diff --git a/inventories/one_vm/group_vars/all.yml b/inventories/one_vm/group_vars/all.yml
index 62d5a83..0a3a54d 100644
--- a/inventories/one_vm/group_vars/all.yml
+++ b/inventories/one_vm/group_vars/all.yml
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ pulp_host: "http://pulp"
 pulp_password: "password"
 pulp_user: "admin"
 pulp_database_url: "postgresql+psycopg2://postgres:{{ pulp_password }}@pulp/pulp"
+async_pulp_database_url: "postgresql+asyncpg://postgres:{{ pulp_password }}@pulp/pulp"
 
 # cas_api_key: ""
 # cas_signer_id: ""
diff --git a/roles/dev_deploy/templates/vars.env.j2 b/roles/dev_deploy/templates/vars.env.j2
index dedc272..5a84821 100644
--- a/roles/dev_deploy/templates/vars.env.j2
+++ b/roles/dev_deploy/templates/vars.env.j2
@@ -8,12 +8,22 @@ ALTS_TOKEN="{{ alts_jwt }}"
 DATABASE_URL="{{ albs_db_url }}"
 SYNC_DATABASE_URL="{{ albs_db_sync_url }}"
 TEST_DATABASE_URL="{{ albs_test_db_url }}"
+SQLALCHEMY_URL="{{ albs_db_sync_url }}"
+SQLALCHEMY_POOL_PRE_PING=True
+SQLALCHEMY_POOL_RECYCLE=3600
+FASTAPI_SQLA__ASYNC__SQLALCHEMY_URL="{{ albs_db_url }}"
+FASTAPI_SQLA__ASYNC__SQLALCHEMY_ECHO_POOL=True
+FASTAPI_SQLA__PULP_ASYNC__SQLALCHEMY_URL="{{ async_pulp_database_url }}"
+FASTAPI_SQLA__PULP_ASYNC__SQLALCHEMY_ECHO_POOL=True
 REDIS_URL="redis://{{ container_name_prefix }}_redis_1:6379"
 PULP_HOST="http://pulp"
 PULP_INTERNAL_HOST="http://pulp"
 PULP_USER="{{ pulp_user }}"
 PULP_PASSWORD="{{ pulp_password }}"
 PULP_DATABASE_URL="{{ pulp_database_url }}"
+FASTAPI_SQLA__PULP__SQLALCHEMY_URL="{{ pulp_database_url }}"
+FASTAPI_SQLA__PULP__SQLALCHEMY_POOL_PRE_PING=True
+FASTAPI_SQLA__PULP__SQLALCHEMY_POOL_RECYCLE=3600
 FRONTEND_BASEURL="{{ frontend_baseurl }}"
 RABBITMQ_DEFAULT_HOST="rabbitmq-ts"
 RABBITMQ_ERLANG_COOKIE="{{ rabbitmq_erlang_cookie }}"