diff --git a/dockerfiles/heat-container-agent/Dockerfile b/dockerfiles/heat-container-agent/Dockerfile
index 599a0e03bdc4e52a37b1a3ee884cdbcb58c2c46c..b48696f6365f24796899330a4a4a4f6ed4661a2e 100644
--- a/dockerfiles/heat-container-agent/Dockerfile
+++ b/dockerfiles/heat-container-agent/Dockerfile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ RUN dnf -y --setopt=tsflags=nodocs --nogpgcheck install \
         bash \
         findutils \
         gcc \
+        gettext \
         kubernetes-client \
         libffi-devel \
         openssh-clients \
diff --git a/magnum/drivers/common/templates/kubernetes/fragments/write-heat-params-master.sh b/magnum/drivers/common/templates/kubernetes/fragments/write-heat-params-master.sh
index 083554e30a68d102523e60d7070b2622060dada8..4f6e5ae071384945b2d185cff22556b5da6c651e 100644
--- a/magnum/drivers/common/templates/kubernetes/fragments/write-heat-params-master.sh
+++ b/magnum/drivers/common/templates/kubernetes/fragments/write-heat-params-master.sh
@@ -156,6 +156,7 @@ NVIDIA_GPU_ENABLED="$NVIDIA_GPU_ENABLED"
 NVIDIA_GPU_TAG="$NVIDIA_GPU_TAG"
 CERN_CHART_ENABLED="$CERN_CHART_ENABLED"
 CERN_CHART_VERSION="$CERN_CHART_VERSION"
+CERN_CHART_VALUES="$CERN_CHART_VALUES"
 OIDC_ENABLED="$OIDC_ENABLED"
 OIDC_CLIENT_ID="$OIDC_CLIENT_ID"
 OIDC_ISSUER_URL="$OIDC_ISSUER_URL"
diff --git a/magnum/drivers/common/templates/kubernetes/helm/cern-chart.sh b/magnum/drivers/common/templates/kubernetes/helm/cern-chart.sh
index da88d4e4f3ed2cb51aa6857eb76faa3604c671d9..0f958aca37ff84b6382fb50e4bfdf0557f3a7879 100644
--- a/magnum/drivers/common/templates/kubernetes/helm/cern-chart.sh
+++ b/magnum/drivers/common/templates/kubernetes/helm/cern-chart.sh
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ if [ "$(echo ${MONITORING_ENABLED} | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')" = "true" ] &&
 else
     CERN_CENTRAL_MONITORING="false"
 fi
+# CERN_CENTRAL_MONITORING is not a magnum value, need to write it in heat-params
+echo "CERN_CENTRAL_MONITORING=\"${CERN_CENTRAL_MONITORING}\"" >> /etc/sysconfig/heat-params
 
 if [ "$(echo ${LOGGING_INSTALLER} | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')" = "helm" ] && \
    [ ! -z "${LOGGING_PRODUCER}" ]; then
@@ -22,6 +24,8 @@ if [ "$(echo ${LOGGING_INSTALLER} | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')" = "helm" ] && \
 else
     CERN_CENTRAL_LOGGING="false"
 fi
+# CERN_CENTRAL_LOGGING is not a magnum value, need to write it in heat-params
+echo "CERN_CENTRAL_LOGGING=\"${CERN_CENTRAL_LOGGING}\"" >> /etc/sysconfig/heat-params
 
 NVIDIA_GPU_VALUES=""
 if [ "$(echo ${NVIDIA_GPU_TAG})" != "" ]; then
@@ -38,6 +42,46 @@ fi
 ### Configuration
 ###############################################################################
 CHART_NAME="cern-magnum"
+_cern_chart_values_file="/srv/magnum/kubernetes/cern_chart_values.yaml"
+if [ "$(echo ${CERN_CHART_VALUES})" != "" ]; then
+    # decode base64 and indent by 4 spaces to write the ConfigMap below
+    echo ${CERN_CHART_VALUES} | base64 -d | sed 's/^/    /g'> ${_cern_chart_values_file}
+    # backwards compatible with labels happens later with envsubst
+    # envsubst does not work with shell variables, it works only with environment variables.
+    while read line
+    do
+        heat_param_name=$(echo $line | cut -d"=" -f1)
+        heat_param_value=$(echo $line | cut -d"=" -f2 | sed 's/"//g')
+        sed -i "s#\${${heat_param_name}}#${heat_param_value}#g" ${_cern_chart_values_file}
+    done < /etc/sysconfig/heat-params
+else
+    cat <<EOF > ${_cern_chart_values_file}
+    eosxd:
+      enabled: ${EOS_ENABLED}
+    nvidia-gpu:
+      enabled: ${NVIDIA_GPU_ENABLED}
+${NVIDIA_GPU_VALUES}
+    fluentd:
+      enabled: ${CERN_CENTRAL_LOGGING}
+      output:
+        producer: ${LOGGING_PRODUCER}
+        endpoint: ${LOGGING_HTTP_DESTINATION}
+        includeInternal: ${LOGGING_INCLUDE_INTERNAL}
+      containerRuntime: ${CONTAINER_RUNTIME}
+    landb-sync:
+      enabled: ${LANDB_SYNC_ENABLED}
+    prometheus-cern:
+      enabled: ${CERN_CENTRAL_MONITORING}
+    ceph-csi-cephfs:
+      enabled: ${CEPHFS_CSI_ENABLED}
+    openstack-cinder-csi:
+      enabled: ${CINDER_CSI_ENABLED}
+    openstack-manila-csi:
+      enabled: ${MANILA_CSI_ENABLED}
+    base:
+      enabled: ${CERN_ENABLED}
+EOF
+fi
 
