diff --git a/charts/tracetest-cloud/templates/_helpers.tpl b/charts/tracetest-cloud/templates/_helpers.tpl
index 9bf6574..889af02 100644
--- a/charts/tracetest-cloud/templates/_helpers.tpl
+++ b/charts/tracetest-cloud/templates/_helpers.tpl
@@ -23,6 +23,24 @@ Expand the name of the chart.
 {{- end -}}
 {{- end -}}
 
+{{- define "tracetest-cloud.mongodb_dsn" -}}
+{{- $global := .Values.global.mongodb.auth -}}
+{{- $options := $global.options | default dict -}}
+{{- $options_str := "" -}}
+{{- range $key, $value := $options -}}
+  {{- if $options_str }}
+    {{- $options_str = printf "%s&%s=%s" $options_str $key $value -}}
+  {{- else }}
+    {{- $options_str = printf "%s=%s" $key $value -}}
+  {{- end -}}
+{{- end -}}
+{{- if $options_str }}
+  {{- printf "%s://%s:%s@%s/%s?%s" $global.protocol $global.username $global.password $global.host $global.database $options_str -}}
+{{- else }}
+  {{- printf "%s://%s:%s@%s/%s" $global.protocol $global.username $global.password $global.host $global.database -}}
+{{- end -}}
+{{- end -}}
+
 {{/*
 Create a default fully qualified app name.
 We truncate at 63 chars because some Kubernetes name fields are limited to this (by the DNS naming spec).
diff --git a/charts/tracetest-cloud/templates/configmap.yaml b/charts/tracetest-cloud/templates/configmap.yaml
index 22e4279..47b4242 100644
--- a/charts/tracetest-cloud/templates/configmap.yaml
+++ b/charts/tracetest-cloud/templates/configmap.yaml
@@ -8,17 +8,17 @@ data:
   AGENT_HOST: "{{ .Values.config.controlPlaneUrl }}"
   AGENT_PORT: "8091"
   ALLOWED_EXTERNAL_REDIRECT_URIS: "https://{{ .Values.config.webUIUrl }}"
-  API_MONGO_DB: "tracetestcloud"
+  API_MONGO_DB: "{{ .Values.global.mongodb.auth.database }}"
   API_PUBLIC_ROUTES: "/webhook/login,/version,/health,/robots.txt"
   DASHBOARD_ADDRESS: "https://{{ .Values.config.webUIUrl }}"
   DEBUG: "true"
   DEV_MODE: "false"
-  ENTERPRISE_MODE: "false"
+  ENTERPRISE_MODE: "true"
   KETO_ADMIN_URL: "http://keto-write.ory"
   KETO_API_URL: "http://keto-read.ory"
   KRATOS_ADMIN_API_URL: "http://kratos-admin.ory"
   KRATOS_PUBLIC_API_URL: "http://kratos-public.ory"
-  NATS_URI: "nats://nats-headless.external:4222"
+  NATS_URI: "{{ .Values.global.nats.endpoint }}"
   OAUTH_ENABLED: "false"
   OSS_ENDPOINT: "http://tracetest.oss:11633"
   ROOT_DOMAIN: "tracetest.io"
diff --git a/charts/tracetest-cloud/templates/secret.yaml b/charts/tracetest-cloud/templates/secret.yaml
index 24ad2b0..1e4e200 100644
--- a/charts/tracetest-cloud/templates/secret.yaml
+++ b/charts/tracetest-cloud/templates/secret.yaml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ metadata:
     {{- include "tracetest-cloud.labels" . | nindent 4 }}
 type: Opaque
 data:
-  API_MONGO_DSN: {{ .Values.config.mongodbDSN | b64enc }}
+  API_MONGO_DSN: {{ include "tracetest-cloud.mongodb_dsn" . | b64enc }}
   POSTGRES_CONN: {{ include "tracetest-cloud.postgres_dsn" . | b64enc }}
   SENDGRID_API_KEY: {{ .Values.config.sendgridApiKey | b64enc }}
   HUBSPOT_API_KEY: {{ .Values.config.hubspotApiKey | b64enc }}
diff --git a/charts/tracetest-cloud/values.yaml b/charts/tracetest-cloud/values.yaml
index 7ce2d9d..7eeaee7 100644
--- a/charts/tracetest-cloud/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/tracetest-cloud/values.yaml
@@ -1,11 +1,21 @@
 global:
   imagePullSecret: ""
+
+  mongodb:
+    auth:
+      protocol: "mongodb"
+      host: ""
+      username: ""
+      password: ""
+      database: "tracetest"
+      options:
+        retryWrites: "true"
   
