diff --git a/kubernetes/message-router/templates/message-router-dmaap.yaml b/kubernetes/message-router/templates/message-router-dmaap.yaml
index cecf69b..1224e99 100644
--- a/kubernetes/message-router/templates/message-router-dmaap.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/message-router/templates/message-router-dmaap.yaml
@@ -61,13 +61,13 @@
           path: /etc/localtime
       - name: appprops
         hostPath:
-          path: /dockerdata-nfs/{{ .Values.nsPrefix }}/message-router/dmaap/MsgRtrApi.properties
+          path: {{ .Values.dataRootDir }}/{{ .Values.nsPrefix }}/message-router/dmaap/MsgRtrApi.properties
       - name: cadi
         hostPath:
-          path: /dockerdata-nfs/{{ .Values.nsPrefix }}/message-router/dmaap/cadi.properties
+          path: {{ .Values.dataRootDir }}/{{ .Values.nsPrefix }}/message-router/dmaap/cadi.properties
       - name: mykey
         hostPath:
-          path: /dockerdata-nfs/{{ .Values.nsPrefix }}/message-router/dmaap/mykey
+          path: {{ .Values.dataRootDir }}/{{ .Values.nsPrefix }}/message-router/dmaap/mykey
       imagePullSecrets:
       - name: "{{ .Values.nsPrefix }}-docker-registry-key"
 {{ end }}
diff --git a/kubernetes/message-router/templates/message-router-pv-pvc.yaml b/kubernetes/message-router/templates/message-router-pv-pvc.yaml
index 53329ca..3b85a70 100644
--- a/kubernetes/message-router/templates/message-router-pv-pvc.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/message-router/templates/message-router-pv-pvc.yaml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     - ReadWriteMany
   persistentVolumeReclaimPolicy: Retain
   hostPath:
-    path: /dockerdata-nfs/{{ .Values.nsPrefix }}/message-router/dcae-startup-vm-message-router/docker_files/data-kafka/
+    path: {{ .Values.dataRootDir }}/{{ .Values.nsPrefix }}/message-router/dcae-startup-vm-message-router/docker_files/data-kafka/
 ---
 kind: PersistentVolumeClaim
 apiVersion: v1
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
     - ReadWriteMany
   persistentVolumeReclaimPolicy: Retain
   hostPath:
-    path: /dockerdata-nfs/{{ .Values.nsPrefix }}/message-router/dcae-startup-vm-message-router/docker_files/data-zookeeper
+    path: {{ .Values.dataRootDir }}/{{ .Values.nsPrefix }}/message-router/dcae-startup-vm-message-router/docker_files/data-zookeeper
 ---
 kind: PersistentVolumeClaim
 apiVersion: v1
@@ -62,4 +62,4 @@
   selector:
     matchLabels:
       name: "{{ .Values.nsPrefix }}-message-router-zookeeper"
-#{{ end }}
\ No newline at end of file
+#{{ end }}
diff --git a/kubernetes/message-router/values.yaml b/kubernetes/message-router/values.yaml
index 9a592f4..bbc95ab 100644
--- a/kubernetes/message-router/values.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/message-router/values.yaml
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 dmaapReplicas: 1
 kafkaReplicas: 1
 zookeeperReplicas: 1
+dataRootDir: /dockerdata-nfs
 image:
   readiness: oomk8s/readiness-check:1.1.0
   dmaap: attos/dmaap:latest