diff --git a/examples/mysql-using-spire/README.md b/examples/mysql-using-spire/README.md
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+```
+helm upgrade --install -n spire-server spire-crds spire-crds --repo https://spiffe.github.io/helm-charts-hardened/ --create-namespace --version 0.3.0
+helm upgrade --install -n spire-server spire spire --repo https://spiffe.github.io/helm-charts-hardened/ --version 0.17.1 -f spire-values.yaml
+
+kubectl apply -f mysqlclient-configmap.yaml
+kubectl apply -f mysqlclient-statefulset.yaml
+
+kubectl wait pod mysqlclient-0 --for=condition=ready --timeout=60s
+
+# Run, and get the x500UniqueIdentifier value:
+kubectl exec -it mysqlclient-0 -c main -- bash -c 'openssl x509 -in /certs/tls.crt -noout -text | grep Subject:'
+
+# Edit mysql-values.yaml and update the x509UniqueIdentifer
+vim mysql-values.yaml
+
+helm upgrade --install -f mysql-values.yaml mysql mysql --version 9.15.0 --repo https://charts.bitnami.com/bitnami
+
+kubectl wait pod mysql-0 --for=condition=ready --timeout=60s
+
+kubectl exec -it mysqlclient-0 -- bash -c 'mysql -u mysqlclient --protocol tcp --ssl-key /certs/tls.key --ssl-cert /certs/tls.crt --ssl-ca /certs/ca.pem -h mysql.default.svc.cluster.local'
+```
diff --git a/examples/mysql-using-spire/mysql-values.yaml b/examples/mysql-using-spire/mysql-values.yaml
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+initdbScripts:
+  usertls.sql: |
+    CREATE USER 'mysqlclient'@'%' REQUIRE SUBJECT '/C=US/O=SPIRE/CN=mysqlclient.default.svc.cluster.local/x500UniqueIdentifier=a753b06724b81d4a2f14f615d40550ed';
+    GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO 'mysqlclient'@'%' WITH GRANT OPTION;
+
+primary:
+  extraFlags: "--ssl-ca=/certs/ca.pem --ssl-cert=/certs/tls.crt --ssl-key=/certs/tls.key --require-secure-transport=ON"
+
+  initContainers: |
+    - name: setup-helper-volume-p1
+      image: busybox:1.36.1-uclibc
+      imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
+      command:
+      - sh
+      - -c
+      - 'cp -a /bin/busybox /helper'
+      securityContext: {{- omit .Values.primary.containerSecurityContext "enabled" | toYaml | nindent 8 }}
+      volumeMounts:
+      - name: spiffe-helper
+        mountPath: /helper
+    - name: setup-helper-volume-p2
+      image: ghcr.io/spiffe/spiffe-helper:nightly@sha256:8cee346ffdcee5c996d394f1c3bb761c2c06834a0e779a78db6dc6a46fd13ae6
+      imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
+      command:
+      - /helper/busybox
+      - sh
+      - -c
+      - '/helper/busybox cp -a /spiffe-helper /helper && /helper/busybox rm -f /helper/busybox'
+      securityContext: {{- omit .Values.primary.containerSecurityContext "enabled" | toYaml | nindent 8 }}
+      volumeMounts:
+      - name: spiffe-helper
+        mountPath: /helper
+    - name: init-tls
+      image: ghcr.io/spiffe/spiffe-helper:nightly@sha256:8cee346ffdcee5c996d394f1c3bb761c2c06834a0e779a78db6dc6a46fd13ae6
+      imagePullPolicy: Always
+      command:
+      - /spiffe-helper
+      - -config
+      - /etc/spiffe-helper.conf
+      - -exitWhenReady
+      securityContext: {{- omit .Values.primary.containerSecurityContext "enabled" | toYaml | nindent 8 }}
+      volumeMounts:
+      - name: spiffe-workload-api
+        mountPath: /spiffe-workload-api
+        readOnly: true
+      - name: spiffe-helper-configmap
+        mountPath: /etc/spiffe-helper.conf
+        subPath: spiffe-helper.conf
+        readOnly: true
+      - name: certdir
+        mountPath: /certs
+
+  sidecars: |
+    - name: refresh-tls
+      image: {{  include "mysql.image" . }}
+      imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.image.pullPolicy | quote }}
+      command:
+      - /helper/spiffe-helper
+      - -config
+      - /etc/spiffe-helper.conf
+      env:
+      - name: MYSQL_PWD
+        valueFrom:
+          secretKeyRef:
+            name: {{ template "mysql.secretName" . }}
+            key: mysql-root-password
+      securityContext: {{- omit .Values.primary.containerSecurityContext "enabled" | toYaml | nindent 8 }}
+      volumeMounts:
+      - name: spiffe-workload-api
+        mountPath: /spiffe-workload-api
+        readOnly: true
+      - name: spiffe-helper-configmap
+        mountPath: /etc/spiffe-helper.conf
+        subPath: spiffe-helper.conf
+        readOnly: true
+      - name: certdir
+        mountPath: /certs
+      - name: spiffe-helper
+        mountPath: /helper
+      - name: mysql-sockdir
+        mountPath: /opt/bitnami/mysql/tmp
+
+  extraVolumeMounts:
+  - name: certdir
+    mountPath: /certs
+  - name: mysql-sockdir
+    mountPath: /opt/bitnami/mysql/tmp
+
+  extraVolumes: |
+    - name: certdir
+      emptyDir: {}
+    - name: spiffe-helper
+      emptyDir: {}
+    - name: mysql-sockdir
+      emptyDir: {}
+    - name: spiffe-helper-configmap
+      configMap:
+        name: {{ include "mysql.primary.fullname" . }}-spiffe-helper
+    - name: spiffe-workload-api
+      csi:
+        driver: "csi.spiffe.io"
