diff --git a/tutor/templates/apps/mysql/auth.env b/tutor/templates/apps/mysql/auth.env
index 8d4ea4a428d8efca5d60338331d1136163504645..db5d3460ead84041c881e2e83742ea97813b3efa 100644
--- a/tutor/templates/apps/mysql/auth.env
+++ b/tutor/templates/apps/mysql/auth.env
@@ -1 +1,4 @@
 MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD={{ MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD }}
+OPENEDX_MYSQL_DATABASE={{ OPENEDX_MYSQL_DATABASE }}
+OPENEDX_MYSQL_USERNAME={{ OPENEDX_MYSQL_USERNAME }}
+OPENEDX_MYSQL_PASSWORD={{ OPENEDX_MYSQL_PASSWORD }}
diff --git a/tutor/templates/apps/mysql/my.cnf b/tutor/templates/apps/mysql/my.cnf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..124301944008fdb3f451d754be340014555515d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tutor/templates/apps/mysql/my.cnf
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+[mysqld]
+pid-file	= /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid
+socket		= /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock
+datadir		= /var/lib/mysql
+log-error	= /var/log/mysql/error.log
+
+symbolic-links=0
+skip-host-cache
+skip-name-resolve
+character-set-server=utf8
+collation-server=utf8_general_ci
diff --git a/tutor/templates/k8s/configmap.yml b/tutor/templates/k8s/configmap.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 53c180edbd57cb98ada0d6e7c6dd29e6cae87e7a..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/tutor/templates/k8s/configmap.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-apiVersion: v1
-data:
-  my.cnf: "[mysqld]\npid-file\t= /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid\nsocket\t\t= /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock\ndatadir\t\t=
-    /var/lib/mysql\nlog-error\t= /var/log/mysql/error.log\n# Disabling symbolic-links
-    is recommended to prevent assorted security risks\nsymbolic-links=0\nskip-host-cache\nskip-name-resolve\ncharacter-set-server=utf8\ncollation-server=utf8_general_ci\n"
-kind: ConfigMap
-metadata:
-  name: mysql-cnf
diff --git a/tutor/templates/kustomization.yml b/tutor/templates/kustomization.yml
index 0743d840cb242ecde0d6a66fee193dbf4bbc981e..2dd8b765839c7313bff9c9806b6fc29273f1fe2b 100644
--- a/tutor/templates/kustomization.yml
+++ b/tutor/templates/kustomization.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
 kind: Kustomization
 resources:
 - k8s/namespace.yml
-- k8s/configmap.yml
 - k8s/deployments.yml
 - k8s/ingress.yml
 - k8s/jobs.yml
@@ -38,6 +37,8 @@ configMapGenerator:
   - {{ file }}{% endfor %}
 - name: mysql-config
   env: apps/mysql/auth.env
+- name: mysql-cnf
+  env: apps/mysql/my.cnf
 {{ patch("kustomization-configmapgenerator") }}
 
 {{ patch("kustomization") }}