diff --git a/src/main/java/org/entando/kubernetes/controller/app/CustomConfigFromOperator.java b/src/main/java/org/entando/kubernetes/controller/app/CustomConfigFromOperator.java
index 21e6317..e68215a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/entando/kubernetes/controller/app/CustomConfigFromOperator.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/entando/kubernetes/controller/app/CustomConfigFromOperator.java
@@ -1,10 +1,17 @@
 package org.entando.kubernetes.controller.app;
 
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.EnvVar;
+import java.util.List;
+
 public class CustomConfigFromOperator {
 
     private String ecrPostInitConfiguration;
     private boolean tlsEnabled;
 
+    private List<EnvVar> environmentVariablesAppEngine;
+    private List<EnvVar> environmentVariablesComponentManager;
+    private List<EnvVar> environmentVariablesSso;
+
     public boolean isTlsEnabled() {
         return tlsEnabled;
     }
@@ -21,4 +28,27 @@ public void setEcrPostInitConfiguration(String ecrPostInitConfiguration) {
         this.ecrPostInitConfiguration = ecrPostInitConfiguration;
     }
 
+    public List<EnvVar> getEnvironmentVariablesAppEngine() {
+        return environmentVariablesAppEngine;
+    }
+
+    public void setEnvironmentVariablesAppEngine(List<EnvVar> environmentVariablesAppEngine) {
+        this.environmentVariablesAppEngine = environmentVariablesAppEngine;
+    }
+
+    public List<EnvVar> getEnvironmentVariablesComponentManager() {
+        return environmentVariablesComponentManager;
+    }
+
+    public void setEnvironmentVariablesComponentManager(List<EnvVar> environmentVariablesComponentManager) {
+        this.environmentVariablesComponentManager = environmentVariablesComponentManager;
+    }
+
+    public List<EnvVar> getEnvironmentVariablesSso() {
+        return environmentVariablesSso;
+    }
+
+    public void setEnvironmentVariablesSso(List<EnvVar> environmentVariablesSso) {
+        this.environmentVariablesSso = environmentVariablesSso;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/entando/kubernetes/controller/app/EntandoAppController.java b/src/main/java/org/entando/kubernetes/controller/app/EntandoAppController.java
index 04815db..79abaf5 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/entando/kubernetes/controller/app/EntandoAppController.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/entando/kubernetes/controller/app/EntandoAppController.java
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
 import org.entando.kubernetes.controller.spi.common.EntandoOperatorSpiConfig;
 import org.entando.kubernetes.controller.spi.common.NameUtils;
 import org.entando.kubernetes.controller.spi.common.ResourceUtils;
+import org.entando.kubernetes.controller.spi.container.DeployableContainer;
 import org.entando.kubernetes.controller.spi.container.ProvidedDatabaseCapability;
 import org.entando.kubernetes.controller.spi.container.ProvidedSsoCapability;
 import org.entando.kubernetes.controller.spi.deployable.IngressingDeployable;
@@ -106,28 +107,24 @@ public void run() {
                 (EntandoApp) k8sClientForControllers.resolveCustomResourceToProcess(Collections.singletonList(EntandoApp.class)));
         try {
             entandoApp.set(k8sClientForControllers.deploymentStarted(entandoApp.get()));
+
+            // PRE
             this.createDefaultLimitRange();
+
+            // REQUIREMENTS
             final DatabaseConnectionInfo dbConnectionInfo = provideDatabaseIfRequired();
             final SsoConnectionInfo ssoConnectionInfo = provideSso();
-            final int timeoutForDbAware = calculateDbAwareTimeout();
+
+            // SETTINGS
             final CustomConfigFromOperator customConfig = readEntandoAppCustomConfig();
-            queueDeployable(new EntandoAppServerDeployable(entandoApp.get(), ssoConnectionInfo, dbConnectionInfo,
-                    simpleK8SClient.secrets(), customConfig), timeoutForDbAware);
+            final int timeoutForDbAware = calculateDbAwareTimeout();
             final int timeoutForNonDbAware = EntandoOperatorSpiConfig.getPodReadinessTimeoutSeconds();
-            queueDeployable(new AppBuilderDeployable(entandoApp.get()), timeoutForNonDbAware);
-            EntandoK8SService k8sService = new EntandoK8SService(
-                    k8sClientForControllers.loadControllerService(EntandoAppController.ENTANDO_K8S_SERVICE));
-            queueDeployable(
-                    new ComponentManagerDeployable(entandoApp.get(), ssoConnectionInfo, k8sService, dbConnectionInfo,
-                            simpleK8SClient.secrets(), customConfig),
-                    timeoutForDbAware);
-            executor.shutdown();
-            final int totalTimeout = timeoutForDbAware * 2 + timeoutForNonDbAware;
-            if (!executor.awaitTermination(totalTimeout, TimeUnit.SECONDS)) {
-                throw new TimeoutException(
-                        format("Could not complete deployment of EntandoApp in %s seconds", totalTimeout));
-            }
-            entandoApp.updateAndGet(k8sClientForControllers::deploymentEnded);
+
+            // MODULES
+            deployAppEngine(ssoConnectionInfo, dbConnectionInfo, customConfig, timeoutForDbAware);
+            deployAppBuilder(timeoutForNonDbAware);
+            deployComponentManager(ssoConnectionInfo, dbConnectionInfo, customConfig, timeoutForDbAware);
+            waitCompletionAndFinalized(timeoutForDbAware, timeoutForNonDbAware);
         } catch (Exception e) {
             attachControllerFailure(e, EntandoAppController.class, NameUtils.MAIN_QUALIFIER);
         }
@@ -137,6 +134,42 @@ public void run() {
                 });
     }
 
