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+#
+# Copyright (c) 2022, Oracle and/or its affiliates. 
+# Licensed under the Universal Permissive License v 1.0 as shown at http://oss.oracle.com/licenses/upl.
+#
+---
+apiVersion: database.oracle.com/v1alpha1
+kind: ShardingDatabase
+metadata:
+  name: shardingdatabase-sample
+  namespace: shns
+spec:
+ shard:
+    - name: shard1
+      storageSizeInGb: 50
+      imagePullPolicy: "Always"
+      shardGroup: shardgroup1
+      shardRegion: primary
+    - name: shard2
+      storageSizeInGb: 50
+      imagePullPolicy: "Always"
+      shardGroup: shardgroup1
+      shardRegion: primary
+    - name: shard3
+      storageSizeInGb: 50
+      imagePullPolicy: "Always"
+      shardGroup: shardgroup1
+      shardRegion: primary
+ catalog:
+    - name: catalog
+      storageSizeInGb: 50
+      imagePullPolicy: "Always"
+      envVars:
+        - name:  "CATALOG_CHUNKS"
+          value: "120"
+ gsm:
+    - name: gsm1
+      imagePullPolicy: "Always"
+      storageSizeInGb: 50
+      region: primary
+    - name: gsm2
+      imagePullPolicy: "Always"
+      storageSizeInGb: 50
+      region: standby
+ storageClass: oci
+ dbImage: container-registry.oracle.com/database/enterprise:latest
+ dbImagePullSecret: ocr-reg-cred
+ gsmImage: container-registry.oracle.com/database/gsm:latest
+ gsmImagePullSecret: ocr-reg-cred
+ isExternalSvc: False
+ isDeleteOraPvc: True
+ dbSecret:
+   name: db-user-pass-rsa
+   pwdFileName: pwdfile.enc
+   keyFileName: key.pem
+ gsmService:
+   - name: oltp_rw_svc
+     role: primary
+   - name: oltp_ro_svc
+     role: primary
+ namespace: shns