diff --git a/devops/azure/chart/helm-config.yaml b/devops/azure/chart/helm-config.yaml
index d64f75442b0646538049408e281cef7aababb7d7..d7a3ffbbcbf681342f5b21f16ba9f35ba8d6f992 100644
--- a/devops/azure/chart/helm-config.yaml
+++ b/devops/azure/chart/helm-config.yaml
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ global:
 
   # Service(s) Replica Count
   replicaCount: 2
+  nodepool: services
+  isAutoscalingEnabled: false
 
 ################################################################################
 # Specify the Gitlab branch being used for image creation
diff --git a/devops/azure/chart/templates/deployment.yaml b/devops/azure/chart/templates/deployment.yaml
index ccd11c5d4bc91a79063068bbe5fd8560ba27b36d..5153b4406a08f8e1fd5377a2a949a42929cc33f9 100644
--- a/devops/azure/chart/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/devops/azure/chart/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@ spec:
         app: {{ .Chart.Name }}
         aadpodidbinding: osdu-identity
     spec:
+{{- if .Values.global.isAutoscalingEnabled }}
+      nodeSelector:
+        nodepool: {{ .Values.global.nodepool }} 
+{{- end }}
       volumes:
       - name: azure-keyvault
         csi:
diff --git a/devops/azure/chart/values.yaml b/devops/azure/chart/values.yaml
index 3567d0f15392658badcba18a9ee24fd7024baf11..a3bc4e7f94a545d459f49ac475a5bc6e09236745 100644
--- a/devops/azure/chart/values.yaml
+++ b/devops/azure/chart/values.yaml
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
 
 global:
   replicaCount: 1
+  nodepool: services
+  isAutoscalingEnabled: false
 
 image:
   repository: community.opengroup.org:5555/osdu/platform/security-and-compliance/legal