+    private void waitCompletionAndFinalized(int timeoutForDbAware, int timeoutForNonDbAware) throws InterruptedException, TimeoutException {
+        executor.shutdown();
+        final int totalTimeout = timeoutForDbAware * 2 + timeoutForNonDbAware;
+        if (!executor.awaitTermination(totalTimeout, TimeUnit.SECONDS)) {
+            throw new TimeoutException(
+                    format("Could not complete deployment of EntandoApp in %s seconds", totalTimeout));
+        }
+        entandoApp.updateAndGet(k8sClientForControllers::deploymentEnded);
+    }
+
+    private void deployAppBuilder(int timeoutForNonDbAware) {
+        queueDeployable(new AppBuilderDeployable(entandoApp.get()), timeoutForNonDbAware);
+    }
+
+    private void deployComponentManager(SsoConnectionInfo ssoConnectionInfo, DatabaseConnectionInfo dbConnectionInfo,
+            CustomConfigFromOperator customConfig, int timeoutForDbAware) {
+        EntandoK8SService k8sService = new EntandoK8SService(
+                k8sClientForControllers.loadControllerService(EntandoAppController.ENTANDO_K8S_SERVICE));
+        queueDeployable(
+                new ComponentManagerDeployable(entandoApp.get(), ssoConnectionInfo, k8sService, dbConnectionInfo,
+                        simpleK8SClient.secrets(), customConfig),
+                timeoutForDbAware);
+    }
+
+    private void deployAppEngine(
+            SsoConnectionInfo ssoConnectionInfo, DatabaseConnectionInfo dbConnectionInfo,
+            CustomConfigFromOperator customConfig, int timeoutForDbAware
+    ) {
+        var deployable = new EntandoAppServerDeployable(
+                entandoApp.get(), ssoConnectionInfo, dbConnectionInfo,
+                simpleK8SClient.secrets(), customConfig
+        );
+
+        queueDeployable(deployable, timeoutForDbAware);
+    }
+
     private CustomConfigFromOperator readEntandoAppCustomConfig() {
         CustomConfigFromOperator customConfig = new CustomConfigFromOperator();
         customConfig.setEcrPostInitConfiguration(lookupProperty(KEY_ENTANDO_ECR_POSTINIT_CONFIGURATION).orElse(""));
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/entando/kubernetes/controller/app/EntandoAppDeployableContainer.java b/src/main/java/org/entando/kubernetes/controller/app/EntandoAppDeployableContainer.java
index 8795079..5d30c6d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/entando/kubernetes/controller/app/EntandoAppDeployableContainer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/entando/kubernetes/controller/app/EntandoAppDeployableContainer.java
@@ -134,21 +134,8 @@ public String getNameQualifier() {
 
