# Background The operator-deployment.yamltmpl only allows the user to defined extraVolumeMounts [only if at least one volumeMount or conditionalVolumeMount is defined.](https://github.com/solo-io/skv2/blob/main/codegen/templates/chart/operator-deployment.yamltmpl#L185-L196) # Ask When no volume mounts or conditional volume mounts are defined, the user should still be able to define extraVolumeMounts