diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 07398cd12c823dbcad2932aca2185a210b24bd65..8c2defd2e10d583276b01ba396acb7cd8fdd7811 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -13,13 +13,14 @@ version-bump-dev:
   before_script:
     - git config user.email 'renovate@nmaas.eu'
     - git config user.name 'NMaaS Renovate'
-    - git config pull.rebase true
+    # - git config pull.rebase true
   script:
     - git fetch
     - git checkout master
     - export MASTER_CHART_VERSION=$(yq e '.version' charts/$CHART_NAME/Chart.yaml)
     - git checkout $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME
     - git branch --set-upstream-to=origin/$CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME
+    - git status
     - git pull
     - export CURRENT_CHART_VERSION=$(yq e '.version' charts/$CHART_NAME/Chart.yaml)
     - export CURRENT_DOCKER_IMAGE_VERSION=$(yq e '.platform.image.tag' charts/$CHART_NAME/values.yaml)
@@ -93,7 +94,7 @@ helm-docs:
     - git pull https://root:$RENOVATE_ACCESS_TOKEN@$CI_SERVER_HOST/$CI_PROJECT_PATH.git $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME
     - git config user.email 'renovate@nmaas.eu'
     - git config user.name 'NMaaS Renovate'
-    - git config pull.rebase true
+    # - git config pull.rebase true
   script:
     - helm-docs --output-file '../../README.md'
     - git status
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4fe1ac6f6557e3fe8b70d8538fba4d39ca0789be..541921e2ec1dac6e71c264d159971dc9588d5755 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # nmaas
 
-![Version: 2.0.1](https://img.shields.io/badge/Version-2.0.1-informational?style=flat-square) ![AppVersion: 1.7.1](https://img.shields.io/badge/AppVersion-1.7.1-informational?style=flat-square)
+![Version: 2.0.2-alpha.5](https://img.shields.io/badge/Version-2.0.2--alpha.5-informational?style=flat-square) ![AppVersion: latest](https://img.shields.io/badge/AppVersion-latest-informational?style=flat-square)
 
 GÉANT Network Management as a Service Helm chart for Kubernetes
 
@@ -34,23 +34,6 @@ GÉANT Network Management as a Service Helm chart for Kubernetes
 | global.nmaasDomain | string | `"nmaas.example.com"` |  |
 | global.registrysecret | string | `"nmaas-registry"` | currently not needed, for future use |
 | global.wildcardCertificateName | string | `"wildcard-tls"` |  |
-| helm.clusterRoleBindingName | string | `"nmaas-helm-admin"` |  |
-| helm.clusterRoleName | string | `"cluster-admin"` |  |
-| helm.enabled | bool | `true` |  |
-| helm.image.pullPolicy | string | `"Always"` |  |
-| helm.image.repository | string | `"artifactory.software.geant.org/nmaas-docker-local/nmaas-helm-3"` |  |
-| helm.image.tag | string | `"3.9.3"` |  |
-| helm.name | string | `"nmaas-helm"` |  |
-| helm.persistence.accessMode | string | `"ReadWriteOnce"` |  |
-| helm.persistence.enabled | bool | `true` |  |
-| helm.persistence.existingClaim | string | `""` | name of an existing claim to be used. If empty, a new one is provisioned. |
-| helm.persistence.size | string | `"1Gi"` |  |
-| helm.persistence.storageClass | string | `""` |  |
-| helm.port | int | `22` |  |
-| helm.properties.users | string | `"helm:1000:1000"` |  |
-| helm.serviceAccountName | string | `"nmaas-helm"` |  |
-| helm.targetPort | int | `22` |  |
-| helm.type | string | `"ClusterIP"` |  |
 | janitor.clusterRoleBindingName | string | `"nmaas-janitor"` |  |
 | janitor.clusterRoleName | string | `"janitor-role"` |  |
 | janitor.enabled | bool | `true` |  |
@@ -69,11 +52,11 @@ GÉANT Network Management as a Service Helm chart for Kubernetes
 | platform.apiSecret.secret.key | string | `"secret"` |  |
 | platform.apiSecret.secret.name | string | `"nmaas-api-secret"` | must be created manually if literal is empty |
 | platform.clusterRoleBindingName | string | `"nmaas-platform"` |  |
-| platform.clusterRoleName | string | `"nmaas-shell-role"` |  |
