diff --git a/charts/platform/README.md b/charts/platform/README.md
index da7c4fc..a8af6c6 100644
--- a/charts/platform/README.md
+++ b/charts/platform/README.md
@@ -352,5 +352,7 @@ realms:
 | services.kas.config.keyring | list | `[{"alg":"ec:secp256r1","kid":"e1"},{"alg":"rsa:2048","kid":"r1"}]` | Default keys for clients to use |
 | services.kas.privateKeysSecret | string | `"kas-private-keys"` | KAS secret containing keys kas-private.pem , kas-cert.pem , kas-ec-private.pem , kas-ec-cert.pem |
 | tolerations | list | `[]` | Tolerations to apply to the pod (https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/scheduling-eviction/taint-and-toleration/) |
+| volumeMountTemplate | string | `"platform.volumeMountsEmpty.tpl"` | Add ability for downstream chart to merge additional volumeMounts |
 | volumeMounts | list | `[]` | Additional volumeMounts on the output Deployment definition. |
+| volumeTemplate | string | `"platform.volumesEmpty.tpl"` | Add ability for downstream chart to merge additional volumes |
 | volumes | list | `[]` | Additional volumes on the output Deployment definition. |
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diff --git a/charts/platform/templates/_helpers.tpl b/charts/platform/templates/_helpers.tpl
index 088f105..b689f66 100644
--- a/charts/platform/templates/_helpers.tpl
+++ b/charts/platform/templates/_helpers.tpl
@@ -79,4 +79,31 @@ Create the name of the service account to use
 {{- if and ( .Values.sdk_config.clientsecret) ( .Values.sdk_config.existingSecret.name) ( .Values.sdk_config.existingSecret.key)}}
 {{- fail "You cannot set both clientsecret and existingSecret in sdk_config." }}
 {{- end -}}
+{{- end -}}
+
+{{- /*
+platform.util.merge will merge two YAML templates and output the result.
+This takes an array of three values:
+- the top context
+- the template name of the overrides (destination)
+- the template name of the base (source)
+*/ -}}
+{{- define "platform.util.merge.list" -}}
+{{- $top := first . -}}
+{{- $filterKey := (index . 1) }}
+{{- $overrides := fromYaml (include (index . 2) $top) | default (dict) -}}
+{{- $tpl := fromYaml (include (index . 3) $top) | default (dict) -}}
+
+{{- $mergedList := index $tpl $filterKey | default (list) -}}
+
+{{- range $key, $values := $overrides -}}
+  {{- if kindIs "slice" $values }}
+    {{- range $key2, $value := $values }}
+        {{- $mergedList = append $mergedList $value -}}
+    {{- end }}
+  {{- end -}}
+{{- end -}}
+
+{{- (dict $filterKey $mergedList) | toYaml }}
+
 {{- end -}}
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diff --git a/charts/platform/templates/_volume.tpl b/charts/platform/templates/_volume.tpl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..abe509f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/platform/templates/_volume.tpl
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+{{ define "platform.volumesEmpty.tpl" }}
+{{ end }}
+{{ define "platform.volumes.tpl" }}
+volumes:
+  - name: config
+    configMap:
+      name: {{ include "chart.fullname" . }}
+  {{- if or (contains .Values.mode "all") (contains .Values.mode "core") (contains .Values.mode "kas") }}
+  - name: kas-private-keys
+    secret:
+      secretName: {{ .Values.services.kas.privateKeysSecret }}
+    {{- if .Values.server.tls.enabled }}
+  {{- end }}
+  - name: tls
+    secret:
+      secretName: {{ .Values.server.tls.secret | default (printf "%s-tls" (include "chart.fullname" .)) }}
+    {{- end }}
+    {{- if or (and .Values.playground .Values.keycloak.ingress.enabled .Values.keycloak.ingress.tls) .Values.server.tls.additionalTrustedCerts }}
+  - name: trusted-certs
+    projected:
+      sources:
+      {{- if and .Values.playground .Values.keycloak.ingress.enabled .Values.keycloak.ingress.tls }}
+        - secret:
+            name: {{ .Values.keycloak.ingress.hostname }}-tls # If the fullnameOverride is set, this will break
+            optional: false
+            items:
+              - key: ca.crt
+                path: kc-ca.crt
+        {{- end -}}
+        {{- with .Values.server.tls.additionalTrustedCerts }}
+        {{- toYaml . | nindent 12 }}
+        {{- end }}
+    {{- end }}
+  {{- with .Values.volumes }}
+  {{- toYaml . | nindent 2 }}
+  {{- end }}
+{{ end }}
+
+
+{{ define "platform.volumeMountsEmpty.tpl" }}
+{{ end }}
+
