diff --git a/infra/feast-operator/config/samples/v1alpha1_featurestore_db_persistence_volumes.yaml b/infra/feast-operator/config/samples/v1alpha1_featurestore_db_persistence_volumes.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f9652a7fea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/infra/feast-operator/config/samples/v1alpha1_featurestore_db_persistence_volumes.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Secret
+metadata:
+  name: postgres-secret
+  namespace: test
+  labels:
+    app: postgres
+stringData:
+  POSTGRES_DB: feast
+  POSTGRES_USER: feast
+  POSTGRES_PASSWORD: feast
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Secret
+metadata:
+  name: feast-data-stores
+  namespace: test
+stringData:
+  postgres-secret-parameters: |
+    path: postgresql+psycopg://${POSTGRES_USER}:${POSTGRES_PASSWORD}@postgres.test.svc.cluster.local:5432/${POSTGRES_DB}
+    cache_ttl_seconds: 60
+    sqlalchemy_config_kwargs:
+        echo: false
+        pool_pre_ping: true
+  postgres: |
+    host: postgres.test.svc.cluster.local
+    port: 5432
+    database: ${POSTGRES_DB}
+    db_schema: public
+    user: ${POSTGRES_USER}
+    password: ${POSTGRES_PASSWORD}
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ConfigMap
+metadata:
+  name: feast-config
+  namespace: test
+data:
+  feature_store.yaml: |
+    registry:
+      path: /config/registry.db
+---
+apiVersion: feast.dev/v1alpha1
+kind: FeatureStore
+metadata:
+  name: example
+  namespace: test
+spec:
+  feastProject: my_project
+  services:
+    volumes:
+      - name: feast-config-volume
+        configMap:
+          name: feast-config
+      - name: cache-volume
+        emptyDir: {}
+
+    onlineStore:
+      persistence:
+        store:
+          type: postgres
+          secretRef:
+            name: feast-data-stores
+      envFrom:
+        - secretRef:
+            name: postgres-secret
+      volumeMounts:
+        - mountPath: /config
+          name: feast-config-volume
+        - mountPath: /cache
+          name: cache-volume
+
+    registry:
+      local:
+        persistence:
+          store:
+            type: sql
+            secretRef:
+              name: feast-data-stores
+            secretKeyName: postgres-secret-parameters
+        envFrom:
+          - secretRef:
+              name: postgres-secret
+        volumeMounts:
+          - mountPath: /config
+            name: feast-config-volume
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/infra/feast-operator/internal/controller/services/services.go b/infra/feast-operator/internal/controller/services/services.go
index d7d272f982..8d416c5633 100644
--- a/infra/feast-operator/internal/controller/services/services.go
+++ b/infra/feast-operator/internal/controller/services/services.go
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ func (feast *FeastServices) setPod(podSpec *corev1.PodSpec) error {
 	feast.mountTlsConfigs(podSpec)
 	feast.mountPvcConfigs(podSpec)
 	feast.mountEmptyDirVolumes(podSpec)
-	feast.mountPodVolumes(podSpec)
+	feast.mountUserDefinedVolumes(podSpec)
 
 	return nil
 }
@@ -380,8 +380,7 @@ func (feast *FeastServices) setContainers(podSpec *corev1.PodSpec) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (feast *FeastServices) setContainer(containers *[]corev1.Container, feastType FeastServiceType,
-	fsYamlB64 string) {
+func (feast *FeastServices) setContainer(containers *[]corev1.Container, feastType FeastServiceType, fsYamlB64 string) {
 	tls := feast.getTlsConfigs(feastType)
 	serviceConfigs := feast.getServiceConfigs(feastType)
 	defaultServiceConfigs := serviceConfigs.DefaultConfigs
@@ -893,7 +892,7 @@ func (feast *FeastServices) mountPvcConfig(podSpec *corev1.PodSpec, pvcConfig *f
 	}
 }
 
-func (feast *FeastServices) mountPodVolumes(podSpec *corev1.PodSpec) {
+func (feast *FeastServices) mountUserDefinedVolumes(podSpec *corev1.PodSpec) {
 	var volumes []corev1.Volume
 	if feast.Handler.FeatureStore.Spec.Services != nil {
 		volumes = feast.Handler.FeatureStore.Spec.Services.Volumes