+| platform.clusterRoleName | string | `"cluster-admin"` | name of ClusterRole to associate to nmaas-platform. Must exist beforehand |
 | platform.enabled | bool | `true` |  |
 | platform.image.pullPolicy | string | `"IfNotPresent"` |  |
 | platform.image.repository | string | `"artifactory.software.geant.org/nmaas-docker-local/nmaas-platform"` |  |
-| platform.image.tag | string | `"1.7.1"` |  |
+| platform.image.tag | string | `"latest"` |  |
 | platform.ingress.className | string | `""` | defaults to .Values.platform.properties.k8s.ingress.controller.ingressClass if not set |
 | platform.initscripts.enabled | bool | `true` |  |
 | platform.initscripts.image.pullPolicy | string | `"Always"` |  |
@@ -100,16 +83,10 @@ GÉANT Network Management as a Service Helm chart for Kubernetes
 | platform.properties.captchaSecret.secret.name | string | `"nmaas-captcha-secret-secret"` |  |
 | platform.properties.defaultLanguage | string | `"en"` |  |
 | platform.properties.environment | string | `"prod"` |  |
-| platform.properties.helm.address | string | `"nmaas-helm"` |  |
 | platform.properties.helm.asyncUpdateCron | string | `"0 0 * * * ?"` |  |
 | platform.properties.helm.asyncUpdateEnabled | bool | `true` |  |
-| platform.properties.helm.chartsDirectory | string | `"/home/nmaas/charts"` |  |
-| platform.properties.helm.enableTls | bool | `true` |  |
 | platform.properties.helm.repositoryName | string | `"nmaas"` |  |
 | platform.properties.helm.repositoryUrl | string | `"https://artifactory.software.geant.org/artifactory/nmaas-helm"` |  |
-| platform.properties.helm.useLocalCharts | bool | `false` |  |
-| platform.properties.helm.username | string | `"helm"` |  |
-| platform.properties.helm.version | string | `"v3"` |  |
 | platform.properties.jwt.resetKey.literal | string | `""` | leave empty to use existing secret, length at least 96 characters |
 | platform.properties.jwt.resetKey.secret.key | string | `"jwtResetKey"` |  |
 | platform.properties.jwt.secretName | string | `"nmaas-jwt"` |  |
@@ -167,7 +144,7 @@ GÉANT Network Management as a Service Helm chart for Kubernetes
 | portal.enabled | bool | `true` |  |
 | portal.image.pullPolicy | string | `"IfNotPresent"` |  |
 | portal.image.repository | string | `"artifactory.software.geant.org/nmaas-docker-local/nmaas-portal"` |  |
-| portal.image.tag | string | `"1.7.1"` |  |
+| portal.image.tag | string | `"latest"` |  |
 | portal.ingress.className | string | `""` | defaults to .Values.platform.properties.k8s.ingress.controller.ingressClass if not set |
 | portal.name | string | `"nmaas-portal"` |  |
 | portal.port | int | `9009` |  |
diff --git a/charts/nmaas/Chart.yaml b/charts/nmaas/Chart.yaml
index 6a2614255d55caaf3fe9af9c69dddd9835b5a45a..2e4b26030e421220fcf324186a1cd6d054fd3d0d 100644
--- a/charts/nmaas/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/nmaas/Chart.yaml
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 apiVersion: v2
 name: nmaas
 description: GÉANT Network Management as a Service Helm chart for Kubernetes
-version: 2.0.1
-appVersion: 1.7.1
+version: 2.0.2-alpha.5
+appVersion: latest
 keywords:
   - Network Management
   - Cloud Deployment
diff --git a/charts/nmaas/templates/nmaas-helm-clusterRoleBinding.yaml b/charts/nmaas/templates/nmaas-helm-clusterRoleBinding.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index e92642b77159ab30d95f82a2ead20a2d9f0f915f..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/charts/nmaas/templates/nmaas-helm-clusterRoleBinding.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
-kind: ClusterRoleBinding
-metadata:
-  name: {{ .Values.helm.clusterRoleBindingName }}
-roleRef:
-  apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
-  kind: ClusterRole
-  name: {{ .Values.helm.clusterRoleName }}
-subjects:
-- kind: ServiceAccount
-  name: {{ .Values.helm.serviceAccountName }}