-postgres:
-  host: "postgres"
-  user: "postgres"
-  password: "postgres"
-  dbname: "tracetest"
+  postgres:
+    host: "postgres"
+    user: "postgres"
+    password: "postgres"
+    dbname: "tracetest"
 
 jwtSignCert:
   commonName: jwt-sign-cert
diff --git a/charts/tracetest-dependencies/templates/mongodb.yaml b/charts/tracetest-dependencies/templates/mongodb.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e31cdb4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/tracetest-dependencies/templates/mongodb.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+{{- if .Values.mongodb.enabled }}
+---
+apiVersion: mongodbcommunity.mongodb.com/v1
+kind: MongoDBCommunity
+metadata:
+  name: {{ include "tracetest-dependencies.fullname" . }}-mongodb
+spec:
+  members: 1
+  type: ReplicaSet
+  version: "6.0.5"
+  security:
+    authentication:
+      modes: ["SCRAM"]
+  users:
+    - name: {{ .Values.global.mongodb.auth.username }}
+      db: {{ .Values.global.mongodb.auth.database }}
+      passwordSecretRef: # a reference to the secret that will be used to generate the user's password
+        name: {{ include "tracetest-dependencies.fullname" . }}-mongodb-passwd
+      roles:
+        - name: clusterAdmin
+          db: admin
+        - name: userAdminAnyDatabase
+          db: admin
+        - name: readWrite
+          db: {{ .Values.global.mongodb.auth.database }}
+        - name: dbAdmin
+          db: {{ .Values.global.mongodb.auth.database }}
+      scramCredentialsSecretName: {{ include "tracetest-dependencies.fullname" . }}-mongodb-scram
+  additionalMongodConfig:
+    storage.wiredTiger.engineConfig.journalCompressor: zlib
+
+# the user credentials will be generated from this secret
+# once the credentials are generated, this secret is no longer required
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Secret
+metadata:
+  name: {{ include "tracetest-dependencies.fullname" . }}-mongodb-passwd
+type: Opaque
+stringData:
+  password: {{ .Values.global.mongodb.auth.password }}
+{{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/tracetest-dependencies/values.yaml b/charts/tracetest-dependencies/values.yaml
index 9c5f7e1..3f7d1d7 100644
--- a/charts/tracetest-dependencies/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/tracetest-dependencies/values.yaml
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@ global:
       username: ""
       password: ""
       database: ""
+  mongodb:
+    auth:
+      username: "mongodb"
+      password: "mongodb"
+      database: "tracetest"
 
 cert-manager:
   enabled: true
@@ -13,6 +18,9 @@ cert-manager:
 postgresql:
   enabled: true
 
+mongodb:
+  enabled: true
+
 traefik:
   enabled: true
 
diff --git a/scripts/setup_kind_cluster.sh b/scripts/setup_kind_cluster.sh
index 52e9c18..bd4aab4 100755
--- a/scripts/setup_kind_cluster.sh
+++ b/scripts/setup_kind_cluster.sh
@@ -22,6 +22,11 @@ EOF
 
 source $ENV_FILE
 
+# install mongo operator
+helm repo add mongodb https://mongodb.github.io/helm-charts --force-update
+helm install \
+  community-operator mongodb/community-operator 
+
 # install cert manager
 helm repo add jetstack https://charts.jetstack.io --force-update
 helm install \
diff --git a/values-kind.yaml b/values-kind.yaml
index 14c0307..969f0dd 100644
--- a/values-kind.yaml
+++ b/values-kind.yaml
@@ -10,6 +10,15 @@ global:
       password: "postgres"
       database: "tracetest"
 
+  mongodb:
+    auth:
+      protocol: "mongodb"
+      host: "ttdeps-tracetest-dependencies-mongodb-svc"
+      username: "mongodb"
+      password: "mongodb"
+      database: "tracetest"
+      options:
+        retryWrites: "true"
 
 traefik:
   service: