diff --git a/charts/avalanche/.helmignore b/charts/avalanche/.helmignore
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+++ b/charts/avalanche/.helmignore
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+# Patterns to ignore when building packages.
+# This supports shell glob matching, relative path matching, and
+# negation (prefixed with !). Only one pattern per line.
+.DS_Store
+# Common VCS dirs
+.git/
+.gitignore
+.bzr/
+.bzrignore
+.hg/
+.hgignore
+.svn/
+# Common backup files
+*.swp
+*.bak
+*.tmp
+*.orig
+*~
+# Various IDEs
+.project
+.idea/
+*.tmproj
+.vscode/
diff --git a/charts/avalanche/Chart.yaml b/charts/avalanche/Chart.yaml
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+++ b/charts/avalanche/Chart.yaml
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+apiVersion: v1
+description: Helm chart for avalanche node
+name: avalanche
+version: 0.0.1
+appVersion: master
+keywords:
+- Avalanche
+- validator
+- blockchain
+- AVAX
+home: https://www.avax.network
+sources:
+- https://github.com/ava-labs/avalanchego
+maintainers:
+  - name: Ivan Genev
diff --git a/charts/avalanche/README.md b/charts/avalanche/README.md
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+++ b/charts/avalanche/README.md
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+Avalanche
+=====
diff --git a/charts/avalanche/templates/NOTES.txt b/charts/avalanche/templates/NOTES.txt
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/charts/avalanche/templates/NOTES.txt
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+1. Get the application URL by running these commands:
+{{- if .Values.ingress.enabled }}
+{{- range $host := .Values.ingress.hosts }}
+  http{{ if $.Values.ingress.tls }}s{{ end }}://{{ $host }}{{ $.Values.ingress.path }}
+{{- end }}
+{{- else if contains "NodePort" .Values.service.type }}
+  export NODE_PORT=$(kubectl get --namespace {{ .Release.Namespace }} -o jsonpath="{.spec.ports[0].nodePort}" services {{ include "avalanche.fullname" . }})
+  export NODE_IP=$(kubectl get nodes --namespace {{ .Release.Namespace }} -o jsonpath="{.items[0].status.addresses[0].address}")
+  echo http://$NODE_IP:$NODE_PORT
+{{- else if contains "LoadBalancer" .Values.service.type }}
+     NOTE: It may take a few minutes for the LoadBalancer IP to be available.
+           You can watch the status of by running 'kubectl get --namespace {{ .Release.Namespace }} svc -w {{ include "avalanche.fullname" . }}'
+  export SERVICE_IP=$(kubectl get svc --namespace {{ .Release.Namespace }} {{ include "avalanche.fullname" . }} --template "{{"{{ range (index .status.loadBalancer.ingress 0) }}{{.}}{{ end }}"}}")
+  echo http://$SERVICE_IP:{{ .Values.service.http.port }}
+{{- else if contains "ClusterIP" .Values.service.type }}
+  export POD_NAME=$(kubectl get pods --namespace {{ .Release.Namespace }} -l "app.kubernetes.io/name={{ include "avalanche.name" . }},app.kubernetes.io/instance={{ .Release.Name }}" -o jsonpath="{.items[0].metadata.name}")
+  export CONTAINER_PORT=$(kubectl get pod --namespace {{ .Release.Namespace }} $POD_NAME -o jsonpath="{.spec.containers[0].ports[0].containerPort}")
+  echo "Visit http://127.0.0.1:8080 to use your application"
+  kubectl --namespace {{ .Release.Namespace }} port-forward $POD_NAME 8080:$CONTAINER_PORT
+{{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/avalanche/templates/_helper_nginx.conf b/charts/avalanche/templates/_helper_nginx.conf
new file mode 100644
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/avalanche/templates/_helper_nginx.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+upstream {{ template "avalanche.proxyname" . }} {
+  server   localhost:{{ .Values.service.http.port }};
+}
+
+{{- if .Values.proxy.logFormat }}
+  log_format rpc escape=none
+    {{- range .Values.proxy.logFormat }}
+    '{{ . }}'
+    {{- end }};
+{{- end }}
+
+server {
+  listen {{ .Values.proxy.port }};
+  location / {
+    proxy_pass http://{{ template `avalanche.proxyname` . }};
+    {{- if .Values.proxy.serverConfig }}
+    {{- range .Values.proxy.serverConfig }}
+    {{ . }}
+    {{- end }}
+    {{- end }}
+    {{- if .Values.proxy.logFormat }}
+    access_log /var/log/nginx/access.log rpc;
+    {{- end }}
+  }
+  location /nginx_status {
+      stub_status;
+      access_log off;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/charts/avalanche/templates/_helpers.yaml.tpl b/charts/avalanche/templates/_helpers.yaml.tpl
new file mode 100644
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/avalanche/templates/_helpers.yaml.tpl
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+{{/* vim: set filetype=mustache: */}}
+{{/*
+Expand the name of the chart.