-  namespace: {{ .Release.Namespace }}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/charts/nmaas/templates/nmaas-helm-deployment.yaml b/charts/nmaas/templates/nmaas-helm-deployment.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 3ebf9ebac5130df125491ec917ac74eb08b486ab..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/charts/nmaas/templates/nmaas-helm-deployment.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,59 +0,0 @@
-{{- if .Values.helm.enabled -}}
-apiVersion: apps/v1
-kind: Deployment
-metadata:
-  name: {{ .Values.helm.name }}
-  labels:
-    app: {{ .Values.helm.name }}
-    chart: {{ .Chart.Name }}-{{ .Chart.Version }}
-    heritage: {{ .Release.Service }}
-    release: {{ .Release.Name }}
-spec:
-  selector:
-    matchLabels:
-      app: {{ .Values.helm.name }}
-  strategy: 
-    type: Recreate
-  replicas: {{ .Values.replicaCount }}
-  template:
-    metadata:
-      labels:
-        app: {{ .Values.helm.name }}
-    spec:
-      volumes:
-      - name: {{ .Values.helm.persistence.existingClaim | default (printf "%s-helm" (include "fullname" .)) | quote }}
-      {{- if .Values.helm.persistence.enabled }}
-        persistentVolumeClaim:
-          claimName: {{ .Values.helm.persistence.existingClaim | default (printf "%s-helm" (include "fullname" .)) | quote }}
-      {{- else }}
-        emptyDir: {}
-      {{- end }}
-      - name: helm-access-key
-        secret:
-          secretName: {{ .Values.global.helmAccessKeyPublic }}
-      {{- if .Values.helm.serviceAccountName }}
-      serviceAccountName: {{ .Values.helm.serviceAccountName }}
-      {{- end }}
-      containers:
-      - name: {{ .Chart.Name }}
-        securityContext:
-          capabilities:
-            add:
-              - SYS_CHROOT
-        image: "{{ .Values.helm.image.repository }}:{{ .Values.helm.image.tag }}"
-        imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.helm.image.pullPolicy }}
-        ports:
-        - containerPort: {{ .Values.helm.port }}
-          protocol: TCP
-        env:
-          - name: SSH_USERS
-            value: {{ .Values.helm.properties.users }}
-        volumeMounts:
-        - name: helm-access-key
-          mountPath: /keys
-        - mountPath: /home/helm/.config/helm
-          name: {{ .Values.helm.persistence.existingClaim | default (printf "%s-helm" (include "fullname" .)) | quote }}
-          subPath: helm-config
-      imagePullSecrets:
-      - name: {{ .Values.global.registrysecret }}
-{{- end -}}
diff --git a/charts/nmaas/templates/nmaas-helm-pvc.yaml b/charts/nmaas/templates/nmaas-helm-pvc.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 806afbfb00e9e51a255353f1f65aab2f32d2cf41..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/charts/nmaas/templates/nmaas-helm-pvc.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-{{- if and (.Values.helm.persistence.enabled) (not .Values.helm.persistence.existingClaim) }}
-kind: PersistentVolumeClaim
-apiVersion: v1
-metadata:
-  name: "{{ template "fullname" . }}-helm"
-  labels:
-    app: nmaas-helm
-spec:
-  accessModes:
-    - "{{ .Values.helm.persistence.accessMode }}"
-  {{- if .Values.helm.persistence.storageClass }}
-  storageClassName: "{{ .Values.helm.persistence.storageClass }}"
-  {{- end}}
-  resources:
-    requests:
-      storage: "{{ .Values.helm.persistence.size }}"
-{{- end }}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/charts/nmaas/templates/nmaas-helm-service.yaml b/charts/nmaas/templates/nmaas-helm-service.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index c2a9956f8fa3c3ad1a890419707208e9c04228f1..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/charts/nmaas/templates/nmaas-helm-service.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-{{- if .Values.helm.enabled -}}
-apiVersion: v1
-kind: Service
-metadata:
-  name: {{ .Values.helm.name }}
-  labels:
-    app: {{ .Values.helm.name }}
