diff --git a/kubernetes/sdc/components/sdc-wfd-be/Chart.yaml b/kubernetes/sdc/components/sdc-wfd-be/Chart.yaml
index 51e84a6..55b79aa 100644
--- a/kubernetes/sdc/components/sdc-wfd-be/Chart.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/sdc/components/sdc-wfd-be/Chart.yaml
@@ -20,9 +20,6 @@
 version: 12.0.0
 
 dependencies:
-  - name: certInitializer
-    version: ~12.x-0
-    repository: '@local'
   - name: repositoryGenerator
     version: ~12.x-0
     repository: '@local'
diff --git a/kubernetes/sdc/components/sdc-wfd-be/templates/deployment.yaml b/kubernetes/sdc/components/sdc-wfd-be/templates/deployment.yaml
index a187e19..da62035 100644
--- a/kubernetes/sdc/components/sdc-wfd-be/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/sdc/components/sdc-wfd-be/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {{/*
 # Copyright © 2017 Amdocs, AT&T, Bell Canada
 # Modifications Copyright © 2018  ZTE
+# Modifications Copyright © 2023 Deutsche Telekom
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -17,26 +18,14 @@
 
 apiVersion: apps/v1
 kind: Deployment
-metadata:
-  name: {{ include "common.fullname" . }}
-  namespace: {{ include "common.namespace" . }}
-  labels:
-    app: {{ include "common.name" . }}
-    chart: {{ .Chart.Name }}-{{ .Chart.Version | replace "+" "_" }}
-    release: {{ include "common.release" . }}
-    heritage: {{ .Release.Service }}
+metadata: {{- include "common.resourceMetadata" . | nindent 2 }}
 spec:
-  selector:
-    matchLabels:
-      app: {{ include "common.name" . }}
+  selector: {{- include "common.selectors" . | nindent 4 }}
   replicas: {{ .Values.replicaCount }}
   template:
-    metadata:
-      labels:
-        app: {{ include "common.name" . }}
-        release: {{ include "common.release" . }}
+    metadata: {{- include "common.templateMetadata" . | nindent 6 }}
     spec:
-      initContainers: {{ include "common.certInitializer.initContainer" . | nindent 6 }}
+      initContainers:
       {{- if .Values.initJob.enabled }}
       - name: {{ include "common.name" . }}-job-completion
         image: {{ include "repositoryGenerator.image.readiness" . }}
@@ -45,7 +34,7 @@
         - /app/ready.py
         args:
         - --job-name
-        - {{ include "common.fullname" . }}-workflow-init
+        - {{ include "common.fullname" . }}
         env:
         - name: NAMESPACE
           valueFrom:
@@ -64,28 +53,13 @@
         - name: {{ include "common.name" . }}
           image: {{ include "repositoryGenerator.repository" . }}/{{ .Values.image }}
           imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.global.pullPolicy | default .Values.pullPolicy }}
-          {{- if .Values.global.aafEnabled }}
-          command:
-          - sh
-          args:
-          - "-c"
-          - |
-            export $(grep '^c' {{ .Values.certInitializer.credsPath }}/mycreds.prop | xargs -0)
-            export SERVER_SSL_KEY_PASSWORD=$cadi_keystore_password_p12
-            export KEYMANAGER_PASS=$cadi_keystore_password_p12
-            export SERVER_SSL_TRUST_PASSWORD=$cadi_truststore_password
-            export SERVER_SSL_KEYSTORE_PATH={{ .Values.certInitializer.credsPath }}/{{ .Values.certInitializer.keystoreFile }}
-            export SERVER_SSL_TRUSTSTORE_PATH={{ .Values.certInitializer.credsPath }}/{{ .Values.certInitializer.truststoreFile }}
-            ./startup.sh
-          {{- end }}
-          ports:
-          - containerPort: {{ (eq "true" (include "common.needTLS" .)) | ternary .Values.service.internalPort2 .Values.service.internalPort }}
+          ports: {{ include "common.containerPorts" . | nindent 12  }}
           # disable liveness probe when breakpoints set in debugger
           # so K8s doesn't restart unresponsive container
           {{ if .Values.liveness.enabled }}
           livenessProbe:
             tcpSocket:
-              port: {{ (eq "true" (include "common.needTLS" .)) | ternary .Values.service.internalPort2 .Values.service.internalPort }}
+              port: {{ .Values.service.internalPort }}
             initialDelaySeconds: {{ .Values.liveness.initialDelaySeconds }}
             periodSeconds: {{ .Values.liveness.periodSeconds }}
             successThreshold: {{ .Values.liveness.successThreshold }}
@@ -93,14 +67,14 @@
           {{ end }}
           readinessProbe:
             tcpSocket:
-              port: {{ (eq "true" (include "common.needTLS" .)) | ternary .Values.service.internalPort2 .Values.service.internalPort }}
+              port: {{ .Values.service.internalPort }}
             initialDelaySeconds: {{ .Values.readiness.initialDelaySeconds }}