+{{ define "platform.volumeMounts.tpl" }}
+volumeMounts:
+  - name: config
+    readOnly: true
+    mountPath: /etc/platform/config
+  {{- if or (contains .Values.mode "all") (contains .Values.mode "core") (contains .Values.mode "kas") }}
+  - name: kas-private-keys
+    readOnly: true
+    mountPath: /etc/platform/kas
+  {{- end }}
+  - name: trusted-certs
+    readOnly: true
+    mountPath: /etc/ssl/certs/platform
+  {{- if .Values.server.tls.enabled }}
+  - name: tls
+    readOnly: true
+    mountPath: /etc/platform/certs
+  {{- end -}}
+  {{- with .Values.volumeMounts }}
+  {{- toYaml . | nindent 2 }}
+  {{- end }}
+{{ end }}
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diff --git a/charts/platform/templates/config.yaml b/charts/platform/templates/config.yaml
index 2475500..0aa4026 100644
--- a/charts/platform/templates/config.yaml
+++ b/charts/platform/templates/config.yaml
@@ -22,12 +22,18 @@ data:
       clientsecret: {{ .Values.sdk_config.clientsecret | quote }}
       {{- end }}
     services:
+      {{- if or (contains .Values.mode "all") (contains .Values.mode "core") }}
       entityresolution: 
         {{- .Values.services.entityresolution | toYaml | nindent 8 }}
+      {{- end }}
+      {{- if or (contains .Values.mode "all") (contains .Values.mode "core") (contains .Values.mode "kas") }}
       kas:
         {{- .Values.services.kas.config | toYaml | nindent 8 }}
+      {{- end }}
+      {{- if or (contains .Values.mode "all") (contains .Values.mode "core") }}
       authorization:
         {{- .Values.services.authorization | toYaml | nindent 8 }}
+      {{- end }}
       {{- with .Values.services.extraServices }}
       {{- toYaml . | nindent 6 }}
       {{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/platform/templates/deployment.yaml b/charts/platform/templates/deployment.yaml
index a47fdb4..f9c0cd6 100644
--- a/charts/platform/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/platform/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+{{ $data := dict "Release" $.Release "Chart" $.Chart "Values" $.Values "Files" $.Files "Capabilities" .Capabilities }}
 apiVersion: apps/v1
 kind: Deployment
 metadata:
@@ -33,7 +34,8 @@ spec:
       {{- if .Values.hostAliases }}
       hostAliases:
         {{- toYaml .Values.hostAliases | nindent 8 }}
-      {{- end }}
+      {{- end -}}
+      {{  include "platform.util.merge.list" (list $data "volumes" .Values.volumeTemplate "platform.volumes.tpl" ) | nindent 6 }}
       containers:
         - name: {{ .Chart.Name }}
           args:
@@ -62,24 +64,7 @@ spec:
           {{ end }}
           resources:
             {{- toYaml .Values.resources | nindent 12 }}
-          volumeMounts:
-            - name: config
-              readOnly: true
-              mountPath: /etc/platform/config
-            - name: kas-private-keys
-              readOnly: true
-              mountPath: /etc/platform/kas
-            - name: trusted-certs
-              readOnly: true
-              mountPath: /etc/ssl/certs/platform
-            {{- if .Values.server.tls.enabled }}
-            - name: tls
-              readOnly: true
-              mountPath: /etc/platform/certs
-            {{- end -}}
-            {{- with .Values.volumeMounts }}
-            {{- toYaml . | nindent 12 }}
-          {{- end }}
+          {{  include "platform.util.merge.list" (list $data "volumeMounts" .Values.volumeMountTemplate "platform.volumeMounts.tpl" ) | nindent 10}}
           env:
           - name: SSL_CERT_DIR
             value: '/etc/ssl/certs:/etc/ssl/certs/platform'
@@ -102,35 +87,6 @@ spec:
           envFrom:
             {{- toYaml . | nindent 10 }}
           {{- end }}
-      volumes:
-        - name: config
-          configMap:
-            name: {{ include "chart.fullname" . }}
-        - name: kas-private-keys
-          secret:
-            secretName: {{ .Values.services.kas.privateKeysSecret }}
-        {{- if .Values.server.tls.enabled }}
-        - name: tls
-          secret:
-            secretName: {{ .Values.server.tls.secret | default (printf "%s-tls" (include "chart.fullname" .)) }}
-        {{- end }}
-        - name: trusted-certs
-          projected:
-            sources:
-            {{- if and .Values.playground .Values.keycloak.ingress.enabled .Values.keycloak.ingress.tls }}
