diff --git a/internal/pkg/apis/config/v1/defaults.go b/internal/pkg/apis/config/v1/defaults.go
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2021-present Ciena Corporation
+ *
+ * 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 config
+
+import (
+	"time"
+)
+
+func NewDefaultConfig() *GlobalConfigSpec {
+	return &GlobalConfigSpec{
+		Server:  "localhost:55555",
+		Kafka:   "localhost:9092",
+		KvStore: "localhost:2379",
+		Tls: TlsConfigSpec{
+			UseTls: false,
+			CACert: "",
+			Cert:   "",
+			Key:    "",
+			Verify: "",
+		},
+		Grpc: GrpcConfigSpec{
+			Timeout:            5 * time.Minute,
+			MaxCallRecvMsgSize: "4MB",
+		},
+		KvStoreConfig: KvStoreConfigSpec{
+			Timeout: 5 * time.Second,
+		},
+		K8sConfig: "",
+	}
+}