             periodSeconds: {{ .Values.readiness.periodSeconds }}
             successThreshold: {{ .Values.readiness.successThreshold }}
             failureThreshold: {{ .Values.readiness.failureThreshold }}
           startupProbe:
             tcpSocket:
-              port: {{ (eq "true" (include "common.needTLS" .)) | ternary .Values.service.internalPort2 .Values.service.internalPort }}
+              port: {{ .Values.service.internalPort }}
             initialDelaySeconds: {{ .Values.startup.initialDelaySeconds }}
             periodSeconds: {{ .Values.startup.periodSeconds }}
             successThreshold: {{ .Values.startup.successThreshold }}
@@ -128,28 +102,17 @@
             valueFrom:
               secretKeyRef: {name: {{ include "common.release" . }}-sdc-cs-secrets, key: cs_truststore_password}
           - name: SDC_PROTOCOL
-            value: "{{ (eq "true" (include "common.needTLS" .)) | ternary "HTTPS" "HTTP" }}"
+            value: "HTTP"
           - name: SDC_ENDPOINT
-            value: "{{ (eq "true" (include "common.needTLS" .)) | ternary .Values.config.sdcEndpoint.https .Values.config.sdcEndpoint.http }}"
+            value: "{{ .Values.config.sdcEndpoint.http }}"
           - name: SDC_USER
             value: "{{ .Values.config.sdcExternalUser }}"
           - name: SDC_PASSWORD
             valueFrom:
               secretKeyRef: {name: {{ include "common.release" . }}-sdc-cs-secrets, key: wf_external_user_password}
-          {{- if (include "common.needTLS" .) }}
-          - name: SERVER_SSL_ENABLED
-            value: "true"
-          - name: SERVER_SSL_KEYSTORE_TYPE
-            value: "{{ .Values.config.serverSSLKeyStoreType }}"
-          - name: SERVER_SSL_TRUSTSTORE_TYPE
-            value: "{{ .Values.config.serverSSLTrustStoreType }}"
-          {{- else }}
           - name: SERVER_SSL_ENABLED
             value: "false"
-          {{- end }}
-          volumeMounts: {{ include "common.certInitializer.volumeMount" . | nindent 10 }}
           resources: {{ include "common.resources" . | nindent 12 }}
       serviceAccountName: {{ include "common.fullname" (dict "suffix" "read" "dot" . )}}
-      volumes: {{ include "common.certInitializer.volumes" . | nindent 8 }}
       imagePullSecrets:
       - name: "{{ include "common.namespace" . }}-docker-registry-key"
diff --git a/kubernetes/sdc/components/sdc-wfd-be/templates/ingress.yaml b/kubernetes/sdc/components/sdc-wfd-be/templates/ingress.yaml
index 171442d..e9e5fcf 100644
--- a/kubernetes/sdc/components/sdc-wfd-be/templates/ingress.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/sdc/components/sdc-wfd-be/templates/ingress.yaml
@@ -1 +1,18 @@
+{{/*
+# Copyright © 2017 Amdocs, Bell Canada
+# Modifications Copyright © 2023 Deutsche Telekom
+#
+# 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.ingress" .}}
diff --git a/kubernetes/sdc/components/sdc-wfd-be/templates/job.yaml b/kubernetes/sdc/components/sdc-wfd-be/templates/job.yaml
index 4184063..9ba05b8 100644
--- a/kubernetes/sdc/components/sdc-wfd-be/templates/job.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/sdc/components/sdc-wfd-be/templates/job.yaml
@@ -18,14 +18,7 @@
 {{ if .Values.initJob.enabled }}
 apiVersion: batch/v1
 kind: Job
-metadata:
-  name: {{ include "common.fullname" . }}-workflow-init
-  namespace: {{ include "common.namespace" . }}
-  labels:
-    app: {{ include "common.name" . }}-job
-    chart: {{ .Chart.Name }}-{{ .Chart.Version | replace "+" "_" }}
-    release: {{ include "common.release" . }}
-    heritage: {{ .Release.Service }}
+metadata: {{- include "common.resourceMetadata" . | nindent 2 }}
 spec:
   backoffLimit: 20
   template:
@@ -43,7 +36,7 @@
           - /app/ready.py
           args:
           - --job-name
-          - {{ include "common.release" . }}-sdc-cs-config-cassandra
+          - {{ include "common.release" . }}-sdc-cs
           - "-t"
           - "20"
           env:
diff --git a/kubernetes/sdc/components/sdc-wfd-be/templates/service.yaml b/kubernetes/sdc/components/sdc-wfd-be/templates/service.yaml
index 2f4129b..895eac1 100644
--- a/kubernetes/sdc/components/sdc-wfd-be/templates/service.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/sdc/components/sdc-wfd-be/templates/service.yaml
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 # Copyright © 2018 Amdocs, Bell Canada
 # Copyright © 2017 Amdocs, Bell Canada
 # Modifications Copyright © 2018 AT&T, ZTE
+# Modifications Copyright © 2023 Deutsche Telekom
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -16,28 +17,4 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 */}}
 
