diff --git a/devops/azure/chart/helm-config.yaml b/devops/azure/chart/helm-config.yaml
index 7f8cbf9cf511e8bd6fe6d802b8668ea021022c8e..b337519738674eb252e0c85d018fb19254734009 100644
--- a/devops/azure/chart/helm-config.yaml
+++ b/devops/azure/chart/helm-config.yaml
@@ -2,9 +2,12 @@ global:
   replicaCount: #{REPLICA_COUNT}#
   namespace: osdu
   podidentity: osdu-identity
+  nodepool: services
+  isAutoscalingEnabled: false
   minReplicaCount: #{SDMS_MIN_REPLICAS}#
   maxReplicaCount: #{SDMS_MAX_REPLICAS}#
  
+ 
 configEnv:
   cloudProvider: #{PROVIDER_NAME}#
   keyvaultUrl: #{KEYVAULT_NAME}#
@@ -17,4 +20,4 @@ configEnv:
 image:
   repository: #{CONTAINER_REGISTRY_NAME}#
   branch: master
-  tag: #{IMAGE_TAG}#
\ No newline at end of file
+  tag: #{IMAGE_TAG}#
diff --git a/devops/azure/chart/templates/deployment.yaml b/devops/azure/chart/templates/deployment.yaml
index 53ea7acb132c4817556cd619ba225753bc9cb10d..9a5ac488e9ced4396ba9ee700c503a28f46518a5 100644
--- a/devops/azure/chart/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/devops/azure/chart/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -15,7 +15,11 @@ spec:
       labels:
         app: {{ .Release.Name }}
         aadpodidbinding: {{ .Values.global.podidentity }}
-    spec:
+    spec: 
+{{- if .Values.global.isAutoscalingEnabled }}
+      nodeSelector:
+        nodepool: {{ .Values.global.nodepool }} 
+{{- end }}   
       containers:
         - name: {{ .Release.Name }}
           image: {{ .Values.image.repository }}:{{ .Values.image.tag }}