diff --git a/install/installer/pkg/components/agent-smith/configmap.go b/install/installer/pkg/components/agent-smith/configmap.go
index 32ce582bd8f2bc..dd80cb95bcbff4 100644
--- a/install/installer/pkg/components/agent-smith/configmap.go
+++ b/install/installer/pkg/components/agent-smith/configmap.go
@@ -49,9 +49,10 @@ func configmap(ctx *common.RenderContext) ([]runtime.Object, error) {
 		&corev1.ConfigMap{
 			TypeMeta: common.TypeMetaConfigmap,
 			ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
-				Name:      Component,
-				Namespace: ctx.Namespace,
-				Labels:    common.DefaultLabels(Component),
+				Name:        Component,
+				Namespace:   ctx.Namespace,
+				Labels:      common.CustomOverrideLabel(ctx, Component, common.TypeMetaConfigmap),
+				Annotations: common.CustomOverrideAnnotation(ctx, Component, common.TypeMetaConfigmap),
 			},
 			Data: map[string]string{
 				"config.json": string(fc),
diff --git a/install/installer/pkg/components/agent-smith/daemonset.go b/install/installer/pkg/components/agent-smith/daemonset.go
index b11589b6040aff..43a607c516d91f 100644
--- a/install/installer/pkg/components/agent-smith/daemonset.go
+++ b/install/installer/pkg/components/agent-smith/daemonset.go
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 func daemonset(ctx *common.RenderContext) ([]runtime.Object, error) {
-	labels := common.DefaultLabels(Component)
+	labels := common.CustomOverrideLabel(ctx, Component, common.TypeMetaDaemonset)
 
 	configHash, err := common.ObjectHash(configmap(ctx))
 	if err != nil {
@@ -30,16 +30,19 @@ func daemonset(ctx *common.RenderContext) ([]runtime.Object, error) {
 			Name:      Component,
 			Namespace: ctx.Namespace,
 			Labels:    labels,
-			Annotations: map[string]string{
-				common.AnnotationConfigChecksum: configHash,
-			},
+			Annotations: common.CustomOverrideAnnotation(ctx, Component, common.TypeMetaDaemonset, func() map[string]string {
+				return map[string]string{
+					common.AnnotationConfigChecksum: configHash,
+				}
+			}),
 		},
 		Spec: appsv1.DaemonSetSpec{
 			Selector: &metav1.LabelSelector{MatchLabels: labels},
 			Template: corev1.PodTemplateSpec{
 				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
-					Name:   Component,
-					Labels: labels,
+					Name:        Component,
+					Labels:      labels,
+					Annotations: common.CustomOverrideAnnotation(ctx, Component, common.TypeMetaDaemonset),
 				},
 				Spec: corev1.PodSpec{
 					Affinity:                      common.NodeAffinity(cluster.AffinityLabelWorkspacesRegular, cluster.AffinityLabelWorkspacesHeadless),
@@ -64,7 +67,7 @@ func daemonset(ctx *common.RenderContext) ([]runtime.Object, error) {
 							Name:      "config",
 							MountPath: "/config",
 						}},
-						Env: common.MergeEnv(
+						Env: common.CustomOverrideEnvvar(ctx, Component, common.MergeEnv(
 							common.DefaultEnv(&ctx.Config),
 							common.WorkspaceTracingEnv(ctx),
 							[]corev1.EnvVar{{
@@ -73,7 +76,7 @@ func daemonset(ctx *common.RenderContext) ([]runtime.Object, error) {
 									FieldRef: &corev1.ObjectFieldSelector{FieldPath: "spec.nodeName"},
 								},
 							}},
-						),
+						)),
 						SecurityContext: &corev1.SecurityContext{
 							Privileged: pointer.Bool(true),
 							ProcMount:  func() *corev1.ProcMountType { r := corev1.DefaultProcMount; return &r }(),
diff --git a/install/installer/pkg/components/blobserve/configmap.go b/install/installer/pkg/components/blobserve/configmap.go
index 83f25aad8188e7..0d5a7071384e07 100644
--- a/install/installer/pkg/components/blobserve/configmap.go
+++ b/install/installer/pkg/components/blobserve/configmap.go
@@ -113,9 +113,10 @@ func configmap(ctx *common.RenderContext) ([]runtime.Object, error) {
 		&corev1.ConfigMap{
 			TypeMeta: common.TypeMetaConfigmap,
 			ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
-				Name:      Component,
-				Namespace: ctx.Namespace,
-				Labels:    common.DefaultLabels(Component),
+				Name:        Component,
+				Namespace:   ctx.Namespace,
+				Labels:      common.CustomOverrideLabel(ctx, Component, common.TypeMetaConfigmap),
+				Annotations: common.CustomOverrideAnnotation(ctx, Component, common.TypeMetaConfigmap),
 			},
 			Data: map[string]string{
 				"config.json": string(fc),
diff --git a/install/installer/pkg/components/blobserve/deployment.go b/install/installer/pkg/components/blobserve/deployment.go
index 1ab7ab6cb78698..afbdef3aa427d6 100644
--- a/install/installer/pkg/components/blobserve/deployment.go
+++ b/install/installer/pkg/components/blobserve/deployment.go
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 func deployment(ctx *common.RenderContext) ([]runtime.Object, error) {
-	labels := common.DefaultLabels(Component)
+	labels := common.CustomOverrideLabel(ctx, Component, common.TypeMetaDeployment)
 
 	volumeName := "pull-secret"
 	var secretName string
@@ -54,9 +54,10 @@ func deployment(ctx *common.RenderContext) ([]runtime.Object, error) {
 		&appsv1.Deployment{
 			TypeMeta: common.TypeMetaDeployment,
 			ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
-				Name:      Component,
-				Namespace: ctx.Namespace,
-				Labels:    labels,
+				Name:        Component,
+				Namespace:   ctx.Namespace,
+				Labels:      labels,
+				Annotations: common.CustomOverrideAnnotation(ctx, Component, common.TypeMetaDeployment),
 			},
 			Spec: appsv1.DeploymentSpec{
 				Selector: &metav1.LabelSelector{MatchLabels: labels},
@@ -67,9 +68,11 @@ func deployment(ctx *common.RenderContext) ([]runtime.Object, error) {
 						Name:      Component,
 						Namespace: ctx.Namespace,
 						Labels:    labels,
-						Annotations: map[string]string{
-							common.AnnotationConfigChecksum: configHash,
-						},
+						Annotations: common.CustomOverrideAnnotation(ctx, Component, common.TypeMetaDeployment, func() map[string]string {
+							return map[string]string{
+								common.AnnotationConfigChecksum: configHash,
+							}
+						}),
 					},
 					Spec: corev1.PodSpec{
 						Affinity:           common.NodeAffinity(cluster.AffinityLabelWorkspaceServices),
@@ -110,10 +113,10 @@ func deployment(ctx *common.RenderContext) ([]runtime.Object, error) {
 								Privileged: pointer.Bool(false),
 								RunAsUser:  pointer.Int64(1000),
 							},
-							Env: common.MergeEnv(
+							Env: common.CustomOverrideEnvvar(ctx, Component, common.MergeEnv(
 								common.DefaultEnv(&ctx.Config),
 								common.WorkspaceTracingEnv(ctx),
-							),
+							)),
 							VolumeMounts: []corev1.VolumeMount{{
 								Name:      "config",
 								MountPath: "/mnt/config",
diff --git a/install/installer/pkg/components/content-service/configmap.go b/install/installer/pkg/components/content-service/configmap.go
index 871c0a26469843..bda4dde5add6a7 100644
--- a/install/installer/pkg/components/content-service/configmap.go
+++ b/install/installer/pkg/components/content-service/configmap.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ package content_service
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+
 	"github.com/gitpod-io/gitpod/common-go/baseserver"
 
