diff --git a/kubernetes/dcaegen2/charts/dcae-cloudify-manager/templates/configmap.yaml b/kubernetes/dcaegen2/charts/dcae-cloudify-manager/templates/configmap.yaml
index 97728fa..b8dadaa 100644
--- a/kubernetes/dcaegen2/charts/dcae-cloudify-manager/templates/configmap.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/dcaegen2/charts/dcae-cloudify-manager/templates/configmap.yaml
@@ -31,6 +31,12 @@
   namespace: {{include "common.namespace" . }}
 data:
 {{ tpl (.Files.Glob "resources/config/log/*").AsConfig . | indent 2 }}
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ConfigMap
+metadata:
+  name: {{ .Values.multisiteConfigMapName }}
+  namespace: {{include "common.namespace" . }}
 {{ if .Values.dcae_ns }}
 ---
 apiVersion: v1
diff --git a/kubernetes/dcaegen2/charts/dcae-cloudify-manager/templates/deployment.yaml b/kubernetes/dcaegen2/charts/dcae-cloudify-manager/templates/deployment.yaml
index 62eeb45..d6c58cd 100644
--- a/kubernetes/dcaegen2/charts/dcae-cloudify-manager/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/dcaegen2/charts/dcae-cloudify-manager/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -34,6 +34,16 @@
         app: {{ include "common.name" . }}
         release: {{ .Release.Name }}
     spec:
+      initContainers:
+      - name: {{ include "common.name" . }}-multisite-init
+        image: {{ include "common.repository" . }}/{{ .Values.multisiteInitImage }}
+        imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.global.pullPolicy | default .Values.pullPolicy }}
+        args:
+          - --namespace
+          - {{ include "common.namespace" . }}
+          - --configmap
+          - {{ .Values.multisiteConfigMapName }}
+        restartPolicy: Never
       containers:
         - name: {{ include "common.name" . }}
           image: "{{ include "common.repository" . }}/{{ .Values.image }}"
@@ -50,10 +60,11 @@
               port: {{ .Values.service.internalPort }}
             initialDelaySeconds: {{ .Values.liveness.initialDelaySeconds }}
             periodSeconds: {{ .Values.liveness.periodSeconds }}
-          {{ end -}}
+          {{ end }}
           readinessProbe:
-            tcpSocket:
-              port: {{ .Values.service.internalPort }}
+            exec:
+              command:
+              - /scripts/readiness-check.sh
             initialDelaySeconds: {{ .Values.readiness.initialDelaySeconds }}
             periodSeconds: {{ .Values.readiness.periodSeconds }}
           volumeMounts:
@@ -61,6 +72,9 @@
             subPath: config.txt
             name: {{ include "common.fullname" .}}-config
             readOnly: true
+          - mountPath: /opt/onap/kube
+            name: {{ include "common.fullname" .}}-kubeconfig
+            readOnly: true
           - mountPath: /secret
             name: dcae-token
             readOnly: true
@@ -78,6 +92,9 @@
         - name: {{ include "common.fullname" . }}-config
           configMap:
             name: {{ include "common.fullname" . }}-configmap
+        - name: {{ include "common.fullname" .}}-kubeconfig
+          configMap:
+            name: {{ .Values.multisiteConfigMapName }}
         - name: dcae-token
           secret:
             secretName: dcae-token
diff --git a/kubernetes/dcaegen2/charts/dcae-cloudify-manager/values.yaml b/kubernetes/dcaegen2/charts/dcae-cloudify-manager/values.yaml
index 3995bc6..8ecf448 100644
--- a/kubernetes/dcaegen2/charts/dcae-cloudify-manager/values.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/dcaegen2/charts/dcae-cloudify-manager/values.yaml
@@ -44,9 +44,15 @@
 #################################################################
 # application image
 repository: nexus3.onap.org:10001
-image: onap/org.onap.dcaegen2.deployments.cm-container:1.5.2-STAGING-latest
+image: onap/org.onap.dcaegen2.deployments.cm-container:1.6.1-STAGING-latest
 pullPolicy: Always
 
+# name of shared ConfigMap with kubeconfig for multiple clusters
+multisiteConfigMapName: multisite-kubeconfig-configmap
+
+# image for init container to initialize shared ConfigMap
+multisiteInitImage: onap/org.onap.dcaegen2.deployments.multisite-init-container:1.0.0-STAGING-latest
+
 # probe configuration parameters
 liveness:
   initialDelaySeconds: 10