diff --git a/charts/px-central/templates/px-lighthouse/px-central-ui/pxcentral-lighthouse.yaml b/charts/px-central/templates/px-lighthouse/px-central-ui/pxcentral-lighthouse.yaml
index 3b1508cb5..ed4ea2acb 100644
--- a/charts/px-central/templates/px-lighthouse/px-central-ui/pxcentral-lighthouse.yaml
+++ b/charts/px-central/templates/px-lighthouse/px-central-ui/pxcentral-lighthouse.yaml
@@ -139,6 +139,10 @@ spec:
             value: {{ .Values.pxbackup.prometheusServiceName}}
           - name: PROMETHEUS_PORT_ENV
             value: "{{ .Values.pxbackup.prometheusServicePort}}"
+          - name: AUTH_USER
+            value: "{{ .Values.pxbackup.authUser}}"
+          - name: AUTH_PW
+            value: "{{ randAlphaNum 12 }}"
         ports:
           - name: http
             containerPort: 8091
diff --git a/charts/px-central/values.yaml b/charts/px-central/values.yaml
index 5cff71a83..2a4582c58 100644
--- a/charts/px-central/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/px-central/values.yaml
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ pxbackup:
   alertmanagerServiceName: "alertmanager-operated"
   alertmanagerServicePort: "9093"
   metricSyncInterval: ""
+  authUser: "px-admin"
 
 pxlicenseserver:
   enabled: false