 	"github.com/gitpod-io/gitpod/content-service/api/config"
@@ -32,9 +33,10 @@ func configmap(ctx *common.RenderContext) ([]runtime.Object, error) {
 	return []runtime.Object{&corev1.ConfigMap{
 		TypeMeta: common.TypeMetaConfigmap,
 		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
-			Name:      Component,
-			Namespace: ctx.Namespace,
-			Labels:    common.DefaultLabels(Component),
+			Name:        Component,
+			Namespace:   ctx.Namespace,
+			Labels:      common.CustomOverrideLabel(ctx, Component, common.TypeMetaConfigmap),
+			Annotations: common.CustomOverrideAnnotation(ctx, Component, common.TypeMetaConfigmap),
 		},
 		Data: map[string]string{
 			"config.json": string(fc),
diff --git a/install/installer/pkg/components/content-service/deployment.go b/install/installer/pkg/components/content-service/deployment.go
index 1b4516da8e0653..f13d8e40302996 100644
--- a/install/installer/pkg/components/content-service/deployment.go
+++ b/install/installer/pkg/components/content-service/deployment.go
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 func deployment(ctx *common.RenderContext) ([]runtime.Object, error) {
-	labels := common.DefaultLabels(Component)
+	labels := common.CustomOverrideLabel(ctx, Component, common.TypeMetaDeployment)
 
 	configHash, err := common.ObjectHash(configmap(ctx))
 	if err != nil {
@@ -65,14 +65,14 @@ func deployment(ctx *common.RenderContext) ([]runtime.Object, error) {
 				Privileged: pointer.Bool(false),
 				RunAsUser:  pointer.Int64(1000),
 			},
-			Env: common.MergeEnv(
+			Env: common.CustomOverrideEnvvar(ctx, Component, common.MergeEnv(
 				common.DefaultEnv(&ctx.Config),
 				common.WorkspaceTracingEnv(ctx),
 				[]corev1.EnvVar{{
 					Name:  "GRPC_GO_RETRY",
 					Value: "on",
 				}},
-			),
+			)),
 			VolumeMounts: []corev1.VolumeMount{{
 				Name:      "config",
 				MountPath: "/config",
@@ -90,9 +90,10 @@ func deployment(ctx *common.RenderContext) ([]runtime.Object, error) {
 		&v1.Deployment{
 			TypeMeta: common.TypeMetaDeployment,
 			ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
-				Name:      Component,
-				Namespace: ctx.Namespace,
-				Labels:    labels,
+				Name:        Component,
+				Namespace:   ctx.Namespace,
+				Labels:      labels,
+				Annotations: common.CustomOverrideAnnotation(ctx, Component, common.TypeMetaDeployment),
 			},
 			Spec: v1.DeploymentSpec{
 				Selector: &metav1.LabelSelector{MatchLabels: labels},
@@ -103,9 +104,11 @@ func deployment(ctx *common.RenderContext) ([]runtime.Object, error) {
 						Name:      Component,
 						Namespace: ctx.Namespace,
 						Labels:    labels,
-						Annotations: map[string]string{
-							common.AnnotationConfigChecksum: configHash,
-						},
+						Annotations: common.CustomOverrideAnnotation(ctx, Component, common.TypeMetaDeployment, func() map[string]string {
+							return map[string]string{
+								common.AnnotationConfigChecksum: configHash,
+							}
+						}),
 					},
 					Spec: podSpec,
 				},
diff --git a/install/installer/pkg/components/dashboard/deployment.go b/install/installer/pkg/components/dashboard/deployment.go
index 3b19d18e4b2628..4b3db9d4608ff4 100644
--- a/install/installer/pkg/components/dashboard/deployment.go
+++ b/install/installer/pkg/components/dashboard/deployment.go
@@ -18,15 +18,16 @@ import (
 )
 
 func deployment(ctx *common.RenderContext) ([]runtime.Object, error) {
-	labels := common.DefaultLabels(Component)
+	labels := common.CustomOverrideLabel(ctx, Component, common.TypeMetaDeployment)
 
 	return []runtime.Object{
 		&appsv1.Deployment{
 			TypeMeta: common.TypeMetaDeployment,
 			ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
-				Name:      Component,
-				Namespace: ctx.Namespace,
-				Labels:    labels,
+				Name:        Component,
+				Namespace:   ctx.Namespace,
+				Labels:      labels,
+				Annotations: common.CustomOverrideAnnotation(ctx, Component, common.TypeMetaDeployment),
 			},
 			Spec: appsv1.DeploymentSpec{
 				Selector: &metav1.LabelSelector{MatchLabels: labels},
@@ -34,9 +35,10 @@ func deployment(ctx *common.RenderContext) ([]runtime.Object, error) {
 				Strategy: common.DeploymentStrategy,
 				Template: corev1.PodTemplateSpec{
 					ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
-						Name:      Component,
-						Namespace: ctx.Namespace,
-						Labels:    labels,
+						Name:        Component,
+						Namespace:   ctx.Namespace,
+						Labels:      labels,
+						Annotations: common.CustomOverrideAnnotation(ctx, Component, common.TypeMetaDeployment),
 					},
 					Spec: corev1.PodSpec{
 						Affinity:                      common.NodeAffinity(cluster.AffinityLabelMeta),
@@ -62,9 +64,9 @@ func deployment(ctx *common.RenderContext) ([]runtime.Object, error) {
 							SecurityContext: &corev1.SecurityContext{
 								Privileged: pointer.Bool(false),
 							},
-							Env: common.MergeEnv(
+							Env: common.CustomOverrideEnvvar(ctx, Component, common.MergeEnv(
 								common.DefaultEnv(&ctx.Config),
-							),
+							)),
 							ReadinessProbe: &corev1.Probe{
 								ProbeHandler: corev1.ProbeHandler{
 									HTTPGet: &corev1.HTTPGetAction{
diff --git a/install/installer/pkg/components/database/cloudsql/deployment.go b/install/installer/pkg/components/database/cloudsql/deployment.go
index 05796e1d7a2558..84bf95a2367502 100644
--- a/install/installer/pkg/components/database/cloudsql/deployment.go
+++ b/install/installer/pkg/components/database/cloudsql/deployment.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ package cloudsql
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+
 	"github.com/gitpod-io/gitpod/installer/pkg/cluster"
 	"github.com/gitpod-io/gitpod/installer/pkg/common"
 	appsv1 "k8s.io/api/apps/v1"
@@ -17,15 +18,16 @@ import (
 )
 
