diff --git a/internal/pkg/afrouterd/k8s.go b/internal/pkg/afrouterd/k8s.go
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2018-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 afrouterd
+
+import (
+	"github.com/opencord/voltha-go/common/log"
+	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
+	"k8s.io/client-go/rest"
+	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/clientcmd"
+)
+
+func K8sClientSet() *kubernetes.Clientset {
+	var config *rest.Config
+	if k8sApiServer != "" || k8sKubeConfigPath != "" {
+		// use combination of URL & local kube-config file
+		c, err := clientcmd.BuildConfigFromFlags(k8sApiServer, k8sKubeConfigPath)
+		if err != nil {
+			panic(err)
+		}
+		config = c
+	} else {
+		// use in-cluster config
+		c, err := rest.InClusterConfig()
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Errorf("Unable to load in-cluster config.  Try setting K8S_API_SERVER and K8S_KUBE_CONFIG_PATH?")
+			panic(err)
+		}
+		config = c
+	}
+	// creates the clientset
+	clientset, err := kubernetes.NewForConfig(config)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+
+	return clientset
+}