+        readOnly: true
+
+extraDeploy:
+  - |
+    apiVersion: v1
+    kind: ConfigMap
+    metadata:
+      name: {{ include "mysql.primary.fullname" . }}-spiffe-helper
+      namespace: {{ include "common.names.namespace" . | quote }}
+    data:
+      spiffe-helper.conf: |
+        agent_address = "/spiffe-workload-api/spire-agent.sock"
+        cmd = "/opt/bitnami/mysql/bin/mysql"
+        cmd_args = "-uroot -e \"ALTER INSTANCE RELOAD TLS;\""
+        renew_signal = ""
+        cert_dir = "/certs"
+        renew_signal = ""
+        svid_file_name = "tls.crt"
+        svid_key_file_name = "tls.key"
+        svid_bundle_file_name = "ca.pem"
+        add_intermediates_to_bundle = true
diff --git a/examples/mysql-using-spire/mysqlclient-configmap.yaml b/examples/mysql-using-spire/mysqlclient-configmap.yaml
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+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ConfigMap
+metadata:
+  name: mysqlclient
+data:
+  spiffe-helper.conf: |
+    agent_address = "/spiffe-workload-api/spire-agent.sock"
+    cmd = ""
+    cmd_args = ""
+    cert_dir = "/certs"
+    renew_signal = ""
+    svid_file_name = "tls.crt"
+    svid_key_file_name = "tls.key"
+    svid_bundle_file_name = "ca.pem"
+    add_intermediates_to_bundle = true
diff --git a/examples/mysql-using-spire/mysqlclient-statefulset.yaml b/examples/mysql-using-spire/mysqlclient-statefulset.yaml
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+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: StatefulSet
+metadata:
+  name: mysqlclient
+spec:
+  replicas: 1
+  #serviceName: mysqlclient
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app.kubernetes.io/instance: mysqlclient
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        app.kubernetes.io/instance: mysqlclient
+    spec:
+      terminationGracePeriodSeconds: 0
+      initContainers:
+      - name: init-tls
+        image: ghcr.io/spiffe/spiffe-helper:nightly@sha256:8cee346ffdcee5c996d394f1c3bb761c2c06834a0e779a78db6dc6a46fd13ae6
+        imagePullPolicy: Always
+        command:
+        - /spiffe-helper
+        - -config
+        - /etc/spiffe-helper.conf
+        - -exitWhenReady
+        securityContext:
+          runAsUser: 1001
+          runAsGroup: 1001
+        volumeMounts:
+        - name: spiffe-workload-api
+          mountPath: /spiffe-workload-api
+          readOnly: true
+        - name: spiffe-helper-configmap
+          mountPath: /etc/spiffe-helper.conf
+          subPath: spiffe-helper.conf
+          readOnly: true
+        - name: certdir
+          mountPath: /certs
+      containers:
+      - name: main
+        image: docker.io/bitnami/mysql:8.0.35-debian-11-r0
+        command: [sleep, inf]
+        securityContext:
+          runAsUser: 1001
+          runAsGroup: 1001
+        volumeMounts:
+        - name: certdir
+          mountPath: /certs
+      - name: refresh-tls
+        image: ghcr.io/spiffe/spiffe-helper:nightly@sha256:8cee346ffdcee5c996d394f1c3bb761c2c06834a0e779a78db6dc6a46fd13ae6
+        imagePullPolicy: Always
+        command:
+        - /spiffe-helper
+        - -config
+        - /etc/spiffe-helper.conf
+        securityContext:
+          runAsUser: 1001
+          runAsGroup: 1001
+        volumeMounts:
+        - name: spiffe-workload-api
+          mountPath: /spiffe-workload-api
+          readOnly: true
+        - name: spiffe-helper-configmap
+          mountPath: /etc/spiffe-helper.conf
+          subPath: spiffe-helper.conf
+          readOnly: true
+        - name: certdir
+          mountPath: /certs
+      volumes:
+      - name: certdir
+        emptyDir: {}
+      - name: spiffe-helper-configmap
+        configMap:
+          name: mysqlclient
+      - name: spiffe-workload-api
+        csi:
+          driver: "csi.spiffe.io"
+          readOnly: true
diff --git a/examples/mysql-using-spire/spire-values.yaml b/examples/mysql-using-spire/spire-values.yaml
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+spire-server:
+  controllerManager:
+    identities:
+      clusterSPIFFEIDs:
+        default:
+          enabled: false
+        mysql:
+          spiffeIDTemplate: spiffe://{{ .TrustDomain }}/ns/{{ .PodMeta.Namespace }}/sa/{{ .PodSpec.ServiceAccountName }}
+          namespaceSelector:
+            matchLabels:
+              kubernetes.io/metadata.name: default
+          podSelector:
+            matchLabels:
+              app.kubernetes.io/instance: mysql
+          dnsNameTemplates:
+          - mysql.default.svc.cluster.local
+        mysqlclient:
+          spiffeIDTemplate: spiffe://{{ .TrustDomain }}/ns/{{ .PodMeta.Namespace }}/sa/{{ .PodSpec.ServiceAccountName }}
+          namespaceSelector:
+            matchLabels:
+              kubernetes.io/metadata.name: default
+          podSelector:
+            matchLabels:
+              app.kubernetes.io/instance: mysqlclient
+          dnsNameTemplates:
+          - mysqlclient.default.svc.cluster.local