 func deployment(ctx *common.RenderContext) ([]runtime.Object, error) {
-	labels := common.DefaultLabels(Component)
+	labels := common.CustomOverrideLabel(ctx, Component, common.TypeMetaDeployment)
 
 	return []runtime.Object{
 		&appsv1.Deployment{
 			TypeMeta: common.TypeMetaDeployment,
 			ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
-				Name:      fmt.Sprintf("%s-cloud-sql-proxy", Component),
-				Namespace: ctx.Namespace,
-				Labels:    labels,
+				Name:        fmt.Sprintf("%s-cloud-sql-proxy", Component),
+				Namespace:   ctx.Namespace,
+				Labels:      labels,
+				Annotations: common.CustomOverrideAnnotation(ctx, Component, common.TypeMetaDeployment),
 			},
 			Spec: appsv1.DeploymentSpec{
 				Strategy: appsv1.DeploymentStrategy{
@@ -39,9 +41,10 @@ func deployment(ctx *common.RenderContext) ([]runtime.Object, error) {
 				Replicas: common.Replicas(ctx, Component),
 				Template: corev1.PodTemplateSpec{
 					ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
-						Name:      Component,
-						Namespace: ctx.Namespace,
-						Labels:    labels,
+						Name:        Component,
+						Namespace:   ctx.Namespace,
+						Labels:      labels,
+						Annotations: common.CustomOverrideAnnotation(ctx, Component, common.TypeMetaDeployment),
 					},
 					Spec: corev1.PodSpec{
 						Affinity: &corev1.Affinity{
@@ -84,6 +87,7 @@ func deployment(ctx *common.RenderContext) ([]runtime.Object, error) {
 								MountPath: "/credentials",
 								Name:      "gcloud-sql-token",
 							}},
+							Env: common.CustomOverrideEnvvar(ctx, Component, []corev1.EnvVar{}),
 						}},
 					},
 				},
diff --git a/install/installer/pkg/components/database/incluster/configmap.go b/install/installer/pkg/components/database/incluster/configmap.go
index a5a34e874953c4..e39d0c3a7bb3ad 100644
--- a/install/installer/pkg/components/database/incluster/configmap.go
+++ b/install/installer/pkg/components/database/incluster/configmap.go
@@ -51,9 +51,10 @@ func configmap(ctx *common.RenderContext) ([]runtime.Object, error) {
 		&corev1.ConfigMap{
 			TypeMeta: common.TypeMetaConfigmap,
 			ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
-				Name:      SQLInitScripts,
-				Namespace: ctx.Namespace,
-				Labels:    common.DefaultLabels(Component),
+				Name:        SQLInitScripts,
+				Namespace:   ctx.Namespace,
+				Labels:      common.CustomOverrideLabel(ctx, Component, common.TypeMetaConfigmap),
+				Annotations: common.CustomOverrideAnnotation(ctx, Component, common.TypeMetaConfigmap),
 			},
 			Data: map[string]string{
 				"init.sql":      initScriptData,
diff --git a/install/installer/pkg/components/database/incluster/service.go b/install/installer/pkg/components/database/incluster/service.go
index 834532601e10b1..7cceab34250230 100644
--- a/install/installer/pkg/components/database/incluster/service.go
+++ b/install/installer/pkg/components/database/incluster/service.go
@@ -15,14 +15,15 @@ import (
 // service this doesn't use the common.GenerateService function
 // because it's more complex than this caters for
 func service(ctx *common.RenderContext) ([]runtime.Object, error) {
-	labels := common.DefaultLabels(Component)
+	labels := common.CustomOverrideLabel(ctx, Component, common.TypeMetaService)
 
 	return []runtime.Object{&corev1.Service{
 		TypeMeta: common.TypeMetaService,
 		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
-			Name:      Component,
-			Namespace: ctx.Namespace,
-			Labels:    labels,
+			Name:        Component,
+			Namespace:   ctx.Namespace,
+			Labels:      labels,
+			Annotations: common.CustomOverrideAnnotation(ctx, Component, common.TypeMetaService),
 		},
 		Spec: corev1.ServiceSpec{
 			Ports: []corev1.ServicePort{{
diff --git a/install/installer/pkg/components/database/init/configmap.go b/install/installer/pkg/components/database/init/configmap.go
index cbb5cf3f0b045a..2996ae2ad30a77 100644
--- a/install/installer/pkg/components/database/init/configmap.go
+++ b/install/installer/pkg/components/database/init/configmap.go
@@ -47,9 +47,10 @@ func configmap(ctx *common.RenderContext) ([]runtime.Object, error) {
 		&corev1.ConfigMap{
 			TypeMeta: common.TypeMetaConfigmap,
 			ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
-				Name:      sqlInitScripts,
-				Namespace: ctx.Namespace,
-				Labels:    common.DefaultLabels(Component),
+				Name:        sqlInitScripts,
+				Namespace:   ctx.Namespace,
+				Labels:      common.CustomOverrideLabel(ctx, Component, common.TypeMetaConfigmap),
+				Annotations: common.CustomOverrideAnnotation(ctx, Component, common.TypeMetaConfigmap),
 			},
 			Data: map[string]string{
 				"init.sql": initScriptData,
diff --git a/install/installer/pkg/components/database/init/job.go b/install/installer/pkg/components/database/init/job.go
index 0cfa0231e9f6cf..76179969349adc 100644
--- a/install/installer/pkg/components/database/init/job.go
+++ b/install/installer/pkg/components/database/init/job.go
@@ -25,9 +25,10 @@ func job(ctx *common.RenderContext) ([]runtime.Object, error) {
 	}
 
 	objectMeta := metav1.ObjectMeta{
-		Name:      fmt.Sprintf("%s-session", Component),
-		Namespace: ctx.Namespace,
-		Labels:    common.DefaultLabels(Component),
+		Name:        fmt.Sprintf("%s-session", Component),
+		Namespace:   ctx.Namespace,
+		Labels:      common.CustomOverrideLabel(ctx, Component, common.TypeMetaBatchJob),
+		Annotations: common.CustomOverrideAnnotation(ctx, Component, common.TypeMetaBatchJob),
 	}
 
