diff --git a/crowdsec/versions/v1/crowdsec-deployment.yaml b/crowdsec/versions/v1/crowdsec-deployment.yaml
index 0080ee5..77ae3cb 100644
--- a/crowdsec/versions/v1/crowdsec-deployment.yaml
+++ b/crowdsec/versions/v1/crowdsec-deployment.yaml
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ spec:
         - name: LEVEL_INFO
           value: "true"
         - name: AGENT_USERNAME
-          value: "kubernetes-cluster"
+          value: "{{ if .agentUsername }}{{ .agentUsername }}{{ else }}kubernetes-cluster{{ end }}"
         - name: AGENT_PASSWORD
           valueFrom:
             secretKeyRef:
@@ -72,6 +72,12 @@ spec:
               name: crowdsec-secrets
               key: bouncerApiKey
               optional: true
+        {{ if .centralLapiUrl }}
+        - name: DISABLE_LOCAL_API
+          value: "true"
+        - name: LOCAL_API_URL
+          value: "{{ .centralLapiUrl }}"
+        {{ end }}
         ports:
         - name: lapi
           containerPort: 8080
@@ -79,6 +85,7 @@ spec:
         - name: prometheus
           containerPort: 6060
           protocol: TCP
+        {{ if not .centralLapiUrl }}
         livenessProbe:
           httpGet:
             path: /health
@@ -91,6 +98,7 @@ spec:
             port: 8080
           initialDelaySeconds: 10
           periodSeconds: 10
+        {{ end }}
         resources:
           requests:
             cpu: 50m
diff --git a/crowdsec/versions/v1/manifest.yaml b/crowdsec/versions/v1/manifest.yaml
index 2e692b5..56bf09a 100644
--- a/crowdsec/versions/v1/manifest.yaml
+++ b/crowdsec/versions/v1/manifest.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-version: v1.7.8-1
+version: v1.7.8-4
 requires:
   - name: longhorn
   - name: traefik
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ defaultConfig:
   namespace: crowdsec
   rateLimitAverage: "100"
   rateLimitBurst: "100"
+  centralLapiUrl: ""
+  agentUsername: ""
 defaultSecrets:
   - key: agentPassword
   - key: bouncerApiKey
diff --git a/crowdsec/versions/v1/middleware.yaml b/crowdsec/versions/v1/middleware.yaml
index 0af0b47..1d0d850 100644
--- a/crowdsec/versions/v1/middleware.yaml
+++ b/crowdsec/versions/v1/middleware.yaml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ spec:
   plugin:
     bouncer:
       crowdsecLapiScheme: http
-      crowdsecLapiHost: crowdsec-lapi.crowdsec.svc.cluster.local:8080
+      crowdsecLapiHost: {{ if .centralLapiUrl }}{{ strings.TrimPrefix "http://" .centralLapiUrl }}{{ else }}crowdsec-lapi.crowdsec.svc.cluster.local:8080{{ end }}
       crowdsecLapiKeyFile: /etc/traefik/crowdsec/api-key
       crowdsecMode: stream
       updateIntervalSeconds: 15