diff --git a/inventory/sample/group_vars/k8s-cluster/addons.yml b/inventory/sample/group_vars/k8s-cluster/addons.yml
index 42e9fdea6953e3e85c9ab35f4fb6c924aa88f232..826c289f6479373bb7fb82bc8e524a17e0140a1c 100644
--- a/inventory/sample/group_vars/k8s-cluster/addons.yml
+++ b/inventory/sample/group_vars/k8s-cluster/addons.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ local_path_provisioner_enabled: false
 # local_path_provisioner_claim_root: /opt/local-path-provisioner/
 # local_path_provisioner_debug: false
 # local_path_provisioner_image_repo: "rancher/local-path-provisioner"
-# local_path_provisioner_image_tag: "v0.0.14"
+# local_path_provisioner_image_tag: "v0.0.19"
 # local_path_provisioner_helper_image_repo: "busybox"
 # local_path_provisioner_helper_image_tag: "latest"
 
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes-apps/external_provisioner/local_path_provisioner/templates/local-path-storage-cm.yml.j2 b/roles/kubernetes-apps/external_provisioner/local_path_provisioner/templates/local-path-storage-cm.yml.j2
index 254ddea994ce50ceec4a158809e4ea35a70285b8..0b3b9d201c39a1d5bd67a345bd4865dcb1f51d17 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes-apps/external_provisioner/local_path_provisioner/templates/local-path-storage-cm.yml.j2
+++ b/roles/kubernetes-apps/external_provisioner/local_path_provisioner/templates/local-path-storage-cm.yml.j2
@@ -14,3 +14,46 @@ data:
                 }
                 ]
         }
+  setup: |-
+        #!/bin/sh
+        while getopts "m:s:p:" opt
+        do
+            case $opt in
+                p)
+                absolutePath=$OPTARG
+                ;;
+                s)
+                sizeInBytes=$OPTARG
+                ;;
+                m)
+                volMode=$OPTARG
+                ;;
+            esac
+        done
+        mkdir -m 0777 -p ${absolutePath}
+  teardown: |-
+        #!/bin/sh
+        while getopts "m:s:p:" opt
+        do
+            case $opt in
+                p)
+                absolutePath=$OPTARG
+                ;;
+                s)
+                sizeInBytes=$OPTARG
+                ;;
+                m)
+                volMode=$OPTARG
+                ;;
+            esac
+        done
+        rm -rf ${absolutePath}
+  helperPod.yaml: |-
+        apiVersion: v1
+        kind: Pod
+        metadata:
+          name: helper-pod
+        spec:
+          containers:
+          - name: helper-pod
+            image: busybox