 	return []runtime.Object{&batchv1.Job{
diff --git a/install/installer/pkg/components/ide-proxy/deployment.go b/install/installer/pkg/components/ide-proxy/deployment.go
index 375e40ff99e526..ba66bdde78d50a 100644
--- a/install/installer/pkg/components/ide-proxy/deployment.go
+++ b/install/installer/pkg/components/ide-proxy/deployment.go
@@ -18,15 +18,16 @@ import (
 )
 
 func deployment(ctx *common.RenderContext) ([]runtime.Object, error) {
-	labels := common.DefaultLabels(Component)
+	labels := common.CustomOverrideLabel(ctx, Component, common.TypeMetaDeployment)
 
 	return []runtime.Object{
 		&appsv1.Deployment{
 			TypeMeta: common.TypeMetaDeployment,
 			ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
-				Name:      Component,
-				Namespace: ctx.Namespace,
-				Labels:    labels,
+				Name:        Component,
+				Namespace:   ctx.Namespace,
+				Labels:      labels,
+				Annotations: common.CustomOverrideAnnotation(ctx, Component, common.TypeMetaDeployment),
 			},
 			Spec: appsv1.DeploymentSpec{
 				Selector: &metav1.LabelSelector{MatchLabels: labels},
@@ -34,9 +35,10 @@ func deployment(ctx *common.RenderContext) ([]runtime.Object, error) {
 				Strategy: common.DeploymentStrategy,
 				Template: corev1.PodTemplateSpec{
 					ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
-						Name:      Component,
-						Namespace: ctx.Namespace,
-						Labels:    labels,
+						Name:        Component,
+						Namespace:   ctx.Namespace,
+						Labels:      labels,
+						Annotations: common.CustomOverrideAnnotation(ctx, Component, common.TypeMetaDeployment),
 					},
 					Spec: corev1.PodSpec{
 						Affinity:                      common.NodeAffinity(cluster.AffinityLabelMeta),
@@ -62,9 +64,9 @@ func deployment(ctx *common.RenderContext) ([]runtime.Object, error) {
 							SecurityContext: &corev1.SecurityContext{
 								Privileged: pointer.Bool(false),
 							},
-							Env: common.MergeEnv(
+							Env: common.CustomOverrideEnvvar(ctx, Component, common.MergeEnv(
 								common.DefaultEnv(&ctx.Config),
-							),
+							)),
 							ReadinessProbe: &corev1.Probe{
 								ProbeHandler: corev1.ProbeHandler{
 									HTTPGet: &corev1.HTTPGetAction{
diff --git a/install/installer/pkg/components/image-builder-mk3/configmap.go b/install/installer/pkg/components/image-builder-mk3/configmap.go
index 74f647b6c161a0..92d696e4e2e6a9 100644
--- a/install/installer/pkg/components/image-builder-mk3/configmap.go
+++ b/install/installer/pkg/components/image-builder-mk3/configmap.go
@@ -81,9 +81,10 @@ func configmap(ctx *common.RenderContext) ([]runtime.Object, error) {
 		&corev1.ConfigMap{
 			TypeMeta: common.TypeMetaConfigmap,
 			ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
-				Name:      fmt.Sprintf("%s-config", Component),
-				Namespace: ctx.Namespace,
-				Labels:    common.DefaultLabels(Component),
+				Name:        fmt.Sprintf("%s-config", Component),
+				Namespace:   ctx.Namespace,
+				Labels:      common.CustomOverrideLabel(ctx, Component, common.TypeMetaConfigmap),
+				Annotations: common.CustomOverrideAnnotation(ctx, Component, common.TypeMetaConfigmap),
 			},
 			Data: map[string]string{
 				"image-builder.json": string(fc),
diff --git a/install/installer/pkg/components/image-builder-mk3/deployment.go b/install/installer/pkg/components/image-builder-mk3/deployment.go
index ea12aaf97827dc..ab892147e623c1 100644
--- a/install/installer/pkg/components/image-builder-mk3/deployment.go
+++ b/install/installer/pkg/components/image-builder-mk3/deployment.go
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ func pullSecretName(ctx *common.RenderContext) (string, error) {
 }
 
 func deployment(ctx *common.RenderContext) ([]runtime.Object, error) {
-	labels := common.DefaultLabels(Component)
+	labels := common.CustomOverrideLabel(ctx, Component, common.TypeMetaDeployment)
 
 	var hashObj []runtime.Object
 	if objs, err := configmap(ctx); err != nil {
@@ -112,9 +112,10 @@ func deployment(ctx *common.RenderContext) ([]runtime.Object, error) {
 	return []runtime.Object{&appsv1.Deployment{
 		TypeMeta: common.TypeMetaDeployment,
 		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
-			Name:      Component,
-			Namespace: ctx.Namespace,
-			Labels:    labels,
+			Name:        Component,
+			Namespace:   ctx.Namespace,
+			Labels:      labels,
+			Annotations: common.CustomOverrideAnnotation(ctx, Component, common.TypeMetaDeployment),
 		},
 		Spec: appsv1.DeploymentSpec{
 			Selector: &metav1.LabelSelector{MatchLabels: labels},
@@ -125,9 +126,11 @@ func deployment(ctx *common.RenderContext) ([]runtime.Object, error) {
 					Name:      Component,
 					Namespace: ctx.Namespace,
 					Labels:    labels,
-					Annotations: map[string]string{
-						common.AnnotationConfigChecksum: configHash,
-					},
+					Annotations: common.CustomOverrideAnnotation(ctx, Component, common.TypeMetaDeployment, func() map[string]string {
+						return map[string]string{
+							common.AnnotationConfigChecksum: configHash,
+						}
+					}),
 				},
 				Spec: corev1.PodSpec{
 					Affinity:                      common.NodeAffinity(cluster.AffinityLabelMeta),
@@ -149,10 +152,10 @@ func deployment(ctx *common.RenderContext) ([]runtime.Object, error) {
 							"--config",
 							"/config/image-builder.json",
 						},
-						Env: common.MergeEnv(
+						Env: common.CustomOverrideEnvvar(ctx, Component, common.MergeEnv(
 							common.DefaultEnv(&ctx.Config),
 							common.WorkspaceTracingEnv(ctx),
-						),
+						)),
 						Resources: common.ResourceRequirements(ctx, Component, Component, corev1.ResourceRequirements{
 							Requests: corev1.ResourceList{
 								"cpu":    resource.MustParse("100m"),
diff --git a/install/installer/pkg/components/migrations/job.go b/install/installer/pkg/components/migrations/job.go
index 83ba044b65c729..221793fe596d32 100644
--- a/install/installer/pkg/components/migrations/job.go
+++ b/install/installer/pkg/components/migrations/job.go
@@ -20,9 +20,10 @@ func job(ctx *common.RenderContext) ([]runtime.Object, error) {
 	}
 