-            - secret:
-                name: {{ .Values.keycloak.ingress.hostname }}-tls # If the fullnameOverride is set, this will break
-                optional: false
-                items:
-                  - key: ca.crt
-                    path: kc-ca.crt
-            {{- end -}}
-            {{- with .Values.server.tls.additionalTrustedCerts }}
-            {{- toYaml . | nindent 12 }}
-            {{- end }}
-        {{- with .Values.volumes }}
-        {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}
-      {{- end }}
       {{- with .Values.nodeSelector }}
       nodeSelector:
         {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}
diff --git a/charts/platform/values.yaml b/charts/platform/values.yaml
index 7adb01d..586a577 100644
--- a/charts/platform/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/platform/values.yaml
@@ -119,6 +119,8 @@ autoscaling:
   targetCPUUtilizationPercentage: 80
   # targetMemoryUtilizationPercentage: 80
 
+# -- Add ability for downstream chart to merge additional volumes
+volumeTemplate: "platform.volumesEmpty.tpl"
 # -- Additional volumes on the output Deployment definition.
 volumes: []
 # - name: foo
@@ -126,6 +128,8 @@ volumes: []
 #     secretName: mysecret
 #     optional: false
 
+# -- Add ability for downstream chart to merge additional volumeMounts
+volumeMountTemplate: "platform.volumeMountsEmpty.tpl"
 # -- Additional volumeMounts on the output Deployment definition.
 volumeMounts: []
 # - name: foo
diff --git a/tests/chart_platform_template_test.go b/tests/chart_platform_template_test.go
index 920be91..722af65 100644
--- a/tests/chart_platform_template_test.go
+++ b/tests/chart_platform_template_test.go
@@ -72,3 +72,101 @@ func (suite *PlatformChartTemplateSuite) Test_SDK_Config_Set_Client_Secret_AND_E
 	suite.Require().Error(err)
 	suite.Require().ErrorContains(err, "You cannot set both clientsecret and existingSecret in sdk_config.")
 }
+
+func (suite *PlatformChartTemplateSuite) Test_Playground_Enabled_AND_Keycloak_Ing_Enabled_Trusted_Cert_Mounted() {
+	releaseName := "basic"
+
+	namespaceName := "opentdf-" + strings.ToLower(random.UniqueId())
+
+	options := &helm.Options{
+		KubectlOptions: k8s.NewKubectlOptions("", "", namespaceName),
+		SetValues: map[string]string{
+			"image.tag":  "latest",
+			"playground": "true",
+		},
+	}
+
+	output := helm.RenderTemplate(suite.T(), options, suite.chartPath, releaseName, []string{"templates/deployment.yaml"})
+	var deployment appv1.Deployment
+	helm.UnmarshalK8SYaml(suite.T(), output, &deployment)
+
+	// Find projected volume trusted-certs and check if keycloak cert is mounted
+	found := false
+	for _, volume := range deployment.Spec.Template.Spec.Volumes {
+		if volume.Projected != nil {
+			for _, source := range volume.Projected.Sources {
+				suite.T().Log("Secret Name: ", source.Secret.Name)
+				if source.Secret != nil && source.Secret.Name == "keycloak.local-tls" {
+					suite.Require().Equal("ca.crt", source.Secret.Items[0].Key)
+					suite.Require().Equal("kc-ca.crt", source.Secret.Items[0].Path)
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	suite.Require().True(found)
+}
+
+func (suite *PlatformChartTemplateSuite) Test_Playground_Enabled_AND_Keycloak_Ing_Disabled_Trusted_Cert_Not_Mounted() {
+	releaseName := "basic"
+
+	namespaceName := "opentdf-" + strings.ToLower(random.UniqueId())
+
+	options := &helm.Options{
+		KubectlOptions: k8s.NewKubectlOptions("", "", namespaceName),
+		SetValues: map[string]string{
+			"image.tag":                "latest",
+			"playground":               "true",
+			"keycloak.ingress.enabled": "false",
+		},
+	}
+
+	output := helm.RenderTemplate(suite.T(), options, suite.chartPath, releaseName, []string{"templates/deployment.yaml"})
+	var deployment appv1.Deployment
+	helm.UnmarshalK8SYaml(suite.T(), output, &deployment)
+
+	// Find projected volume trusted-certs and check if keycloak cert is mounted
+	found := false
+	for _, volume := range deployment.Spec.Template.Spec.Volumes {
+		if volume.Projected != nil {
+			for _, source := range volume.Projected.Sources {
+				if source.Secret != nil && source.Secret.Name == "keycloak.local-tls" {
+					found = true
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	suite.Require().False(found)
+}
+