+*/}}
+{{- define "avalanche.name" -}}
+{{- default .Chart.Name .Values.nameOverride | trunc 63 | trimSuffix "-" -}}
+{{- end -}}
+
+{{/*
+Create a default fully qualified app name.
+We truncate at 63 chars because some Kubernetes name fields are limited to this (by the DNS naming spec).
+If release name contains chart name it will be used as a full name.
+*/}}
+{{- define "avalanche.fullname" -}}
+{{- if .Values.fullnameOverride -}}
+{{- .Values.fullnameOverride | trunc 63 | trimSuffix "-" -}}
+{{- else -}}
+{{- $name := default .Chart.Name .Values.nameOverride -}}
+{{- if contains $name .Release.Name -}}
+{{- .Release.Name | trunc 63 | trimSuffix "-" -}}
+{{- else -}}
+{{- printf "%s-%s" .Release.Name $name | trunc 63 | trimSuffix "-" -}}
+{{- end -}}
+{{- end -}}
+{{- end -}}
+
+{{/*
+Create chart name and version as used by the chart label.
+*/}}
+{{- define "avalanche.chart" -}}
+{{- printf "%s-%s" .Chart.Name .Chart.Version | replace "+" "_" | trunc 63 | trimSuffix "-" -}}
+{{- end -}}
+
+{{/*
+Return the appropriate apiVersion for statefulset.
+*/}}
+{{- define "avalanche.statefulset.apiVersion" -}}
+{{- if .Capabilities.APIVersions.Has "apps/v1beta2" -}}
+{{- print "apps/v1beta2" -}}
+{{- else -}}
+{{- print "apps/v1" -}}
+{{- end -}}
+{{- end -}}
+
+{{/*
+Return the appropriate apiVersion for ingress.
+*/}}
+{{- define "avalanche.ingress.apiVersion" -}}
+{{- if semverCompare "<1.14-0" .Capabilities.KubeVersion.GitVersion -}}
+{{- print "extensions/v1beta1" -}}
+{{- else -}}
+{{- print "networking.k8s.io/v1beta1" -}}
+{{- end -}}
+{{- end -}}
+
+
+{{/*
+Properly format optional additional arguments to avalanchego
+*/}}
+{{- define "avalanche.extraArgs" -}}
+{{- range .Values.extraArgs -}}
+{{ " " }}{{ . }}
+{{- end -}}
+{{- end -}}
+
+{{/*
+Determine service account name for statefulset.
+*/}}
+{{- define "avalanche.serviceAccountName" -}}
+{{- if .Values.serviceAccount.create -}}
+{{- default (include "avalanche.fullname" .) .Values.serviceAccount.name | replace "+" "_" | trunc 63 | trimSuffix "-" -}}
+{{- else -}}
+{{- default "default" .Values.serviceAccount.name -}}
+{{- end -}}
+{{- end -}}
+
+{{/*
+Determine proxy name for statefulset.
