diff --git a/charts/cdviz-collector/templates/extra-resources.yaml b/charts/cdviz-collector/templates/extra-resources.yaml
index 8400d7e..8801ea0 100644
--- a/charts/cdviz-collector/templates/extra-resources.yaml
+++ b/charts/cdviz-collector/templates/extra-resources.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-{{- range .Values.extraResources }}
+{{- range $_, $extraResource := .Values.extraResources }}
+{{- if $extraResource.enabled }}
+{{- $def := unset $extraResource "enabled" }}
 ---
-{{- tpl (toYaml .) $ }}
+{{- tpl (toYaml $def) $ }}
 {{- end}}
+{{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/cdviz-collector/values.yaml b/charts/cdviz-collector/values.yaml
index f1262ef..bef482b 100644
--- a/charts/cdviz-collector/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/cdviz-collector/values.yaml
@@ -113,5 +113,8 @@ config: |
 
 # Additional kubernetes resources to create. Helm template could be used.
 # you could use it to create secrets, or custom resources like external secrets,
-# configmaps, gateways,...
-extraResources: []
+# configmaps, gateways, volumes, keda, ...
+# - the name/key of the resource is used just to access the definition more easily than an arrays's index
+# - the 'enabled' field is used to enable/disable the resource (removed when the resource is templated)
+# - user can add any other resource definition as child node of extraResources
+extraResources: {}
diff --git a/charts/cdviz-db/templates/extra-resources.yaml b/charts/cdviz-db/templates/extra-resources.yaml
index 8400d7e..8801ea0 100644
--- a/charts/cdviz-db/templates/extra-resources.yaml
+++ b/charts/cdviz-db/templates/extra-resources.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-{{- range .Values.extraResources }}
+{{- range $_, $extraResource := .Values.extraResources }}
+{{- if $extraResource.enabled }}
+{{- $def := unset $extraResource "enabled" }}
 ---
-{{- tpl (toYaml .) $ }}
+{{- tpl (toYaml $def) $ }}
 {{- end}}
+{{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/cdviz-db/values.yaml b/charts/cdviz-db/values.yaml
index 659ffe2..10c47b2 100644
--- a/charts/cdviz-db/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/cdviz-db/values.yaml
@@ -19,6 +19,36 @@ env:
 
 # Additional kubernetes resources to create. Helm template could be used.
 # you could use it to create secrets, or custom resources like external secrets,
-# database definitions for an operator,...
-# apiVersion: postgresql.cnpg.io/v1
-extraResources: []
+# configmaps, gateways, volumes, keda, ...
+# - the name/key of the resource is used just to access the definition more easily than an arrays's index
+# - the 'enabled' field is used to enable/disable the resource (removed when the resource is templated)
+# - user can add any other resource definition as child node of extraResources
+extraResources:
+  cloudnative-pg-basic:
+    enabled: false
+    apiVersion: postgresql.cnpg.io/v1
+    kind: Cluster
+    metadata:
+      name: cdviz-db
+    spec:
+      instances: 1
+      storage:
+        size: 100Mi
+      monitoring:
+        enablePodMonitor: true
+      bootstrap:
+        initdb:
+          database: cdviz
+          owner: cdviz
+          secret:
+            name: cdviz-db-owner-secret
+  cdviz-db-owner-secret:
+    enabled: false
+    apiVersion: v1
+    kind: Secret
+    metadata:
+      name: cdviz-db-owner-secret
+    type: kubernetes.io/basic-auth
+    data:
+      username: '{{ "cdviz-su" b64enc }}'
+      password: '{{ "mysecretpassword" | b64enc }}'
diff --git a/charts/cdviz-grafana/templates/extra-resources.yaml b/charts/cdviz-grafana/templates/extra-resources.yaml
index 8400d7e..8801ea0 100644
--- a/charts/cdviz-grafana/templates/extra-resources.yaml
+++ b/charts/cdviz-grafana/templates/extra-resources.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-{{- range .Values.extraResources }}
+{{- range $_, $extraResource := .Values.extraResources }}
+{{- if $extraResource.enabled }}
+{{- $def := unset $extraResource "enabled" }}
 ---
-{{- tpl (toYaml .) $ }}
+{{- tpl (toYaml $def) $ }}
 {{- end}}
+{{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/cdviz-grafana/values.yaml b/charts/cdviz-grafana/values.yaml
index fa05906..f0032fe 100644
--- a/charts/cdviz-grafana/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/cdviz-grafana/values.yaml
@@ -27,5 +27,13 @@ dashboards:
 
 # Additional kubernetes resources to create. Helm template could be used.
 # you could use it to create secrets, or custom resources like external secrets,
-# configmaps, gateways,...
-extraResources: []
+# configmaps, gateways, volumes, keda, ...
+# - the name/key of the resource is used just to access the definition more easily than an arrays's index
+# - the 'enabled' field is used to enable/disable the resource (removed when the resource is templated)
+# - user can add any other resource definition as child node of extraResources
+extraResources: {}
+  # sample:
+  #   enabled: false
+  #   apiVersion: v1
+  #   kind: Secret
+  #   ...
diff --git a/demos/stack-k8s/values/cdviz-collector.yml b/demos/stack-k8s/values/cdviz-collector.yml
index 8ed89bb..37da7af 100644
--- a/demos/stack-k8s/values/cdviz-collector.yml
+++ b/demos/stack-k8s/values/cdviz-collector.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@ env:
         key: DATABASE_URL
 
 extraResources:
-  - apiVersion: v1
+  secrets:
+    enabled: true
+    apiVersion: v1
     kind: Secret
     metadata:
       name: cdviz-db-collector
diff --git a/demos/stack-k8s/values/cdviz-db.yml b/demos/stack-k8s/values/cdviz-db.yml
index d44b4a7..9dbe5e1 100644
--- a/demos/stack-k8s/values/cdviz-db.yml
+++ b/demos/stack-k8s/values/cdviz-db.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,9 @@ env:
         key: DATABASE_URL
 
 extraResources:
-  - apiVersion: postgresql.cnpg.io/v1
+  postgresql:
+    enabled: true
+    apiVersion: postgresql.cnpg.io/v1
     kind: Cluster
     metadata:
       name: cdviz-db
@@ -27,7 +29,9 @@ extraResources:
           owner: "{{ .Values.secrets.values.CDVIZ_SU_POSTGRES_USER }}"
           secret:
             name: cdviz-db-owner-secret
-  - apiVersion: v1
+  cdviz-db-owner-secret:
+    enabled: true
+    apiVersion: v1
     kind: Secret
     metadata:
       name: cdviz-db-owner-secret
@@ -35,7 +39,9 @@ extraResources:
     data:
       username: "{{ .Values.secrets.values.CDVIZ_SU_POSTGRES_USER | b64enc }}"
       password: "{{ .Values.secrets.values.CDVIZ_SU_POSTGRES_PASSWORD | b64enc }}"
-  - apiVersion: v1
+  migration-secret:
+    enabled: true
+    apiVersion: v1
     kind: Secret
     metadata:
       name: cdviz-db-su