diff --git a/kubernetes/so/components/so-admin-cockpit/values.yaml b/kubernetes/so/components/so-admin-cockpit/values.yaml
index e316456..2da7dd0 100644
--- a/kubernetes/so/components/so-admin-cockpit/values.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/so/components/so-admin-cockpit/values.yaml
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@
   persistence:
     mountPath: /dockerdata-nfs
   mariadbGalera:
+    # flag to enable the DB creation via mariadb-operator
+    useOperator: true
     service: mariadb-galera
     servicePort: '3306'
 
@@ -67,6 +69,15 @@
 image: onap/so/so-admin-cockpit:1.9.0
 pullPolicy: Always
 
+# Local mariadb galera instance default name
+mariadb-galera:
+  nameOverride: so-mariadb-galera
+  service:
+    internalPort: 3306
+  mariadbOperator:
+    galera:
+      enabled: false
+
 db:
   userName: so_user
   userPassword: so_User123