+*/}}
+{{- define "avalanche.proxyname" -}}
+{{- if .Values.proxy.enabled -}}
+{{- printf "%s-%s" .Chart.Name "proxy" | replace "+" "_" | trunc 63 | trimSuffix "-" -}}
+{{- end -}}
+{{- end -}}
diff --git a/charts/avalanche/templates/configmap.yaml b/charts/avalanche/templates/configmap.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9e7883f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/avalanche/templates/configmap.yaml
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+{{- if .Values.proxy.enabled }}
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ConfigMap
+metadata:
+  name: {{ template "avalanche.proxyname" . }}
+  labels:
+    app: {{ template "avalanche.name" . }}
+    chart: {{ template "avalanche.chart" . }}
+    release: {{ .Release.Name }}
+    heritage: {{ .Release.Service }}
+data:
+  nginx.conf: |
+{{ include (print $.Template.BasePath "/_helper_nginx.conf") . | indent 4 }}
+{{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/avalanche/templates/ingress.yaml b/charts/avalanche/templates/ingress.yaml
new file mode 100644
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/avalanche/templates/ingress.yaml
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+{{- if .Values.ingress.enabled -}}
+{{- $fullName := include "avalanche.fullname" . -}}
+{{- $servicePort := .Values.service.http.port -}}
+{{- $ingressPath := .Values.ingress.path -}}
+apiVersion: {{ template "avalanche.ingress.apiVersion" . }}
+kind: Ingress
+metadata:
+  name: {{ $fullName }}
+  labels:
+    app: {{ template "avalanche.name" . }}
+    chart: {{ template "avalanche.chart" . }}
+    release: {{ .Release.Name }}
+    heritage: {{ .Release.Service }}
+{{- with .Values.ingress.labels }}
+{{ toYaml . | indent 4 }}
+{{- end }}
+
+{{- with .Values.ingress.annotations }}
+  annotations:
+{{ toYaml . | indent 4 }}
+{{- end }}
+spec:
+{{- if .Values.ingress.tls }}
+  tls:
+  {{- range .Values.ingress.tls }}
+    - hosts:
+      {{- range .hosts }}
+        - {{ . | quote }}
+      {{- end }}
+      secretName: {{ .secretName }}
+  {{- end }}
+{{- end }}
+  rules:
+  {{- range .Values.ingress.hosts }}
+    - http:
+        paths:
+          - path: {{ $ingressPath }}
+            backend:
+              serviceName: {{ $fullName }}
+              servicePort: {{ $servicePort }}
+      {{- if . }}
+      host: {{ . | quote }}
+      {{- end }}
+  {{- end }}
+{{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/avalanche/templates/service.yaml b/charts/avalanche/templates/service.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6f5e521
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/avalanche/templates/service.yaml
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+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Service
+metadata:
+  name: {{ template "avalanche.fullname" . }}
+  labels:
+    app: {{ template "avalanche.name" . }}
+    chart: {{ template "avalanche.chart" . }}
+    release: {{ .Release.Name }}
+    heritage: {{ .Release.Service }}
+{{- if .Values.service.annotations }}
+  annotations:
+{{ toYaml .Values.service.annotations | indent 4 }}
+{{- end }}
+spec:
+  type: {{ .Values.service.type }}
+  ports:
+    - name: http
+      port: {{ .Values.service.http.port }}
+      {{- if .Values.proxy.enabled }}
+      targetPort: {{ .Values.proxy.port }}
+      {{- else }}
+      targetPort: {{ .Values.service.http.port }}
+      {{- end }}
+      protocol: TCP
+  selector:
+    app: {{ template "avalanche.name" . }}
+    release: {{ .Release.Name }}
diff --git a/charts/avalanche/templates/serviceaccount.yaml b/charts/avalanche/templates/serviceaccount.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..52e9bf5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/avalanche/templates/serviceaccount.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{{- if .Values.serviceAccount.create -}}
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ServiceAccount
+metadata:
+  name: {{ include "avalanche.serviceAccountName" . | quote }}
+  namespace: {{ .Release.Namespace | quote }}
+{{- end -}}
diff --git a/charts/avalanche/templates/statefulset.yaml b/charts/avalanche/templates/statefulset.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e130b44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/avalanche/templates/statefulset.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,132 @@
+apiVersion: {{ template "avalanche.statefulset.apiVersion" . }}
+kind: StatefulSet
+metadata:
+  name: {{ template "avalanche.fullname" . }}
+  labels:
+    app: {{ template "avalanche.name" . }}
+    chart: {{ template "avalanche.chart" . }}
+    release: {{ .Release.Name }}
+    heritage: {{ .Release.Service }}
+spec:
+  updateStrategy:
