diff --git a/pkg/msgbus/connection.go b/pkg/msgbus/connection.go
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2020-present Open Networking Foundation
+ *
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+// Package msgbus holds messagebus related util functions
+package msgbus
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"errors"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/opencord/device-management-interface/go/dmi"
+
+	"github.com/Shopify/sarama"
+	"github.com/opencord/opendevice-manager/pkg/config"
+
+	"github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/v4/pkg/log"
+)
+
+var kafkaProducer sarama.SyncProducer
+
+// logger represents the log object
+var logger log.CLogger
+
+// init function for the package
+func init() {
+	logger = config.Initlog()
+}
+
+// InitMsgbusProducer initialises producer for kafka msgbus
+func InitMsgbusProducer(ctx context.Context) error {
+	cf := config.NewCoreFlags()
+	saramaConfig := sarama.NewConfig()
+	saramaConfig.Producer.Retry.Max = 6
+	saramaConfig.Producer.Retry.Backoff = time.Millisecond * 30
+	saramaConfig.Producer.Return.Successes = true
+	saramaConfig.Producer.Return.Errors = true
+
+	// The level of acknowledgement reliability needed from the broker.
+	saramaConfig.Producer.RequiredAcks = sarama.WaitForAll
+	brokers := []string{cf.MsgbusEndPoint}
+	producer, err := sarama.NewSyncProducer(brokers, saramaConfig)
+
+	if err != nil {
+		logger.Errorw(ctx, "Failed-creating-kafka-producer", log.Fields{"error": err, "sarama-config": saramaConfig})
+		return err
+	}
+
+	kafkaProducer = producer
+	logger.Infow(ctx, "creating-kafka-producer-successful", log.Fields{"sarama-config": saramaConfig})
+	return nil
+}
+
+// SendEvent sends events over kafka bus
+func SendEvent(ctx context.Context, event *dmi.Event) error {
+	e, err := json.Marshal(event)
+	if err != nil {
+		logger.Errorw(ctx, "marshal-event-failed", log.Fields{"event": event})
+		return err
+	}
+	logger.Infow(ctx, "sending-event", log.Fields{"event": event})
+	return sendMsg(ctx, string(e), config.OpenDevMgrEventsTopic, event.EventId.String())
+}
+
+// SendMetric sends metrics over kafka bus
+func SendMetric(ctx context.Context, metric *dmi.Metric) error {
+	e, err := json.Marshal(metric)
+	if err != nil {
+		logger.Errorw(ctx, "marshal-metrics-failed", log.Fields{"metrics": metric})
+		return err
+	}
+	logger.Infow(ctx, "sending-metric", log.Fields{"metrics": metric})
+	return sendMsg(ctx, string(e), config.OpenDevMgrMetricsTopic, metric.MetricId.String())
+}
+
+// SendMsg function will help to publish the message to msgbus/kafka
+func sendMsg(ctx context.Context, msg, topic, key string) error {
+	if kafkaProducer != nil {
+		logger.Debugw(ctx, "sending-message", log.Fields{"msg": msg})
+		msg := &sarama.ProducerMessage{
+			Topic: topic,
+			Key:   sarama.StringEncoder(key),
+			Value: sarama.StringEncoder(msg),
+		}
+
+		partition, offset, err := kafkaProducer.SendMessage(msg)
+		logger.Debugw(ctx, "kafka-msg-sent-info", log.Fields{"msg": msg, "partition": partition, "offset": offset, "error": err})
+		return err
+	}
+	logger.Errorw(ctx, "kafka-producer-not-found", log.Fields{"msg": msg, "topic": topic, "key": key})
+	return errors.New("kafka producer not found")
+}
+
+// Close close the msgbus connection
+func Close(ctx context.Context) {
+	if kafkaProducer != nil {
+		reason := "pod exited"
+		logger.Warnw(ctx, "Exiting-msg-bus", log.Fields{"reason": reason})
+		kafkaProducer.Close()
+	}
+}