diff --git a/kubernetes/aaf/components/aaf-templates/templates/_deployment.tpl b/kubernetes/aaf/components/aaf-templates/templates/_deployment.tpl
index afa5004..50da519 100644
--- a/kubernetes/aaf/components/aaf-templates/templates/_deployment.tpl
+++ b/kubernetes/aaf/components/aaf-templates/templates/_deployment.tpl
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@
         - mountPath: /opt/app/osaaf/etc/org.osaaf.aaf.log4j.props
           name: aaf-log
           subPath: org.osaaf.aaf.log4j.props
+        - mountPath: /opt/app/osaaf/data/
+          name: config-identity
         {{- if eq .Values.liveness.enabled true }}
         livenessProbe:
           tcpSocket:
@@ -68,6 +70,11 @@
       - name: aaf-log
         configMap:
           name: {{ include "common.release" . }}-aaf-log
+      - name: config-init-identity
+        configMap:
+          name: {{ include "common.release" . }}-aaf-identity
+      - name: config-identity
+        emptyDir: {}
       imagePullSecrets:
       - name: "{{ include "common.namespace" . }}-docker-registry-key"
 {{- end -}}
diff --git a/kubernetes/aaf/components/aaf-templates/templates/_initContainers.tpl b/kubernetes/aaf/components/aaf-templates/templates/_initContainers.tpl
index 7cdf4d0..7553152 100644
--- a/kubernetes/aaf/components/aaf-templates/templates/_initContainers.tpl
+++ b/kubernetes/aaf/components/aaf-templates/templates/_initContainers.tpl
@@ -15,12 +15,16 @@
 */}
 
 {{- define "aaf.permissionFixer" -}}
-- name: fix-permission
+- name: onboard-identity-and-fix-permission
   command:
   - /bin/sh
   args:
   - -c
   - |
+    echo "*** Move files from configmap to emptyDir"
+    cp -L /config-input-identity/* /config-identity/
+    echo "*** set righ user to the different folders"
+    chown -R 1000:1000 /config-identity
     chown -R 1000:1000 /opt/app/aaf
     chown -R 1000:1000 /opt/app/osaaf
   image: {{ include "repositoryGenerator.image.busybox" . }}
@@ -28,6 +32,10 @@
   volumeMounts:
   - mountPath: /opt/app/osaaf
     name: aaf-config-vol
+  - mountPath: /config-input-identity
+    name: config-init-identity
+  - mountPath: /config-identity
+    name: config-identity
   resources:
     limits:
       cpu: 100m