+    type: {{ .Values.updateStrategy }}
+  podManagementPolicy: "Parallel"
+  serviceName: {{ template "avalanche.fullname" . }}
+  replicas: {{ .Values.replicas }}
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app: {{ template "avalanche.name" . }}
+      release: {{ .Release.Name }}
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      name: {{ template "avalanche.fullname" . }}
+      labels:
+        app: {{ template "avalanche.name" . }}
+        release: {{ .Release.Name }}
+{{- if .Values.podLabels }}
+{{ toYaml .Values.podLabels | indent 8 }}
+{{- end }}
+{{- if .Values.podAnnotations }}
+      annotations:
+{{ toYaml .Values.podAnnotations | trimSuffix "\n" | indent 8 }}
+{{- end }}
+    spec:
+      {{- if .Values.priorityClassName }}
+      priorityClassName: "{{ .Values.priorityClassName }}"
+      {{- end }}
+      serviceAccountName: {{ include "avalanche.serviceAccountName" . | quote }}
+      containers:
+        {{- if .Values.sidecarContainers }}
+        {{- toYaml .Values.sidecarContainers | nindent 8 }}
+        {{- end }}
+        {{- if .Values.proxy.enabled }}
+        - name: {{ template "avalanche.proxyname" . }}
+          image: {{ .Values.proxy.image }}
+          imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.proxy.pullPolicy }}
+          ports:
+            - name: proxy
+              containerPort: {{ .Values.proxy.port }}
+          {{- if .Values.proxy.resources }}
+          resources:
+          {{- toYaml .Values.proxy.resources | nindent 12 }}
+          {{- end }}
+          livenessProbe:
+            httpGet:
+              scheme: HTTP
+              path: /nginx_status
+              port: {{ .Values.proxy.port }}
+            initialDelaySeconds: 30
+            timeoutSeconds: 30
+          volumeMounts:
+            - name: {{ template "avalanche.proxyname" . }}
+              mountPath: /etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf
+              readOnly: true
+              subPath: nginx.conf
+        {{- end }}
+        - name: {{ .Chart.Name }}
+          image: {{ .Values.image.repository }}:{{ .Values.image.tag }}
+          imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.image.pullPolicy }}
+          command: [ "/avalanchego/build/avalanchego",
+            "--db-dir={{ .Values.mountPath }} ",
+            {{- if ne .Values.service.http.port "9650" }}
+            "--http-port={{ .Values.service.http.port }} ",
+            {{- end }}
+            {{- if ne .Values.service.staking.port "9651" }}
+            "--staking-port={{ .Values.service.staking.port }}",
+            {{- end }}
+            "{{- template `avalanche.extraArgs` . }}" ]
+          volumeMounts:
+            - name: data
+              mountPath: {{ .Values.mountPath }}
+          ports:
+            - name: http
+              containerPort: {{ .Values.service.http.port }}
+            - name: staking
+              containerPort: {{ .Values.service.staking.port }}
+          env:
+            {{- range $key, $val := .Values.environment }}
+            - name: {{ $key }}
+              value: {{ $val | quote }}
+            {{- end}}
+          resources:
+{{ toYaml .Values.resources | indent 12 }}
+          livenessProbe:
+            httpGet:
+              scheme: HTTP
+              path: /ext/health
+              port: {{ .Values.service.http.port }}
+            initialDelaySeconds: 30
+            timeoutSeconds: 30
+    {{- if .Values.proxy.enabled }}
+      volumes:
+        - name: {{ template "avalanche.proxyname" . }}
+          configMap:
+            name: {{ template "avalanche.proxyname" . }}
+    {{- end }}
+    {{- with .Values.nodeSelector }}
+      nodeSelector:
+{{ toYaml . | indent 8 }}
+    {{- end }}
+    {{- with .Values.affinity }}
+      affinity:
+{{ toYaml . | indent 8 }}
+    {{- end }}
+    {{- with .Values.tolerations }}
+      tolerations:
+{{ toYaml . | indent 8 }}
+    {{- end }}
+  volumeClaimTemplates:
+    - metadata:
+        {{- if $.Values.persistence.VolumeName }}
+        name: {{ $.Values.persistence.VolumeName }}
+        {{- else }}
+        name: data
+        {{- end}}
+      spec:
+        accessModes: [ {{ $.Values.persistence.accessMode | quote }} ]
+        {{- if $.Values.persistence.storageClass }}
+        storageClassName: {{ $.Values.persistence.storageClass }}
+        {{- end }}
+        resources:
+          requests:
+            storage: {{ $.Values.persistence.size }}
diff --git a/charts/avalanche/values.yaml b/charts/avalanche/values.yaml
new file mode 100644
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/avalanche/values.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
+## Set default image, imageTag, and imagePullPolicy.
