diff --git a/templates/aws-standalone-cp/README.md b/templates/aws-standalone-cp/README.md
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@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+## Install applications into Target Cluster
+
+To install applications into the target cluster created using Cluster API (CAPI) upon creation, a Flux `HelmRelease` object is to be made such that its `.spec.KubeConfig` references the kubeconfig of the target cluster.
+
+**Reference:** https://fluxcd.io/flux/components/helm/helmreleases/#remote-clusters--cluster-api
+
+This chart/template already defines the following applications under `templates/beachheadservices` which can be be installed into the target cluster by setting `.Values.installBeachHeadServices=true`:
+1. cert-manager
+2. nginx-ingress
+
+**Important:** The Flux objects added to `templates/beachheadservices` to install custom applications must have the `hmc.mirantis.com/managed: "true"` label to be reconciled by HMC.
diff --git a/templates/aws-standalone-cp/templates/beachheadservices/cert-manager.yaml b/templates/aws-standalone-cp/templates/beachheadservices/cert-manager.yaml
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+++ b/templates/aws-standalone-cp/templates/beachheadservices/cert-manager.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+{{- if .Values.installBeachHeadServices }}
+apiVersion: source.toolkit.fluxcd.io/v1
+kind: HelmRepository
+metadata:
+  name: cert-manager
+  labels:
+    hmc.mirantis.com/managed: "true"
+spec:
+  interval: 24h
+  url: https://charts.jetstack.io
+---
+apiVersion: helm.toolkit.fluxcd.io/v2
+kind: HelmRelease
+metadata:
+  name: {{ include "cluster.name" . }}-cert-manager
+  labels:
+    hmc.mirantis.com/managed: "true"
+spec:
+  chart:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        hmc.mirantis.com/managed: "true"
+    spec:
+      chart: cert-manager
+      version: "v1.12.3"
+      sourceRef:
+        kind: HelmRepository
+        name: cert-manager
+  install:
+    createNamespace: true
+    remediation:
+      retries: -1
+  interval: 10m
+  kubeConfig:
+    secretRef:
+      name: {{ include "cluster.name" . }}-kubeconfig
+  releaseName: cert-manager
+  targetNamespace: cert-manager
+  storageNamespace: cert-manager
+  values:
+    installCRDs: true
+{{- end }}
diff --git a/templates/aws-standalone-cp/templates/beachheadservices/nginx-ingress.yaml b/templates/aws-standalone-cp/templates/beachheadservices/nginx-ingress.yaml
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+++ b/templates/aws-standalone-cp/templates/beachheadservices/nginx-ingress.yaml
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+{{- if .Values.installBeachHeadServices }}
+apiVersion: source.toolkit.fluxcd.io/v1beta2
+kind: OCIRepository
+metadata:
+  name: nginx-ingress
+  labels:
+    hmc.mirantis.com/managed: "true"
+spec:
+  interval: 24h
+  url: oci://ghcr.io/nginxinc/charts/nginx-ingress
+  ref:
+    semver: "1.3.2"
+---
+apiVersion: helm.toolkit.fluxcd.io/v2
+kind: HelmRelease
+metadata:
+  name: {{ include "cluster.name" . }}-nginx-ingress
+  labels:
+    hmc.mirantis.com/managed: "true"
+spec:
+  targetNamespace: nginx-ingress
+  storageNamespace: nginx-ingress
+  kubeConfig:
+    secretRef:
+      name: {{ include "cluster.name" . }}-kubeconfig
+  interval: 10m
+  chartRef:
+    kind: OCIRepository
+    name: nginx-ingress
+  install:
+    createNamespace: true
+    remediation:
+      retries: -1
+  values:
+    fullnameOverride: nginx-ingress
+{{- end }}
diff --git a/templates/aws-standalone-cp/values.yaml b/templates/aws-standalone-cp/values.yaml
index 79c8e7ee1..e7ac91c8a 100644
--- a/templates/aws-standalone-cp/values.yaml
+++ b/templates/aws-standalone-cp/values.yaml
@@ -44,3 +44,7 @@ worker:
 # K0s parameters
 k0s:
   version: v1.30.2+k0s.0
+
+# Optionally install applications defined under 
+# templates/beachheadservices into target cluster
+installBeachHeadServices: true