diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d4d5ae85a7c99aaa26fd9503605ed94992fafc9e..a5f14b0af19c1186176d3fe599e74d35aad1e473 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 # Changelog
 
 ---
+## [29.1.0-bb.6] - 2021-07-05
+## Added
+- Provision to connect to external database [pro version only]
+
 ## [29.1.0-bb.5] - 2021-06-30
 ### Added
 - Network policy to allow prometheus scraping of istio envoy sidecar
diff --git a/chart/Chart.yaml b/chart/Chart.yaml
index 878cde7a21a7e0471925fa5d410aa56afa4401b8..e07100e2a6f047a8399559ef1200946f27758aca 100644
--- a/chart/Chart.yaml
+++ b/chart/Chart.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 apiVersion: v2
 name: nexus-repository-manager
-version: 29.1.0-bb.5
+version: 29.1.0-bb.6
 appVersion: 3.29.0
 description: Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager - Universal Binary repository
 type: application
diff --git a/chart/templates/deployment.yaml b/chart/templates/deployment.yaml
index c678ca374b9bc7d31309c3becaadbf7db4d279c9..f4a09a84f3726c3e3df62158f7e9551960fe55d8 100644
--- a/chart/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/chart/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -121,6 +121,11 @@ spec:
             - mountPath: {{ .Values.config.mountPath }}
               name: {{ template "nexus.name" . }}-conf
             {{- end }}
+            {{- if .Values.externaldb.enabled }}
+            - mountPath: /nexus-data/etc/fabric/nexus-store.properties
+              name: {{ template "nexus.name" . }}-db-properties
+              subPath: nexus-store.properties
+            {{- end }}
             {{- if .Values.nexus.properties.override }}
             - mountPath: /nexus-data/etc/nexus.properties
               name: {{ template "nexus.name" . }}-properties
@@ -163,6 +168,15 @@ spec:
           configMap:
             name: {{ template "nexus.name" . }}-conf
         {{- end }}
+        {{- if .Values.externaldb.enabled }}
+        - name: {{ template "nexus.name" . }}-db-properties
+          configMap:
+            name: {{ template "nexus.name" . }}-db-properties
+            items:
+            - key: nexus-store.properties
+              path: nexus-store.properties
+        {{- end }}
+
         {{- if .Values.nexus.properties.override }}
         - name: {{ template "nexus.name" . }}-properties
           configMap:
diff --git a/chart/templates/external-db-configmap.yaml b/chart/templates/external-db-configmap.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..b77b7f53c6c169326e3e17d1fa98ea81d3a6fd4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/chart/templates/external-db-configmap.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{{- if .Values.externaldb.enabled -}}
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ConfigMap
+metadata:
+  name: {{ template "nexus.name" . }}-db-properties
+  labels: {{- include "nexus.labels" . | nindent 4 }}
+    {{- if .Values.nexus.extraLabels }}
+      {{- with .Values.nexus.extraLabels }}
+        {{ toYaml . | indent 4 }}
+      {{- end }}
+    {{- end }}
+data:
+  nexus-store.properties: |
+    username: {{ .Values.externaldb.username }}
+    password: {{ .Values.externaldb.password }}
+    name: {{ .Values.externaldb.name }}
+    type: {{ .Values.externaldb.type }}
+    jdbcUrl: {{ .Values.externaldb.jdbcUrl }}
+{{- end }}
diff --git a/chart/values.yaml b/chart/values.yaml
index c1b503816955f811b29fa66cdae89b9aa418dad8..acd6efcaae869d5e86ef3a7e72973ca623dfd4fa 100644
--- a/chart/values.yaml
+++ b/chart/values.yaml
@@ -115,6 +115,8 @@ nexus:
     override: true
     data: {}
     # data:
+     ## To connect to external database this field is required. External database connection is available only in pro version
+    # nexus.datastore.enabled:  true  --To connect to external database this field is reuired. External database connection is available only in pro version
     #   nexus.licenseFile: /nexus-data/sonatype-license.override.lic
     #   nexus.scripts.allowCreation: true
     #   See this article for ldap configuratioon options https://support.sonatype.com/hc/en-us/articles/216597138-Setting-Advanced-LDAP-Connection-Properties-in-Nexus-Repository-Manager
@@ -260,3 +262,13 @@ serviceAccount:
 
 psp:
   create: false
+
+# Parameters to connect to external db
+externaldb:
+  enabled:  false
+  #username: postgres
+  #password: 3JEDt18IKn
+  #name: postgres
+  #type: jdbc
+  #jdbcUrl: jdbc\:postgresql\://my-release-postgresql\:5432/  
+