 	objectMeta := metav1.ObjectMeta{
-		Name:      Component,
-		Namespace: ctx.Namespace,
-		Labels:    common.DefaultLabels(Component),
+		Name:        Component,
+		Namespace:   ctx.Namespace,
+		Labels:      common.CustomOverrideLabel(ctx, Component, common.TypeMetaBatchJob),
+		Annotations: common.CustomOverrideAnnotation(ctx, Component, common.TypeMetaBatchJob),
 	}
 
 	return []runtime.Object{&batchv1.Job{
@@ -43,9 +44,9 @@ func job(ctx *common.RenderContext) ([]runtime.Object, error) {
 						Name:            Component,
 						Image:           ctx.ImageName(ctx.Config.Repository, "db-migrations", ctx.VersionManifest.Components.DBMigrations.Version),
 						ImagePullPolicy: corev1.PullIfNotPresent,
-						Env: common.MergeEnv(
+						Env: common.CustomOverrideEnvvar(ctx, Component, common.MergeEnv(
 							common.DatabaseEnv(&ctx.Config),
-						),
+						)),
 						Command: []string{
 							"sh",
 							"-c",
diff --git a/install/installer/pkg/components/openvsx-proxy/configmap.go b/install/installer/pkg/components/openvsx-proxy/configmap.go
index aee063a49ed418..080e661ae6935d 100644
--- a/install/installer/pkg/components/openvsx-proxy/configmap.go
+++ b/install/installer/pkg/components/openvsx-proxy/configmap.go
@@ -48,9 +48,10 @@ maxmemory-policy allkeys-lfu
 		&corev1.ConfigMap{
 			TypeMeta: common.TypeMetaConfigmap,
 			ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
-				Name:      fmt.Sprintf("%s-config", Component),
-				Namespace: ctx.Namespace,
-				Labels:    common.DefaultLabels(Component),
+				Name:        fmt.Sprintf("%s-config", Component),
+				Namespace:   ctx.Namespace,
+				Labels:      common.CustomOverrideLabel(ctx, Component, common.TypeMetaConfigmap),
+				Annotations: common.CustomOverrideAnnotation(ctx, Component, common.TypeMetaConfigmap),
 			},
 			Data: data,
 		},
diff --git a/install/installer/pkg/components/openvsx-proxy/statefulset.go b/install/installer/pkg/components/openvsx-proxy/statefulset.go
index 766ef954dee940..fd8996d0a75983 100644
--- a/install/installer/pkg/components/openvsx-proxy/statefulset.go
+++ b/install/installer/pkg/components/openvsx-proxy/statefulset.go
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 func statefulset(ctx *common.RenderContext) ([]runtime.Object, error) {
-	labels := common.DefaultLabels(Component)
+	labels := common.CustomOverrideLabel(ctx, Component, common.TypeMetaStatefulSet)
 	// todo(sje): add redis
 
 	configHash, err := common.ObjectHash(configmap(ctx))
@@ -32,9 +32,10 @@ func statefulset(ctx *common.RenderContext) ([]runtime.Object, error) {
 	return []runtime.Object{&appsv1.StatefulSet{
 		TypeMeta: common.TypeMetaStatefulSet,
 		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
-			Name:      Component,
-			Namespace: ctx.Namespace,
-			Labels:    labels,
+			Name:        Component,
+			Namespace:   ctx.Namespace,
+			Labels:      labels,
+			Annotations: common.CustomOverrideAnnotation(ctx, Component, common.TypeMetaConfigmap),
 		},
 		Spec: appsv1.StatefulSetSpec{
 			Selector: &metav1.LabelSelector{
@@ -48,9 +49,11 @@ func statefulset(ctx *common.RenderContext) ([]runtime.Object, error) {
 					Name:      Component,
 					Namespace: ctx.Namespace,
 					Labels:    labels,
-					Annotations: map[string]string{
-						common.AnnotationConfigChecksum: configHash,
-					},
+					Annotations: common.CustomOverrideAnnotation(ctx, Component, common.TypeMetaConfigmap, func() map[string]string {
+						return map[string]string{
+							common.AnnotationConfigChecksum: configHash,
+						}
+					}),
 				},
 				Spec: v1.PodSpec{
 					Affinity:                      common.NodeAffinity(cluster.AffinityLabelIDE),
@@ -97,9 +100,9 @@ func statefulset(ctx *common.RenderContext) ([]runtime.Object, error) {
 							Name:      "config",
 							MountPath: "/config",
 						}},
-						Env: common.MergeEnv(
+						Env: common.CustomOverrideEnvvar(ctx, Component, common.MergeEnv(
 							common.DefaultEnv(&ctx.Config),
-						),
+						)),
 					}, {
 						Name:  redisContainerName,
 						Image: ctx.ImageName(common.ThirdPartyContainerRepo(ctx.Config.Repository, common.DockerRegistryURL), "library/redis", "6.2"),
diff --git a/install/installer/pkg/components/proxy/configmap.go b/install/installer/pkg/components/proxy/configmap.go
index 3455c9af774c21..c9ce0aff557555 100644
--- a/install/installer/pkg/components/proxy/configmap.go
+++ b/install/installer/pkg/components/proxy/configmap.go
@@ -159,9 +159,10 @@ func configmap(ctx *common.RenderContext) ([]runtime.Object, error) {
 		&corev1.ConfigMap{
 			TypeMeta: common.TypeMetaConfigmap,
 			ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
-				Name:      fmt.Sprintf("%s-config", Component),
-				Namespace: ctx.Namespace,
-				Labels:    common.DefaultLabels(Component),
+				Name:        fmt.Sprintf("%s-config", Component),
+				Namespace:   ctx.Namespace,
+				Labels:      common.CustomOverrideLabel(ctx, Component, common.TypeMetaConfigmap),
+				Annotations: common.CustomOverrideAnnotation(ctx, Component, common.TypeMetaConfigmap),
 			},
 			Data: data,
 		},
diff --git a/install/installer/pkg/components/proxy/deployment.go b/install/installer/pkg/components/proxy/deployment.go
index 28b9e62d74c4ee..c12feef136fb0a 100644
--- a/install/installer/pkg/components/proxy/deployment.go
+++ b/install/installer/pkg/components/proxy/deployment.go
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 func deployment(ctx *common.RenderContext) ([]runtime.Object, error) {
-	labels := common.DefaultLabels(Component)
+	labels := common.CustomOverrideLabel(ctx, Component, common.TypeMetaDeployment)
 
