diff --git a/nova/templates/bin/_nova-placement-api.sh.tpl b/nova/templates/bin/_nova-placement-api.sh.tpl
index f9c8d7c582..8965fb7635 100644
--- a/nova/templates/bin/_nova-placement-api.sh.tpl
+++ b/nova/templates/bin/_nova-placement-api.sh.tpl
@@ -29,11 +29,21 @@ function start () {
   fi
 
   # Start Apache2
-  exec apache2 -DFOREGROUND
+  {{- if .Values.conf.software.apache2.a2enmod }}
+    {{- range .Values.conf.software.apache2.a2enmod }}
+  a2enmod {{ . }}
+    {{- end }}
+  {{- end }}
+  {{- if .Values.conf.software.apache2.a2dismod }}
+    {{- range .Values.conf.software.apache2.a2dismod }}
+  a2dismod {{ . }}
+    {{- end }}
+  {{- end }}
+  exec {{ .Values.conf.software.apache2.binary }} {{ .Values.conf.software.apache2.start_parameters }}
 }
 
 function stop () {
-  apachectl -k graceful-stop
+  {{ .Values.conf.software.apache2.binary }} -k graceful-stop
 }
 
 $COMMAND
diff --git a/nova/templates/configmap-etc.yaml b/nova/templates/configmap-etc.yaml
index 0d1e7a5ee9..558a6c08e6 100644
--- a/nova/templates/configmap-etc.yaml
+++ b/nova/templates/configmap-etc.yaml
@@ -233,7 +233,9 @@ data:
   nova-ironic.conf: {{ include "helm-toolkit.utils.to_oslo_conf" .Values.conf.nova_ironic | b64enc }}
 {{- include "helm-toolkit.snippets.values_template_renderer" (dict "envAll" $envAll "template" .Values.conf.wsgi_placement "key" "wsgi-nova-placement.conf" "format" "Secret" ) | indent 2 }}
 {{- include "helm-toolkit.snippets.values_template_renderer" (dict "envAll" $envAll "template" .Values.conf.ssh "key" "ssh-config" "format" "Secret" ) | indent 2 }}
-
+{{- if .Values.conf.security }}
+{{- include "helm-toolkit.snippets.values_template_renderer" (dict "envAll" $envAll "template" .Values.conf.security "key" "security.conf" "format" "Secret" ) | indent 2 }}
+{{- end }}
 {{- end }}
 {{- end }}
 {{- if .Values.manifests.configmap_etc }}
diff --git a/nova/templates/deployment-placement.yaml b/nova/templates/deployment-placement.yaml
index 70b37dc5e8..64a4941244 100644
--- a/nova/templates/deployment-placement.yaml
+++ b/nova/templates/deployment-placement.yaml
@@ -105,9 +105,15 @@ spec:
               subPath: policy.yaml
               readOnly: true
             - name: nova-etc
-              mountPath: /etc/apache2/conf-enabled/wsgi-nova-placement.conf
+              mountPath: {{ .Values.conf.software.apache2.conf_dir }}/wsgi-nova-placement.conf
               subPath: wsgi-nova-placement.conf
               readOnly: true
+{{- if .Values.conf.security }}
+            - name: nova-etc
+              mountPath: {{ .Values.conf.software.apache2.conf_dir }}/security.conf
+              subPath: security.conf
+              readOnly: true
+{{- end }}
 {{ if $mounts_nova_placement.volumeMounts }}{{ toYaml $mounts_nova_placement.volumeMounts | indent 12 }}{{ end }}
       volumes:
         - name: wsgi-nova
diff --git a/nova/values.yaml b/nova/values.yaml
index d6d613b8ec..32886cde3e 100644
--- a/nova/values.yaml
+++ b/nova/values.yaml
@@ -459,6 +459,81 @@ ceph_client:
   user_secret_name: pvc-ceph-client-key
 
 conf:
+  security: |
+    #
+    # Disable access to the entire file system except for the directories that
+    # are explicitly allowed later.
+    #
+    # This currently breaks the configurations that come with some web application
+    # Debian packages.
+    #
+    #<Directory />
+    #   AllowOverride None
+    #   Require all denied
+    #</Directory>
+
+    # Changing the following options will not really affect the security of the
+    # server, but might make attacks slightly more difficult in some cases.
+
+    #
+    # ServerTokens
+    # This directive configures what you return as the Server HTTP response
+    # Header. The default is 'Full' which sends information about the OS-Type
+    # and compiled in modules.
+    # Set to one of:  Full | OS | Minimal | Minor | Major | Prod
+    # where Full conveys the most information, and Prod the least.
+    ServerTokens Prod
+
+    #
+    # Optionally add a line containing the server version and virtual host
+    # name to server-generated pages (internal error documents, FTP directory
+    # listings, mod_status and mod_info output etc., but not CGI generated
+    # documents or custom error documents).
+    # Set to "EMail" to also include a mailto: link to the ServerAdmin.
+    # Set to one of:  On | Off | EMail
+    ServerSignature Off
+
+    #
+    # Allow TRACE method
+    #
+    # Set to "extended" to also reflect the request body (only for testing and
+    # diagnostic purposes).
+    #
+    # Set to one of:  On | Off | extended
+    TraceEnable Off
+
+    #
+    # Forbid access to version control directories
+    #
+    # If you use version control systems in your document root, you should
+    # probably deny access to their directories. For example, for subversion:
+    #
+    #<DirectoryMatch "/\.svn">
+    #   Require all denied
+    #</DirectoryMatch>
+
+    #
+    # Setting this header will prevent MSIE from interpreting files as something
+    # else than declared by the content type in the HTTP headers.
+    # Requires mod_headers to be enabled.
+    #
+    #Header set X-Content-Type-Options: "nosniff"
+
+    #
+    # Setting this header will prevent other sites from embedding pages from this
+    # site as frames. This defends against clickjacking attacks.
+    # Requires mod_headers to be enabled.
+    #
+    #Header set X-Frame-Options: "sameorigin"
+  software:
+    apache2:
+      binary: apache2
+      start_parameters: -DFOREGROUND
+      conf_dir: /etc/apache2/conf-enabled
+      site_dir: /etc/apache2/sites-enable
+      mods_dir: /etc/apache2/mods-available
+      a2enmod: null
+      a2dismod: null
   ceph:
     enabled: true
     admin_keyring: null