+func (suite *PlatformChartTemplateSuite) Test_Playground_Enabled_AND_Keycloak_Ing_Enabled_AND_TLS_Disabled_Trusted_Cert_Not_Mounted() {
+	releaseName := "basic"
+
+	namespaceName := "opentdf-" + strings.ToLower(random.UniqueId())
+
+	options := &helm.Options{
+		KubectlOptions: k8s.NewKubectlOptions("", "", namespaceName),
+		SetValues: map[string]string{
+			"image.tag":                "latest",
+			"playground":               "true",
+			"keycloak.ingress.enabled": "true",
+			"keycloak.ingress.tls":     "false",
+		},
+	}
+
+	output := helm.RenderTemplate(suite.T(), options, suite.chartPath, releaseName, []string{"templates/deployment.yaml"})
+	var deployment appv1.Deployment
+	helm.UnmarshalK8SYaml(suite.T(), output, &deployment)
+
+	// Find projected volume trusted-certs and check if keycloak cert is mounted
+	found := false
+	for _, volume := range deployment.Spec.Template.Spec.Volumes {
+		if volume.Projected != nil {
+			for _, source := range volume.Projected.Sources {
+				if source.Secret != nil && source.Secret.Name == "keycloak.local-tls" {
+					found = true
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	suite.Require().False(found)
+}
diff --git a/tests/kubeconform/extra_volumes-values.yaml b/tests/kubeconform/extra_volumes-values.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f8b7d84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/kubeconform/extra_volumes-values.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+volumeMounts:
+  - name: test
+    mountPath: /extra-config
+    readOnly: true
+volumes:
+  - name: test
+    secret:
+      secretName: mysecret
+      optional: false
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diff --git a/tests/kubeconform/mode_all-values.yaml b/tests/kubeconform/mode_all-values.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f52409a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/kubeconform/mode_all-values.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+mode: all
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diff --git a/tests/kubeconform/mode_combo-values.yaml b/tests/kubeconform/mode_combo-values.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..14f6d37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/kubeconform/mode_combo-values.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+mode: test,kas
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diff --git a/tests/kubeconform/mode_core-values.yaml b/tests/kubeconform/mode_core-values.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ec09534
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/kubeconform/mode_core-values.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+mode: core
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diff --git a/tests/kubeconform/mode_kas-values.yaml b/tests/kubeconform/mode_kas-values.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5ce5733
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/kubeconform/mode_kas-values.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+mode: kas
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diff --git a/tests/kubeconform/mode_test-values.yaml b/tests/kubeconform/mode_test-values.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6ccc2ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/kubeconform/mode_test-values.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+mode: test
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diff --git a/tests/traefik.yaml b/tests/traefik.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6a6fdd7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/traefik.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+---
+apiVersion: traefik.containo.us/v1alpha1
+kind: IngressRoute
+metadata:
+  name: platform
+spec:
+  entryPoints:
+    - websecure
+  routes:
+    - match: Host(`keycloak.opentdf.local`)
+      kind: Rule
+      services:
+        - name: platform-keycloak
+          namespace: opentdf-sd1jsk
+          port: 80
+          scheme: http
+          passHostHeader: true
+    - match: Host(`platform.opentdf.local`)
+      kind: Rule
+      services:
+        - name: opentdf-platform
+          namespace: opentdf-sd1jsk
+          port: 9000
+          scheme: h2c
+          passHostHeader: true
+  tls:
+    secretName: platform-tls
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