-apiVersion: v1
-kind: Service
-metadata:
-  name: {{ include "common.servicename" . }}
-  namespace: {{ include "common.namespace" . }}
-  labels:
-    app: {{ include "common.name" . }}
-    chart: {{ .Chart.Name }}-{{ .Chart.Version | replace "+" "_" }}
-    release: {{ include "common.release" . }}
-    heritage: {{ .Release.Service }}
-spec:
-  type: {{ .Values.service.type }}
-  ports:
-    {{if eq .Values.service.type "NodePort" -}}
-    - port: {{ (eq "true" (include "common.needTLS" .)) | ternary .Values.service.internalPort2 .Values.service.internalPort }}
-      nodePort: {{ .Values.global.nodePortPrefix | default .Values.nodePortPrefix }}{{ .Values.service.nodePort }}
-      name: {{ .Values.service.portName }}{{ (eq "true" (include "common.needTLS" .)) | ternary "s" "" }}
-    {{- else -}}
-    - port: {{ (eq "true" (include "common.needTLS" .)) | ternary .Values.service.externalPort2 .Values.service.externalPort }}
-      targetPort: {{ (eq "true" (include "common.needTLS" .)) | ternary .Values.service.internalPort2 .Values.service.internalPort }}
-      name: {{ .Values.service.portName }}{{ (eq "true" (include "common.needTLS" .)) | ternary "s" "" }}
-    {{- end}}
-  selector:
-    app: {{ include "common.name" . }}
-    release: {{ include "common.release" . }}
+{{ include "common.service" . }}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/kubernetes/sdc/components/sdc-wfd-be/values.yaml b/kubernetes/sdc/components/sdc-wfd-be/values.yaml
index 8e49169..b011a03 100644
--- a/kubernetes/sdc/components/sdc-wfd-be/values.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/sdc/components/sdc-wfd-be/values.yaml
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 #################################################################
 global:
   nodePortPrefix: 302
-  aafEnabled: true
   sdc_cassandra:
     # This flag allows SDC to instantiate its own cluster, serviceName
     # should be sdc-cs if this flag is enabled
@@ -33,29 +32,6 @@
     dataCenter: Pod
 
 #################################################################
-# AAF Part
-#################################################################
-certInitializer:
-  nameOverride: sdc-wfd-be-cert-init
-  aafDeployFqi: deployer@people.osaaf.org
-  aafDeployPass: demo123456!
-  fqdn: sdc
-  fqi: sdc@sdc.onap.org
-  public_fqdn: sdc.onap.org
-  cadi_longitude: "0.0"
-  cadi_latitude: "0.0"
-  app_ns: org.osaaf.aaf
-  credsPath: /opt/app/osaaf/local
-  addconfig: true
-  keystoreFile: "org.onap.sdc.p12"
-  truststoreFile: "org.onap.sdc.trust.jks"
-  permission_user: 352070
-  permission_group: 35953
-  aaf_add_config: |
-    echo "cadi_keystore_password_p12=$cadi_keystore_password_p12" > {{ .Values.credsPath }}/mycreds.prop
-    echo "cadi_truststore_password=$cadi_truststore_password" >> {{ .Values.credsPath }}/mycreds.prop
-
-#################################################################
 # Application configuration defaults.
 #################################################################
 # application image
@@ -71,7 +47,6 @@
   cassandraAuthenticationEnabled: true
   cassandraClientPort: 9042
   sdcEndpoint:
-    https: sdc-be:8443
     http: sdc-be:8080
   sdcExternalUser: workflow
   serverSSLKeyStoreType: jks
@@ -126,20 +101,18 @@
 
 service:
   type: NodePort
-  portName: http
   internalPort: 8080
-  externalPort: 8080
-  internalPort2: 8443
-  externalPort2: 8443
-  nodePort: "57" # only one node port. set to http or https port depending on isHttpsEnabled property
+  ports:
+    - name: http
+      port: 8080
+      nodePort: "57"
 
 ingress:
   enabled: false
   service:
     - baseaddr: "sdc-wfd-be-api"
       name: "sdc-wfd-be"
-      port: 8443
-      plain_port: 8080
+      port: 8080
   config:
     ssl: "redirect"