diff --git a/deployments/databases/mariadb.yaml b/deployments/databases/mariadb.yaml
index ae86891..214eea6 100644
--- a/deployments/databases/mariadb.yaml
+++ b/deployments/databases/mariadb.yaml
@@ -51,3 +51,24 @@ spec:
   dependsOn:
     - name: mariadb-operator-crds
       namespace: database
+
+---
+apiVersion: mariadb.com/v1alpha1
+kind: MariaDB
+metadata:
+  name: mariadb-instance
+  namespace: database
+spec:
+  replicas: 1
+  secretName: db-secrets
+  rootUserSecretKey: db-root-password
+  volumeSpec:
+    persistentVolumeClaim:
+      accessModes: ["ReadWriteOnce"]
+      resources:
+        requests:
+          storage: 10Gi
+  resources:
+    requests:
+      memory: 512Mi
+      cpu: 500m