-    chart: {{ .Chart.Name }}-{{ .Chart.Version }}
-    heritage: {{ .Release.Service }}
-    release: {{ .Release.Name }}
-spec:
-  type: {{ .Values.helm.type }}
-  ports:
-  - port: {{ .Values.helm.port }}
-    targetPort: {{ .Values.helm.targetPort }}
-    protocol: TCP
-  selector:
-    app: {{ .Values.helm.name }}
-{{- end -}}
diff --git a/charts/nmaas/templates/nmaas-helm-serviceAccount.yaml b/charts/nmaas/templates/nmaas-helm-serviceAccount.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index ed68363b92141150b960a6d9a8fae5c6060875e1..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/charts/nmaas/templates/nmaas-helm-serviceAccount.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-apiVersion: v1
-kind: ServiceAccount
-automountServiceAccountToken: true
-metadata:
-  name: {{ .Values.helm.serviceAccountName }}
-  namespace: {{ .Release.Namespace }}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/charts/nmaas/templates/nmaas-platform-clusterRole.yaml b/charts/nmaas/templates/nmaas-platform-clusterRole.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 790a32e7458d03e659390543d2ca27668658ccc4..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/charts/nmaas/templates/nmaas-platform-clusterRole.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
-kind: ClusterRole
-metadata:
-  name: {{ .Values.platform.clusterRoleName }}
-rules:
-- apiGroups: [""]
-  resources: ["pods"]
-  verbs: ["get", "list", "watch"]
-- apiGroups: [""]
-  resources: ["pods/exec"]
-  verbs: ["create", "get", "watch"]
diff --git a/charts/nmaas/templates/nmaas-platform-deployment.yaml b/charts/nmaas/templates/nmaas-platform-deployment.yaml
index 59be106caabcb4c2ff9f62a59b6439a5170e3333..9ab6ca992fd8ffc08c82f20ba269d1eb2d56b295 100644
--- a/charts/nmaas/templates/nmaas-platform-deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/nmaas/templates/nmaas-platform-deployment.yaml
@@ -53,8 +53,9 @@ spec:
         - name: platform-data
           mountPath: /nmaas/files
           subPath: platform-logs
-        - name: helm-access-key
-          mountPath: /nmaas/.ssh
+        - name: platform-data
+          mountPath: /home/nmaas/.config/helm
+          subPath: helm
         env:
           - name: ENVIRONMENT
             value: "{{ .Values.platform.properties.environment }}"
@@ -137,23 +138,11 @@ spec:
           - name: USE_LOGIN_PASSWORD
             value: {{ and .Values.platform.properties.smtp.login .Values.platform.properties.smtp.password }}
           - name: USE_STARTTLS
-            value: {{ .Values.platform.properties.smtp.useStartTLS | default "false" | quote}}
-          - name: HELM_ADDRESS
-            value: "{{ .Values.platform.properties.helm.address }}"
-          - name: HELM_USERNAME
-            value: "{{ .Values.platform.properties.helm.username }}"
-          - name: HELM_USELOCALCHARTS
-            value: "{{ .Values.platform.properties.helm.useLocalCharts }}"
+            value: {{ .Values.platform.properties.smtp.useStartTLS | default "false" | quote }}
           - name: HELM_REPOSITORY
             value: "{{ .Values.platform.properties.helm.repositoryName }}"
           - name: HELM_REPOSITORY_URL
             value: "{{ .Values.platform.properties.helm.repositoryUrl }}"
-          - name: HELM_LOCALCHARTSDIR
-            value: "{{ .Values.platform.properties.helm.chartsDirectory }}"
-          - name: HELM_ENABLETLS
-            value: "{{ .Values.platform.properties.helm.enableTls }}"
-          - name: HELM_VERSION
-            value: "{{ .Values.platform.properties.helm.version }}"
           - name: HELM_UPDATE_ASYNC_ENABLED 
             value: "{{ .Values.platform.properties.helm.asyncUpdateEnabled }}"
           - name: HELM_UPDATE_ASYNC_CRON
@@ -218,6 +207,7 @@ spec:
             value: {{ .Values.platform.properties.autoNamespaceCreationForDomains | quote }}
           - name: PORTAL_SSO_ALLOWED_FLAG
