diff --git a/installer/inventory b/installer/inventory
index 4ec968be0d..bdba97f2f6 100644
--- a/installer/inventory
+++ b/installer/inventory
@@ -82,8 +82,8 @@ rabbitmq_erlang_cookie=cookiemonster
 
 # This will create or update a default admin (superuser) account in AWX, if not provided
 # then these default values are used
-# default_admin_user=admin
-# default_admin_password=password
+admin_user=admin
+admin_password=password
 
 # AWX Secret key
 # It's *very* important that this stay the same between upgrades or you will lose the ability to decrypt
diff --git a/installer/roles/image_build/files/launch_awx.sh b/installer/roles/image_build/files/launch_awx.sh
index 071da9c0bf..a8198eed09 100755
--- a/installer/roles/image_build/files/launch_awx.sh
+++ b/installer/roles/image_build/files/launch_awx.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ fi
 ANSIBLE_REMOTE_TEMP=/tmp ANSIBLE_LOCAL_TEMP=/tmp ansible -i "127.0.0.1," -c local -v -m wait_for -a "host=$DATABASE_HOST port=$DATABASE_PORT" all
 ANSIBLE_REMOTE_TEMP=/tmp ANSIBLE_LOCAL_TEMP=/tmp ansible -i "127.0.0.1," -c local -v -m wait_for -a "host=$MEMCACHED_HOST port=11211" all
 ANSIBLE_REMOTE_TEMP=/tmp ANSIBLE_LOCAL_TEMP=/tmp ansible -i "127.0.0.1," -c local -v -m wait_for -a "host=$RABBITMQ_HOST port=5672" all
-ANSIBLE_REMOTE_TEMP=/tmp ANSIBLE_LOCAL_TEMP=/tmp ansible -i "127.0.0.1," -c local -v -m postgresql_db -U $DATABASE_USER -a "name=$DATABASE_NAME owner=$DATABASE_USER login_user=$DATABASE_USER login_host=$DATABASE_HOST login_password=$DATABASE_PASSWORD port=$DATABASE_PORT" all
+ANSIBLE_REMOTE_TEMP=/tmp ANSIBLE_LOCAL_TEMP=/tmp ansible -i "127.0.0.1," -c local -v -m postgresql_db --become-user $DATABASE_USER -a "name=$DATABASE_NAME owner=$DATABASE_USER login_user=$DATABASE_USER login_host=$DATABASE_HOST login_password=$DATABASE_PASSWORD port=$DATABASE_PORT" all
 
 awx-manage collectstatic --noinput --clear
 supervisord -c /supervisor.conf
diff --git a/installer/roles/kubernetes/defaults/main.yml b/installer/roles/kubernetes/defaults/main.yml
index bc3d6851e1..f9be7ef9ab 100644
--- a/installer/roles/kubernetes/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/installer/roles/kubernetes/defaults/main.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 ---
+dockerhub_version: "{{ lookup('file', playbook_dir + '/../VERSION') }}"
+
 admin_user: 'admin'
 admin_email: 'root@localhost'
 admin_password: ''
diff --git a/installer/roles/kubernetes/templates/deployment.yml.j2 b/installer/roles/kubernetes/templates/deployment.yml.j2
index ddc8947c2e..018215dac8 100644
--- a/installer/roles/kubernetes/templates/deployment.yml.j2
+++ b/installer/roles/kubernetes/templates/deployment.yml.j2
@@ -139,6 +139,24 @@ spec:
             - name: "{{ kubernetes_deployment_name }}-confd"
               mountPath: "/etc/tower/conf.d/"
               readOnly: true
+          env:
+            - name: DATABASE_USER
+              value: {{ pg_username }}
+            - name: DATABASE_NAME
+              value: {{ pg_database }}
+            - name: DATABASE_HOST
+              value: {{ pg_hostname|default('postgresql') }}
+            - name: DATABASE_PORT
+              value: "{{ pg_port|default('5432') }}"
+            - name: DATABASE_PASSWORD
+              valueFrom:
+                secretKeyRef:
+                  name: "{{ kubernetes_deployment_name }}-secrets"
+                  key: pg_password
+            - name: MEMCACHED_HOST
+              value: {{ memcached_hostname|default('localhost') }}
+            - name: RABBITMQ_HOST
+              value: {{ rabbitmq_hostname|default('localhost') }}
           resources:
             requests:
               memory: "{{ web_mem_request }}Gi"