+##
+image:
+  repository: avaplatform/avalanchego
+  tag: v1.7.4
+  pullPolicy: IfNotPresent
+
+## Additional arguments to pass to avalanchego
+extraArgs: []
+   # - --api-admin-enabled=true
+   # - --http-host=0.0.0.0
+
+updateStrategy: RollingUpdate
+
+mountPath: "/root/.avalanchego"
+
+replicas: 1
+
+persistence:
+  storageClass: ""
+  VolumeName: ""
+  accessMode: ReadWriteOnce
+  size: 10Gi
+
+service:
+  type: ClusterIP
+  http:
+    port: "9650"
+  staking:
+    port: "9651"
+
+  annotations: {}
+    # prometheus.io/scrape: 'true'
+    # prometheus.io/path:   '/ext/metrics'
+    # prometheus.io/port:   '9650'
+
+## Configure sidecarContainers based on the documentation here: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/workloads/pods/
+##
+
+sidecarContainers: {}
+
+## Enable proxy
+##
+
+proxy:
+  enabled: false
+  port: "8080"
+  image: "nginx:1.20.2"
+  pullPolicy: IfNotPresent
+  resources: {}
+  logFormat: []
+    #- '"$remote_addr" - "$remote_user" [$time_iso8601] "$request" '
+    #- '"$status" "$body_bytes_sent" "$http_referer" '
+    #- '"$http_user_agent" '
+    #- 'rt="$request_time" urt="$upstream_response_time" '
+  serverConfig: []
+    #-  proxy_read_timeout 3600;
+    #-  client_body_in_single_buffer on;
+    #-  client_body_buffer_size 16k;
+    #-  proxy_buffers 16 16k;
+    #-  proxy_buffer_size 16k;
+
+
+## Configure Ingress based on the documentation here: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/services-networking/ingress/
+##
+
+ingress:
+  enabled: false
+  labels: {}
+    # node-role.kubernetes.io/ingress: platform
+
+  annotations: {}
+    # kubernetes.io/ingress.class: nginx
+    # kubernetes.io/tls-acme: "true"
+    # kubernetes.io/ingress.allow-http: "false"
+    # kubernetes.io/ingress.global-static-ip-name: ""
+    # nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/secure-backends: "true"
+    # nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/backend-protocol: "HTTPS"
+    # nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/whitelist-source-range: 0.0.0.0/0
+  path: /
+  hosts:
+    - chart-example.local
+  tls: []
+  #  - secretName: chart-example-tls
+  #    hosts:
+  #      - chart-example.local
+
+## Node labels for pod assignment
+## Ref: https://kubernetes.io/docs/user-guide/node-selection/
+##
+nodeSelector: {}
+tolerations: []
+affinity: {}
+
+# Additational pod annotations
+podAnnotations: {}
+
+# Additional pod labels
+podLabels: {}
+
+## Configure resource requests and limits
+## ref: http://kubernetes.io/docs/user-guide/compute-resources/
+##
+resources:
+  requests:
+    memory: 16Gi
+    cpu: 8
+
+# Environment
+environment:
+
+serviceAccount:
+  create: true
+  ## The name of the service account to use. If 'create' is 'true', a service account with that name
+  ## will be created. Otherwise, a name will be auto-generated.
+  name:
+
+## Pod priority settings
+## ref: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/configuration/pod-priority-preemption/
+##
+priorityClassName: ""