             value: {{ .Values.platform.properties.oidc.enabled | quote }}
+          {{- if .Values.platform.properties.oidc.enabled }}
           - name: OIDC_CLIENT_ID
             value: {{ .Values.platform.properties.oidc.clientId | quote }}
           - name: OIDC_ISSUER_URI
@@ -231,6 +221,7 @@ spec:
               secretKeyRef:
                 name: {{ .Values.platform.properties.oidc.secretName }}
                 key: {{ .Values.platform.properties.oidc.clientSecret.secret.key }}
+          {{- end }}
           - name: JWT_SIGNING_KEY
             valueFrom:
               secretKeyRef:
diff --git a/charts/nmaas/templates/nmaas-populate-job.yaml b/charts/nmaas/templates/nmaas-populate-job.yaml
index d032780c4ba3b6d2a2678c839702f73623eaf461..698174cf573cc589fc1b42658a121f23db44081c 100644
--- a/charts/nmaas/templates/nmaas-populate-job.yaml
+++ b/charts/nmaas/templates/nmaas-populate-job.yaml
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ spec:
         image: "{{ .Values.platform.initscripts.image.repository }}:{{ .Values.platform.initscripts.image.tag }}"
         imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.platform.initscripts.image.pullPolicy }}
         env:
+          - name: TEST_INSTANCE_FLAG
+            value: {{ .Values.platform.properties.testInstance | quote }}
           - name: PLATFORM_PORT
             value: "{{ .Values.platform.port }}"
           - name: PLATFORM_HOST
diff --git a/charts/nmaas/values.yaml b/charts/nmaas/values.yaml
index c8f1bbccc5a7c7e44a07b92c1d80100df30cdb8d..022346ec647d145b0064086956681c7f403f66b4 100644
--- a/charts/nmaas/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/nmaas/values.yaml
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ platform:
   enabled: true
   name: nmaas-platform
   serviceAccountName: nmaas-platform
-  clusterRoleName: nmaas-shell-role
+  # -- name of ClusterRole to associate to nmaas-platform. Must exist beforehand
+  clusterRoleName: cluster-admin
   clusterRoleBindingName: nmaas-platform
   ingress:
     # -- defaults to .Values.platform.properties.k8s.ingress.controller.ingressClass if not set
@@ -61,7 +62,7 @@ platform:
     timeoutSeconds: 10
   image:
     repository: artifactory.software.geant.org/nmaas-docker-local/nmaas-platform
-    tag: "1.7.1"
+    tag: "latest"
     pullPolicy: IfNotPresent
   port: 9001
   targetPort: 9001
@@ -121,14 +122,8 @@ platform:
           name: nmaas-postgresql-secret
           key: secret
     helm:
-      address: nmaas-helm
-      username: helm
-      useLocalCharts: false
       repositoryName: nmaas
       repositoryUrl: https://artifactory.software.geant.org/artifactory/nmaas-helm
-      chartsDirectory: /home/nmaas/charts
-      enableTls: true
-      version: v3
       asyncUpdateEnabled: true
       asyncUpdateCron: "0 0 * * * ?"
     smtp:
@@ -201,7 +196,7 @@ portal:
   name: nmaas-portal
   image:
     repository: artifactory.software.geant.org/nmaas-docker-local/nmaas-portal
-    tag: "1.7.1"
+    tag: "latest"
     pullPolicy: IfNotPresent
   ingress:
     # -- defaults to .Values.platform.properties.k8s.ingress.controller.ingressClass if not set
@@ -255,29 +250,6 @@ postfix:
         secret:
           key: smtpPassword
 
-helm:
-  enabled: true
-  name: nmaas-helm
-  serviceAccountName: nmaas-helm
-  clusterRoleBindingName: nmaas-helm-admin
-  clusterRoleName: cluster-admin
-  image:
-    repository: artifactory.software.geant.org/nmaas-docker-local/nmaas-helm-3
-    tag: "3.9.3"
-    pullPolicy: Always
-  port: 22
-  targetPort: 22
-  type: ClusterIP
-  properties:
-    users: helm:1000:1000
-  persistence:
-    enabled: true
-    # -- name of an existing claim to be used. If empty, a new one is provisioned.
-    existingClaim: ""
-    accessMode: ReadWriteOnce
-    size: 1Gi
-    storageClass: ""
-
 janitor:
   enabled: true
   name: nmaas-janitor