diff --git a/values/mongo.go b/values/mongo.go
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+package values
+
+import "os"
+
+const (
+	// Environment variable name providing mongo configdb username
+	MongoConfigDBUserNameEnv = "MONGO_CONFIGDB_USERNAME"
+
+	// Default value for the mongo configdb username
+	DefaultMongoConfigDBUserName = "root"
+
+	// Environment variable name providing mongo configdb password
+	MongoConfigDBPasswordEnv = "MONGO_CONFIGDB_PASSWORD"
+
+	// Default value for the mongo configdb password
+	DefaultMongoConfigDBPassword = "password"
+)
+
+// Get configured mongodb credentials
+func GetMongoConfigDBCredentials() (string, string) {
+	user, ok := os.LookupEnv(MongoConfigDBUserNameEnv)
+	if !ok {
+		// if user env is not set return default values even for password
+		return DefaultMongoConfigDBUserName, DefaultMongoConfigDBPassword
+	}
+	pass, ok := os.LookupEnv(MongoConfigDBPasswordEnv)
+	if !ok {
+		// if password env is not set return default values even for user
+		return DefaultMongoConfigDBUserName, DefaultMongoConfigDBPassword
+	}
+	return user, pass
+}