     @Override
     public List<EnvVar> getEnvironmentVariables() {
-        List<EnvVar> vars = new ArrayList<>();
-        vars.add(new EnvVar("JGROUPS_CLUSTER_PASSWORD", SecretUtils.randomAlphanumeric(10), null));
-        vars.add(new EnvVar("JGROUPS_JOIN_TIMEOUT", "3000", null));
-        String labelExpression = LabelNames.DEPLOYMENT.getName() + "=" + entandoApp.getMetadata().getName() + "-"
-                + NameUtils.DEFAULT_SERVER_QUALIFIER;
-        if (determineStandardImage() == JeeServer.EAP) {
-            vars.add(new EnvVar("JGROUPS_PING_PROTOCOL", "openshift.KUBE_PING", null));
-            vars.add(new EnvVar("OPENSHIFT_KUBE_PING_NAMESPACE", entandoApp.getMetadata().getNamespace(), null));
-            vars.add(new EnvVar("OPENSHIFT_KUBE_PING_LABELS", labelExpression, null));
-        } else {
-            vars.add(new EnvVar("KUBERNETES_NAMESPACE", entandoApp.getMetadata().getNamespace(), null));
-            vars.add(new EnvVar("KUBERNETES_LABELS", labelExpression, null));
-        }
-        vars.add(new EnvVar("ENTANDO_WEB_CONTEXT", getWebContextPath(), null));
-        vars.add(new EnvVar(ENTANDO_APP_USE_TLS, "" + customConfig.isTlsEnabled(), null));
+        var vars = getBaseEnvironmentVariables();
+        vars.addAll(customConfig.getEnvironmentVariablesAppEngine());
         return vars;
     }
 
@@ -190,6 +177,26 @@ public Optional<DatabasePopulator> getDatabasePopulator() {
         return Optional.of(new EntandoAppDatabasePopulator(this));
     }
 
+    protected List<EnvVar> getBaseEnvironmentVariables() {
+        List<EnvVar> vars = new ArrayList<>();
+        vars.add(new EnvVar("JGROUPS_CLUSTER_PASSWORD", SecretUtils.randomAlphanumeric(10), null));
+        vars.add(new EnvVar("JGROUPS_JOIN_TIMEOUT", "3000", null));
+        String labelExpression = LabelNames.DEPLOYMENT.getName() + "=" + entandoApp.getMetadata().getName() + "-"
+                + NameUtils.DEFAULT_SERVER_QUALIFIER;
+        if (determineStandardImage() == JeeServer.EAP) {
+            vars.add(new EnvVar("JGROUPS_PING_PROTOCOL", "openshift.KUBE_PING", null));
+            vars.add(new EnvVar("OPENSHIFT_KUBE_PING_NAMESPACE", entandoApp.getMetadata().getNamespace(), null));
+            vars.add(new EnvVar("OPENSHIFT_KUBE_PING_LABELS", labelExpression, null));
+        } else {
+            vars.add(new EnvVar("KUBERNETES_NAMESPACE", entandoApp.getMetadata().getNamespace(), null));
+            vars.add(new EnvVar("KUBERNETES_LABELS", labelExpression, null));
+        }
+        vars.add(new EnvVar("ENTANDO_WEB_CONTEXT", getWebContextPath(), null));
+        vars.add(new EnvVar(ENTANDO_APP_USE_TLS, "" + customConfig.isTlsEnabled(), null));
+
+        return vars;
+    }
+
     private void addEntandoDbConnectionVars(List<EnvVar> vars, int schemaIndex, String varNamePrefix) {
         if (dbmsVendor == DbmsVendor.EMBEDDED) {
             vars.add(new EnvVar(varNamePrefix + "DRIVER", "derby", null));
@@ -266,7 +273,7 @@ public List<String> getCommand() {
 
         @Override
         public List<EnvVar> getEnvironmentVariables() {
-            return entandoAppDeployableContainer.getDatabaseConnectionVariables();
+            return entandoAppDeployableContainer.getBaseEnvironmentVariables();
         }
 
     }