diff --git a/deployments/mysql-deployment.yaml b/deployments/mysql-deployment.yaml
index df4ff3d..915e805 100644
--- a/deployments/mysql-deployment.yaml
+++ b/deployments/mysql-deployment.yaml
@@ -19,13 +19,25 @@ spec:
         - containerPort: 3306
         env:
         - name: MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD
-          value: "password"
+          valueFrom:
+            secretKeyRef:
+              name: mysql-secret
+              key: mysql_root_password
         - name: MYSQL_DATABASE
-          value: "nextcloud"
+          valueFrom:
+            configMapKeyRef:
+              name: mysql-configmap
+              key: mysql_database
         - name: MYSQL_USER
-          value: "nextcloud"
+          valueFrom:
+            secretKeyRef:
+              name: mysql-secret
+              key: mysql_user
         - name: MYSQL_PASSWORD
-          value: "password"
+          valueFrom:
+            secretKeyRef:
+              name: mysql-secret
+              key: mysql_password
         volumeMounts:
         - name: mysql-data
           mountPath: /var/lib/mysql
diff --git a/mysql-configmap.yaml b/mysql-configmap.yaml
index 3507f9d..98631ab 100644
--- a/mysql-configmap.yaml
+++ b/mysql-configmap.yaml
@@ -1,11 +1,6 @@
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: ConfigMap
 metadata:
-  name: mysql-config
+  name: mysql-configmap
 data:
-  my.cnf: |
-    [mysqld]
-    datadir=/var/lib/mysql
-    socket=/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock
-    bind-address=0.0.0.0
-    max_connections=1024
+  mysql_database: "nextcloud"
diff --git a/mysql-secret.yaml b/mysql-secret.yaml
index af15595..a9ef107 100644
--- a/mysql-secret.yaml
+++ b/mysql-secret.yaml
@@ -2,5 +2,8 @@ apiVersion: v1
 kind: Secret
 metadata:
   name: mysql-secret
+type: Opaque
 data:
-  root-password: "cGFzc3dvcmQ="
+  mysql_root_password: "cGFzc3dvcmQ="
+  mysql_user: "bmV4dGNsb3Vk"
+  mysql_password: "cGFzc3dvcmQ="