diff --git a/kubernetes/so/charts/so-ve-vnfm-adapter/templates/deployment.yaml b/kubernetes/so/charts/so-ve-vnfm-adapter/templates/deployment.yaml
index 03b3441..380b52f 100755
--- a/kubernetes/so/charts/so-ve-vnfm-adapter/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/so/charts/so-ve-vnfm-adapter/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     metadata:
       labels: {{- include "common.labels" . | nindent 8 }}
     spec:
-      initContainers:
+      initContainers: {{ include "so.certificate.container_importer" . | nindent 8 }}
         - name: {{ include "common.name" . }}-readiness
           command:
             - /root/ready.py
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
           image: {{ include "common.repository" . }}/{{ .Values.image }}
           resources: {{ include "common.resources" . | nindent 12 }}
           imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.global.pullPolicy | default .Values.pullPolicy }}
-          volumeMounts:
+          volumeMounts: {{ include "so.certificate.volume-mounts" . | nindent 12 }}
             - name: logs
               mountPath: /app/logs
             - name: config
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
             successThreshold: {{ index .Values.livenessProbe.successThreshold}}
             failureThreshold: {{ index .Values.livenessProbe.failureThreshold}}
           ports: {{- include "common.containerPorts" . | nindent 10 }}
-      volumes:
+      volumes: {{ include "so.certificate.volumes" . | nindent 8 }}
         - name: logs
           emptyDir: {}
         - name: config
diff --git a/kubernetes/so/charts/so-ve-vnfm-adapter/templates/secret.yaml b/kubernetes/so/charts/so-ve-vnfm-adapter/templates/secret.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bd7eb8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kubernetes/so/charts/so-ve-vnfm-adapter/templates/secret.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# Copyright © 2020 Samsung Electronics
+#
+# 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.
+
+{{ include "common.secretFast" . }}
diff --git a/kubernetes/so/charts/so-ve-vnfm-adapter/values.yaml b/kubernetes/so/charts/so-ve-vnfm-adapter/values.yaml
index 5310600..1d9854c 100755
--- a/kubernetes/so/charts/so-ve-vnfm-adapter/values.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/so/charts/so-ve-vnfm-adapter/values.yaml
@@ -11,13 +11,32 @@
 # 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.
-
+#################################################################
+# Global configuration defaults.
+#################################################################
 global:
   repository: nexus3.onap.org:10001
   readinessRepository: oomk8s
   readinessImage: readiness-check:2.0.2
   persistence:
     mountPath: /dockerdata-nfs
+
+#################################################################
+# Secrets metaconfig
+#################################################################
+secrets:
+  - uid: "so-onap-certs"
+    externalSecret: '{{ tpl (default "" .Values.certSecret) . }}'
+    type: generic
+    filePaths: '{{ .Values.secretsFilePaths }}'
+
+#secretsFilePaths: |
+#  - 'my file 1'
+#  - '{{ include "templateThatGeneratesFileName" . }}'
+
+#################################################################
+# Application configuration defaults.
+#################################################################
 image: onap/so/ve-vnfm-adapter:1.6.0
 pullPolicy: Always
 replicaCount: 1