 if [ "$(echo ${CERN_CHART_ENABLED} | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')" = "true" ]; then
     HELM_MODULE_CONFIG_FILE="/srv/magnum/kubernetes/helm/${CHART_NAME}.yaml"
@@ -71,30 +115,7 @@ data:
     fi
 
   install-${CHART_NAME}-values.yaml:  |
-    eosxd:
-      enabled: ${EOS_ENABLED}
-    nvidia-gpu:
-      enabled: ${NVIDIA_GPU_ENABLED}
-${NVIDIA_GPU_VALUES}
-    fluentd:
-      enabled: ${CERN_CENTRAL_LOGGING}
-      output:
-        producer: ${LOGGING_PRODUCER}
-        endpoint: ${LOGGING_HTTP_DESTINATION}
-        includeInternal: ${LOGGING_INCLUDE_INTERNAL}
-      containerRuntime: ${CONTAINER_RUNTIME}
-    landb-sync:
-      enabled: ${LANDB_SYNC_ENABLED}
-    prometheus-cern:
-      enabled: ${CERN_CENTRAL_MONITORING}
-    ceph-csi-cephfs:
-      enabled: ${CEPHFS_CSI_ENABLED}
-    openstack-cinder-csi:
-      enabled: ${CINDER_CSI_ENABLED}
-    openstack-manila-csi:
-      enabled: ${MANILA_CSI_ENABLED}
-    base:
-      enabled: ${CERN_ENABLED}
+$(cat ${_cern_chart_values_file})
 
 ---
 
diff --git a/magnum/drivers/heat/k8s_fedora_template_def.py b/magnum/drivers/heat/k8s_fedora_template_def.py
index 04de825f54f275d3a7f5f77f8fbb4725bdd0c2d7..bd88b78da07bfab89ae057ee3a1ec7c952e275ca 100644
--- a/magnum/drivers/heat/k8s_fedora_template_def.py
+++ b/magnum/drivers/heat/k8s_fedora_template_def.py
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ class K8sFedoraTemplateDefinition(k8s_template_def.K8sTemplateDefinition):
                       'nvidia_gpu_tag', 'cern_chart_enabled', 'cern_chart_version',
                       'oidc_issuer_url', 'oidc_username_claim', 'oidc_groups_claim',
                       'oidc_username_prefix', 'oidc_groups_prefix', 'oidc_client_id',
-                      'oidc_enabled', 'ignition_version']
+                      'oidc_enabled', 'ignition_version', 'cern_chart_values']
 
         labels = self._get_relevant_labels(cluster, kwargs)
 
diff --git a/magnum/drivers/k8s_fedora_coreos_v1/templates/kubecluster.yaml b/magnum/drivers/k8s_fedora_coreos_v1/templates/kubecluster.yaml
index 575d121d1996be50cdae1874fe4bc122c291fed5..80d9d9b142e17550f4673e5e9e4e8757ef440622 100644
--- a/magnum/drivers/k8s_fedora_coreos_v1/templates/kubecluster.yaml
+++ b/magnum/drivers/k8s_fedora_coreos_v1/templates/kubecluster.yaml
@@ -1101,6 +1101,11 @@ parameters:
     description: The ignition version for the FCOS server bootstrap
     default: 3.0.0
 
+  cern_chart_values:
+    type: string
+    description: base64 encoded helm values for the cern meta chart
+    default: ""
+
 resources:
 
   network:
@@ -1377,6 +1382,7 @@ resources:
           oidc_groups_prefix: {get_param: oidc_groups_prefix}
           oidc_username: {get_param: oidc_username}
           ignition_version: {get_param: ignition_version}
+          cern_chart_values: {get_param: cern_chart_values}
 
   kube_cluster_config:
     condition: create_cluster_resources
diff --git a/magnum/drivers/k8s_fedora_coreos_v1/templates/kubemaster.yaml b/magnum/drivers/k8s_fedora_coreos_v1/templates/kubemaster.yaml
index d5afbf25a9a16741f21d64339896a54d7955fbb7..587678ec1f9b9e2c3d23c782fe77d851e0b5625e 100644
--- a/magnum/drivers/k8s_fedora_coreos_v1/templates/kubemaster.yaml
+++ b/magnum/drivers/k8s_fedora_coreos_v1/templates/kubemaster.yaml
@@ -823,6 +823,10 @@ parameters:
     type: string
     description: The ignition version for the FCOS server bootstrap
 
+  cern_chart_values:
+    type: string
+    description: base64 encoded helm values for the cern meta chart
+
 conditions:
 
   image_based: {equals: [{get_param: boot_volume_size}, 0]}
@@ -1026,6 +1030,7 @@ resources:
                   "$NVIDIA_GPU_TAG": {get_param: nvidia_gpu_tag}
                   "$CERN_CHART_ENABLED": {get_param: cern_chart_enabled}
                   "$CERN_CHART_VERSION": {get_param: cern_chart_version}
+                  "$CERN_CHART_VALUES": {get_param: cern_chart_values}
                   "$OIDC_ENABLED": {get_param: oidc_enabled}
                   "$OIDC_CLIENT_ID": {get_param: oidc_client_id}
                   "$OIDC_ISSUER_URL": {get_param: oidc_issuer_url}