diff --git a/kubernetes/cps/templates/deployment.yaml b/kubernetes/cps/templates/deployment.yaml
index 4f87d20..59062cc 100755
--- a/kubernetes/cps/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/cps/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {{/*
 # Copyright (C) 2021 Pantheon.tech, Orange
-# Modifications Copyright (C) 2020 Bell Canada. All rights reserved.
+# Modifications Copyright (C) 2021 Bell Canada.
 # Modifications Copyright (C) 2021 Nordix Foundation. All rights reserved.
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
@@ -70,6 +70,11 @@
             path: {{ .Values.readiness.path }}
           initialDelaySeconds: {{ .Values.readiness.initialDelaySeconds }}
           periodSeconds: {{ .Values.readiness.periodSeconds }}
+        env:
+          - name: CPS_USERNAME
+            {{- include "common.secret.envFromSecretFast" (dict "global" . "uid" "app-user-creds" "key" "login") | indent 12 }}
+          - name: CPS_PASSWORD
+            {{- include "common.secret.envFromSecretFast" (dict "global" . "uid" "app-user-creds" "key" "password") | indent 12 }}
         resources: {{ include "common.resources" . | nindent 10 }}
         {{- if .Values.nodeSelector }}
         nodeSelector: {{ toYaml .Values.nodeSelector | nindent 12 }}
diff --git a/kubernetes/cps/values.yaml b/kubernetes/cps/values.yaml
index 2c28231..77ebb09 100755
--- a/kubernetes/cps/values.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/cps/values.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#  Copyright (C) 2021 Pantheon.tech, Orange
+#  Copyright (C) 2021 Pantheon.tech, Orange, Bell Canada.
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -29,6 +29,12 @@
     login: '{{ .Values.postgres.config.pgUserName }}'
     password: '{{ .Values.postgres.config.pgUserPassword }}'
     passwordPolicy: generate
+  - uid: app-user-creds
+    type: basicAuth
+    externalSecret: '{{ tpl (default "" .Values.config.appUserExternalSecret) . }}'
+    login: '{{ .Values.config.appUserName }}'
+    password: '{{ .Values.config.appUserPassword }}'
+    passwordPolicy: generate
 
 #################################################################
 # Global configuration defaults.
@@ -44,10 +50,6 @@
 image: onap/cps-and-nf-proxy:1.0.0
 containerPort: &svc_port 8080
 
-config:
-  # Set it for pre loading xnfdata, else set to null
-  liquibaseLabels: xnf-data-preload
-
 service:
   type: ClusterIP
   name: cps
@@ -117,9 +119,20 @@
 #################################################################
 # Application configuration defaults.
 #################################################################
+
+config:
+
+  # Set it for pre loading xnfdata, else set to null
+  liquibaseLabels: xnf-data-preload
+
+  # REST API basic authentication credentials (passsword is generated if not provided)
+  appUserName: cpsuser
+  #appUserPassword:
+
 logging:
   level: INFO
   path: /tmp
+
 #################################################################
 # Postgres overriding defaults in the postgres
 #################################################################