 	var hashObj []runtime.Object
 	if objs, err := configmap(ctx); err != nil {
@@ -123,9 +123,10 @@ func deployment(ctx *common.RenderContext) ([]runtime.Object, error) {
 		&appsv1.Deployment{
 			TypeMeta: common.TypeMetaDeployment,
 			ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
-				Name:      Component,
-				Namespace: ctx.Namespace,
-				Labels:    labels,
+				Name:        Component,
+				Namespace:   ctx.Namespace,
+				Labels:      labels,
+				Annotations: common.CustomOverrideAnnotation(ctx, Component, common.TypeMetaDeployment),
 			},
 			Spec: appsv1.DeploymentSpec{
 				Selector: &metav1.LabelSelector{MatchLabels: labels},
@@ -136,9 +137,11 @@ func deployment(ctx *common.RenderContext) ([]runtime.Object, error) {
 						Name:      Component,
 						Namespace: ctx.Namespace,
 						Labels:    labels,
-						Annotations: map[string]string{
-							common.AnnotationConfigChecksum: configHash,
-						},
+						Annotations: common.CustomOverrideAnnotation(ctx, Component, common.TypeMetaDeployment, func() map[string]string {
+							return map[string]string{
+								common.AnnotationConfigChecksum: configHash,
+							}
+						}),
 					},
 					Spec: corev1.PodSpec{
 						Affinity: &corev1.Affinity{
@@ -241,13 +244,13 @@ func deployment(ctx *common.RenderContext) ([]runtime.Object, error) {
 								FailureThreshold:    3,
 							},
 							VolumeMounts: volumeMounts,
-							Env: common.MergeEnv(
+							Env: common.CustomOverrideEnvvar(ctx, Component, common.MergeEnv(
 								common.DefaultEnv(&ctx.Config),
 								[]corev1.EnvVar{{
 									Name:  "PROXY_DOMAIN",
 									Value: ctx.Config.Domain,
 								}},
-							),
+							)),
 						}},
 					},
 				},
diff --git a/install/installer/pkg/components/public-api-server/configmap.go b/install/installer/pkg/components/public-api-server/configmap.go
index 541d676a9d6edb..a47d3e01a6816b 100644
--- a/install/installer/pkg/components/public-api-server/configmap.go
+++ b/install/installer/pkg/components/public-api-server/configmap.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ package public_api_server
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+
 	"github.com/gitpod-io/gitpod/common-go/baseserver"
 	"github.com/gitpod-io/gitpod/public-api/config"
 
@@ -40,9 +41,10 @@ func configmap(ctx *common.RenderContext) ([]runtime.Object, error) {
 		&corev1.ConfigMap{
 			TypeMeta: common.TypeMetaConfigmap,
 			ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
-				Name:      Component,
-				Namespace: ctx.Namespace,
-				Labels:    common.DefaultLabels(Component),
+				Name:        Component,
+				Namespace:   ctx.Namespace,
+				Labels:      common.CustomOverrideLabel(ctx, Component, common.TypeMetaConfigmap),
+				Annotations: common.CustomOverrideAnnotation(ctx, Component, common.TypeMetaConfigmap),
 			},
 			Data: map[string]string{
 				configJSONFilename: string(fc),
diff --git a/install/installer/pkg/components/public-api-server/configmap_test.go b/install/installer/pkg/components/public-api-server/configmap_test.go
index 900bf1d8593f12..e91ab1b2f4e2a4 100644
--- a/install/installer/pkg/components/public-api-server/configmap_test.go
+++ b/install/installer/pkg/components/public-api-server/configmap_test.go
@@ -5,13 +5,14 @@ package public_api_server
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"testing"
+
 	"github.com/gitpod-io/gitpod/common-go/baseserver"
 	"github.com/gitpod-io/gitpod/installer/pkg/common"
 	"github.com/gitpod-io/gitpod/public-api/config"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
-	"testing"
 )
 
 func TestConfigMap(t *testing.T) {
@@ -39,9 +40,10 @@ func TestConfigMap(t *testing.T) {
 	require.Equal(t, &corev1.ConfigMap{
 		TypeMeta: common.TypeMetaConfigmap,
 		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
-			Name:      Component,
-			Namespace: ctx.Namespace,
-			Labels:    common.DefaultLabels(Component),
+			Name:        Component,
+			Namespace:   ctx.Namespace,
+			Labels:      common.CustomOverrideLabel(ctx, Component, common.TypeMetaConfigmap),
+			Annotations: common.CustomOverrideAnnotation(ctx, Component, common.TypeMetaConfigmap),
 		},
 		Data: map[string]string{
 			"config.json": string(expectedJSON),
diff --git a/install/installer/pkg/components/public-api-server/deployment.go b/install/installer/pkg/components/public-api-server/deployment.go
index c366efca259236..5c3c11ee586a60 100644
--- a/install/installer/pkg/components/public-api-server/deployment.go
+++ b/install/installer/pkg/components/public-api-server/deployment.go
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ func deployment(ctx *common.RenderContext) ([]runtime.Object, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	labels := common.DefaultLabels(Component)
+	labels := common.CustomOverrideLabel(ctx, Component, common.TypeMetaDeployment)
 	return []runtime.Object{
 		&appsv1.Deployment{
 			TypeMeta: common.TypeMetaDeployment,
@@ -39,9 +39,11 @@ func deployment(ctx *common.RenderContext) ([]runtime.Object, error) {
 				Name:      Component,
 				Namespace: ctx.Namespace,
 				Labels:    labels,
-				Annotations: map[string]string{
-					common.AnnotationConfigChecksum: configHash,
-				},
+				Annotations: common.CustomOverrideAnnotation(ctx, Component, common.TypeMetaDeployment, func() map[string]string {
+					return map[string]string{
+						common.AnnotationConfigChecksum: configHash,
+					}
+				}),
 			},
 			Spec: appsv1.DeploymentSpec{
 				Selector: &metav1.LabelSelector{MatchLabels: labels},
@@ -49,9 +51,10 @@ func deployment(ctx *common.RenderContext) ([]runtime.Object, error) {
 				Strategy: common.DeploymentStrategy,
 				Template: corev1.PodTemplateSpec{
 					ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
-						Name:      Component,
-						Namespace: ctx.Namespace,
-						Labels:    labels,
+						Name:        Component,
+						Namespace:   ctx.Namespace,
+						Labels:      labels,
+						Annotations: common.CustomOverrideAnnotation(ctx, Component, common.TypeMetaDeployment),
 					},
 					Spec: corev1.PodSpec{
 						Affinity:                      common.NodeAffinity(cluster.AffinityLabelMeta),
@@ -85,9 +88,9 @@ func deployment(ctx *common.RenderContext) ([]runtime.Object, error) {
 								SecurityContext: &corev1.SecurityContext{
 									Privileged: pointer.Bool(false),
 								},
-								Env: common.MergeEnv(
+								Env: common.CustomOverrideEnvvar(ctx, Component, common.MergeEnv(
 									common.DefaultEnv(&ctx.Config),
-								),
+								)),
 								LivenessProbe: &corev1.Probe{
 									ProbeHandler: corev1.ProbeHandler{
 										HTTPGet: &corev1.HTTPGetAction{
diff --git a/install/installer/pkg/components/registry-facade/configmap.go b/install/installer/pkg/components/registry-facade/configmap.go
index 05bc046dd04083..42d85037676d47 100644
--- a/install/installer/pkg/components/registry-facade/configmap.go
+++ b/install/installer/pkg/components/registry-facade/configmap.go
@@ -101,9 +101,10 @@ func configmap(ctx *common.RenderContext) ([]runtime.Object, error) {
 		&corev1.ConfigMap{
 			TypeMeta: common.TypeMetaConfigmap,
 			ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
-				Name:      Component,
-				Namespace: ctx.Namespace,
-				Labels:    common.DefaultLabels(Component),
+				Name:        Component,
+				Namespace:   ctx.Namespace,
+				Labels:      common.CustomOverrideLabel(ctx, Component, common.TypeMetaConfigmap),
+				Annotations: common.CustomOverrideAnnotation(ctx, Component, common.TypeMetaConfigmap),
 			},
 			Data: map[string]string{
 				"config.json": string(fc),
diff --git a/install/installer/pkg/components/registry-facade/daemonset.go b/install/installer/pkg/components/registry-facade/daemonset.go
index 3cd1f8cf0abb4f..67ac1b21bc882a 100644
--- a/install/installer/pkg/components/registry-facade/daemonset.go
+++ b/install/installer/pkg/components/registry-facade/daemonset.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 func daemonset(ctx *common.RenderContext) ([]runtime.Object, error) {
-	labels := common.DefaultLabels(Component)
+	labels := common.CustomOverrideLabel(ctx, Component, common.TypeMetaDaemonset)
 
