+else
+    exit "No chart package on $BASEDIR provided"
+fi
+
+LOGIN=$(kubectl -n "$NAMESPACE" get secret \
+ "${RLS_NAME}-chartmuseum-registrycred" \
+ -o jsonpath='{.data.login}' | base64 -d)
+
+PASSWORD=$(kubectl -n "$NAMESPACE" get secret \
+ "${RLS_NAME}-chartmuseum-registrycred" \
+ -o jsonpath='{.data.password}' | base64 -d)
+
+if [ -z "$LOGIN" ] || [ -z "$PASSWORD" ]; then
+    echo "Login/Password credential for target registry cannot be retrieved"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Expose cluster port via port-forwarding
+kubectl -n $NAMESPACE port-forward service/chart-museum 27017:80 &
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+    echo "Error in portforwarding; registry cannot be added!!"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+sleep 5
+
+# Add chartmuseum repo as helm repo
+# Credentials should match config defined in
+# oom\kubernetes\platform\components\chartmuseum\values.yaml
+helm repo add k8s-registry http://127.0.0.1:27017 --username "$LOGIN" \
+ --password "$PASSWORD"
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+    echo "registry cannot be added!!"
+    pkill -f "port-forward service/chart-museum"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Initial scope is pushing only dcae charts
+# can be expanded to include all onap charts if required
+for file in $BASEDIR/dcae*tgz; do
+    # use helm plugin to push charts
+    helm push $file k8s-registry
+    if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+        echo "$file uploaded to registry successfully"
+    else
+        echo "registry upload failed!!"
+        pkill -f "port-forward service/chart-museum"
+        helm repo remove k8s-registry
+        exit 1
+    fi
+done
+
+echo "All Helm charts successfully uploaded into internal repository"
+
+# Remove the port-forwarding process
+pkill -f "port-forward service/chart-museum"
+
+# Remove helm registry from local
+helm repo remove k8s-registry