diff --git a/kubernetes/policy/charts/policy-xacml-pdp/resources/config/xacml.properties b/kubernetes/policy/charts/policy-xacml-pdp/resources/config/xacml.properties
index 29feeb6..f2c2cd7 100644
--- a/kubernetes/policy/charts/policy-xacml-pdp/resources/config/xacml.properties
+++ b/kubernetes/policy/charts/policy-xacml-pdp/resources/config/xacml.properties
@@ -49,5 +49,5 @@
 #
 javax.persistence.jdbc.driver=org.mariadb.jdbc.Driver
 javax.persistence.jdbc.url=jdbc:mariadb://{{ .Values.global.mariadb.service.name }}:{{ .Values.global.mariadb.service.internalPort }}/operationshistory
-javax.persistence.jdbc.user={{ .Values.global.mariadb.config.userName }}
-javax.persistence.jdbc.password={{ .Values.global.mariadb.config.userPassword | b64enc }}
+javax.persistence.jdbc.user=${SQL_USER}
+javax.persistence.jdbc.password=${SQL_PASSWORD}
diff --git a/kubernetes/policy/charts/policy-xacml-pdp/templates/deployment.yaml b/kubernetes/policy/charts/policy-xacml-pdp/templates/deployment.yaml
index 57e7c78..5b02c17 100644
--- a/kubernetes/policy/charts/policy-xacml-pdp/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/policy/charts/policy-xacml-pdp/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -37,6 +37,11 @@
           imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.global.pullPolicy | default .Values.pullPolicy }}
           command: ["/opt/app/policy/pdpx/bin/policy-pdpx.sh"]
           args: ["/opt/app/policy/pdpx/etc/mounted/config.json"]
+          env:
+          - name: SQL_USER
+            {{- include "common.secret.envFromSecretFast" (dict "global" . "uid" "db-secret" "key" "login") | indent 12 }}
+          - name: SQL_PASSWORD
+            {{- include "common.secret.envFromSecretFast" (dict "global" . "uid" "db-secret" "key" "password") | indent 12 }}
           ports:
           - containerPort: {{ .Values.service.internalPort }}
           # disable liveness probe when breakpoints set in debugger
diff --git a/kubernetes/policy/charts/policy-xacml-pdp/templates/secrets.yaml b/kubernetes/policy/charts/policy-xacml-pdp/templates/secrets.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bd7eb8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kubernetes/policy/charts/policy-xacml-pdp/templates/secrets.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# Copyright © 2020 Samsung Electronics
+#
+# 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.
+
+{{ include "common.secretFast" . }}
diff --git a/kubernetes/policy/charts/policy-xacml-pdp/values.yaml b/kubernetes/policy/charts/policy-xacml-pdp/values.yaml
index 5c062a0..dc7266e 100644
--- a/kubernetes/policy/charts/policy-xacml-pdp/values.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/policy/charts/policy-xacml-pdp/values.yaml
@@ -23,6 +23,17 @@
   persistence: {}
 
 #################################################################
+# Secrets metaconfig
+#################################################################
+secrets:
+  - uid: db-secret
+    type: basicAuth
+    externalSecret: '{{ tpl (default "" .Values.db.credsExternalSecret) . }}'
+    login: '{{ .Values.db.user }}'
+    password: '{{ .Values.db.password }}'
+    passwordPolicy: required
+
+#################################################################
 # Application configuration defaults.
 #################################################################
 # application image
@@ -35,6 +46,10 @@
 
 # application configuration
 
+db:
+  user: policy_user
+  password: policy_user
+
 # default number of instances
 replicaCount: 1