 	var hashObj []runtime.Object
 	if objs, err := configmap(ctx); err != nil {
@@ -187,9 +187,10 @@ func daemonset(ctx *common.RenderContext) ([]runtime.Object, error) {
 	return []runtime.Object{&appsv1.DaemonSet{
 		TypeMeta: common.TypeMetaDaemonset,
 		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
-			Name:      Component,
-			Namespace: ctx.Namespace,
-			Labels:    labels,
+			Name:        Component,
+			Namespace:   ctx.Namespace,
+			Labels:      labels,
+			Annotations: common.CustomOverrideAnnotation(ctx, Component, common.TypeMetaDaemonset),
 		},
 		Spec: appsv1.DaemonSetSpec{
 			Selector: &metav1.LabelSelector{MatchLabels: labels},
@@ -197,9 +198,11 @@ func daemonset(ctx *common.RenderContext) ([]runtime.Object, error) {
 				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
 					Name:   Component,
 					Labels: labels,
-					Annotations: map[string]string{
-						common.AnnotationConfigChecksum: configHash,
-					},
+					Annotations: common.CustomOverrideAnnotation(ctx, Component, common.TypeMetaDaemonset, func() map[string]string {
+						return map[string]string{
+							common.AnnotationConfigChecksum: configHash,
+						}
+					}),
 				},
 				Spec: corev1.PodSpec{
 					PriorityClassName:             common.SystemNodeCritical,
@@ -230,7 +233,7 @@ func daemonset(ctx *common.RenderContext) ([]runtime.Object, error) {
 							Privileged: pointer.Bool(false),
 							RunAsUser:  pointer.Int64(1000),
 						},
-						Env: common.MergeEnv(
+						Env: common.CustomOverrideEnvvar(ctx, Component, common.MergeEnv(
 							common.DefaultEnv(&ctx.Config),
 							common.WorkspaceTracingEnv(ctx),
 							[]corev1.EnvVar{
@@ -248,7 +251,7 @@ func daemonset(ctx *common.RenderContext) ([]runtime.Object, error) {
 								},
 							},
 							envvars,
-						),
+						)),
 						VolumeMounts: append(
 							[]corev1.VolumeMount{
 								{
diff --git a/install/installer/pkg/components/server/configmap.go b/install/installer/pkg/components/server/configmap.go
index f5dce6c905f555..78e3082bcbdc25 100644
--- a/install/installer/pkg/components/server/configmap.go
+++ b/install/installer/pkg/components/server/configmap.go
@@ -244,9 +244,10 @@ func configmap(ctx *common.RenderContext) ([]runtime.Object, error) {
 		&corev1.ConfigMap{
 			TypeMeta: common.TypeMetaConfigmap,
 			ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
-				Name:      fmt.Sprintf("%s-config", Component),
-				Namespace: ctx.Namespace,
-				Labels:    common.DefaultLabels(Component),
+				Name:        fmt.Sprintf("%s-config", Component),
+				Namespace:   ctx.Namespace,
+				Labels:      common.CustomOverrideLabel(ctx, Component, common.TypeMetaConfigmap),
+				Annotations: common.CustomOverrideAnnotation(ctx, Component, common.TypeMetaConfigmap),
 			},
 			Data: map[string]string{
 				"config.json": string(fc),
diff --git a/install/installer/pkg/components/server/deployment.go b/install/installer/pkg/components/server/deployment.go
index d468ce842fd699..196d37b3928375 100644
--- a/install/installer/pkg/components/server/deployment.go
+++ b/install/installer/pkg/components/server/deployment.go
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 func deployment(ctx *common.RenderContext) ([]runtime.Object, error) {
-	labels := common.DefaultLabels(Component)
+	labels := common.CustomOverrideLabel(ctx, Component, common.TypeMetaDeployment)
 
 	var hashObj []runtime.Object
 	if objs, err := configmap(ctx); err != nil {
@@ -281,9 +281,10 @@ func deployment(ctx *common.RenderContext) ([]runtime.Object, error) {
 		&appsv1.Deployment{
 			TypeMeta: common.TypeMetaDeployment,
 			ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
-				Name:      Component,
-				Namespace: ctx.Namespace,
-				Labels:    labels,
+				Name:        Component,
+				Namespace:   ctx.Namespace,
+				Labels:      labels,
+				Annotations: common.CustomOverrideAnnotation(ctx, Component, common.TypeMetaDeployment),
 			},
 			Spec: appsv1.DeploymentSpec{
 				Selector: &metav1.LabelSelector{MatchLabels: labels},
@@ -294,9 +295,11 @@ func deployment(ctx *common.RenderContext) ([]runtime.Object, error) {
 						Name:      Component,
 						Namespace: ctx.Namespace,
 						Labels:    labels,
-						Annotations: map[string]string{
-							common.AnnotationConfigChecksum: configHash,
-						},
+						Annotations: common.CustomOverrideAnnotation(ctx, Component, common.TypeMetaDeployment, func() map[string]string {
+							return map[string]string{
+								common.AnnotationConfigChecksum: configHash,
+							}
+						}),
 					},
 					Spec: corev1.PodSpec{
 						Affinity: &corev1.Affinity{
@@ -369,7 +372,7 @@ func deployment(ctx *common.RenderContext) ([]runtime.Object, error) {
 							},
 							},
 							// todo(sje): do we need to cater for serverContainer.env from values.yaml?
-							Env: env,
+							Env: common.CustomOverrideEnvvar(ctx, Component, env),
 							// todo(sje): do we need to cater for serverContainer.volumeMounts from values.yaml?
 							VolumeMounts: append(
 								[]corev1.VolumeMount{
diff --git a/install/installer/pkg/components/server/ide/configmap.go b/install/installer/pkg/components/server/ide/configmap.go
index 91ade226fb6830..2844762b603477 100644
--- a/install/installer/pkg/components/server/ide/configmap.go
+++ b/install/installer/pkg/components/server/ide/configmap.go
@@ -146,9 +146,10 @@ func configmap(ctx *common.RenderContext) ([]runtime.Object, error) {
 		&corev1.ConfigMap{
 			TypeMeta: common.TypeMetaConfigmap,
 			ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
-				Name:      fmt.Sprintf("%s-ide-config", Component),
-				Namespace: ctx.Namespace,
-				Labels:    common.DefaultLabels(Component),
+				Name:        fmt.Sprintf("%s-ide-config", Component),
+				Namespace:   ctx.Namespace,
+				Labels:      common.CustomOverrideLabel(ctx, Component, common.TypeMetaConfigmap),
+				Annotations: common.CustomOverrideAnnotation(ctx, Component, common.TypeMetaConfigmap),
 			},
 			Data: map[string]string{
 				"config.json": string(fc),
diff --git a/install/installer/pkg/components/usage/configmap.go b/install/installer/pkg/components/usage/configmap.go
index ec01a37788f9a0..0f6bef5efa515a 100644
--- a/install/installer/pkg/components/usage/configmap.go
+++ b/install/installer/pkg/components/usage/configmap.go
@@ -26,9 +26,10 @@ func configmap(ctx *common.RenderContext) ([]runtime.Object, error) {
 		&corev1.ConfigMap{
 			TypeMeta: common.TypeMetaConfigmap,
 			ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
-				Name:      fmt.Sprintf("%s-config", Component),
-				Namespace: ctx.Namespace,
-				Labels:    common.DefaultLabels(Component),
+				Name:        fmt.Sprintf("%s-config", Component),
+				Namespace:   ctx.Namespace,
+				Labels:      common.CustomOverrideLabel(ctx, Component, common.TypeMetaConfigmap),
+				Annotations: common.CustomOverrideAnnotation(ctx, Component, common.TypeMetaConfigmap),
 			},
 			Data: map[string]string{
 				"schedule": schedule,
diff --git a/install/installer/pkg/components/usage/deployment.go b/install/installer/pkg/components/usage/deployment.go
index 87114bbedc2e27..ea9f7390e2601a 100644
--- a/install/installer/pkg/components/usage/deployment.go
+++ b/install/installer/pkg/components/usage/deployment.go
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 func deployment(ctx *common.RenderContext) ([]runtime.Object, error) {
-	labels := common.DefaultLabels(Component)
+	labels := common.CustomOverrideLabel(ctx, Component, common.TypeMetaDeployment)
 
 	var volumes []corev1.Volume
 	var volumeMounts []corev1.VolumeMount
@@ -51,9 +51,10 @@ func deployment(ctx *common.RenderContext) ([]runtime.Object, error) {
 		&appsv1.Deployment{
 			TypeMeta: common.TypeMetaDeployment,
 			ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
-				Name:      Component,
-				Namespace: ctx.Namespace,
-				Labels:    labels,
+				Name:        Component,
+				Namespace:   ctx.Namespace,
+				Labels:      labels,
+				Annotations: common.CustomOverrideAnnotation(ctx, Component, common.TypeMetaDeployment),
 			},
 			Spec: appsv1.DeploymentSpec{
 				Selector: &metav1.LabelSelector{MatchLabels: labels},
@@ -61,9 +62,10 @@ func deployment(ctx *common.RenderContext) ([]runtime.Object, error) {
 				Strategy: common.DeploymentStrategy,
 				Template: corev1.PodTemplateSpec{
 					ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
-						Name:      Component,
-						Namespace: ctx.Namespace,
-						Labels:    labels,
+						Name:        Component,
+						Namespace:   ctx.Namespace,
+						Labels:      labels,
+						Annotations: common.CustomOverrideAnnotation(ctx, Component, common.TypeMetaDeployment),
 					},
 					Spec: corev1.PodSpec{
 						Affinity:                      common.NodeAffinity(cluster.AffinityLabelMeta),
@@ -93,7 +95,7 @@ func deployment(ctx *common.RenderContext) ([]runtime.Object, error) {
 							SecurityContext: &corev1.SecurityContext{
 								Privileged: pointer.Bool(false),
 							},
-							Env: common.MergeEnv(
+							Env: common.CustomOverrideEnvvar(ctx, Component, common.MergeEnv(
 								common.DefaultEnv(&ctx.Config),
 								common.DatabaseEnv(&ctx.Config),
 								[]corev1.EnvVar{{
@@ -105,7 +107,7 @@ func deployment(ctx *common.RenderContext) ([]runtime.Object, error) {
 										},
 									},
 								}},
-							),
+							)),
 							VolumeMounts: volumeMounts,
 							LivenessProbe: &corev1.Probe{
 								ProbeHandler: corev1.ProbeHandler{
diff --git a/install/installer/pkg/components/ws-daemon/configmap.go b/install/installer/pkg/components/ws-daemon/configmap.go
index cfcbe5106fe636..10957ab6fa522c 100644
--- a/install/installer/pkg/components/ws-daemon/configmap.go
+++ b/install/installer/pkg/components/ws-daemon/configmap.go
@@ -145,9 +145,10 @@ func configmap(ctx *common.RenderContext) ([]runtime.Object, error) {
 	return []runtime.Object{&corev1.ConfigMap{
 		TypeMeta: common.TypeMetaConfigmap,
 		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
-			Name:      Component,
-			Namespace: ctx.Namespace,
-			Labels:    common.DefaultLabels(Component),
+			Name:        Component,
+			Namespace:   ctx.Namespace,
+			Labels:      common.CustomOverrideLabel(ctx, Component, common.TypeMetaConfigmap),
+			Annotations: common.CustomOverrideAnnotation(ctx, Component, common.TypeMetaConfigmap),
 		},
 		Data: map[string]string{
 			"config.json": string(fc),
diff --git a/install/installer/pkg/components/ws-daemon/daemonset.go b/install/installer/pkg/components/ws-daemon/daemonset.go
index 260d9d6bdf0be0..a0b5e07a6ec12a 100644
--- a/install/installer/pkg/components/ws-daemon/daemonset.go
+++ b/install/installer/pkg/components/ws-daemon/daemonset.go
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import (
 
 func daemonset(ctx *common.RenderContext) ([]runtime.Object, error) {
 	cfg := ctx.Config
-	labels := common.DefaultLabels(Component)
+	labels := common.CustomOverrideLabel(ctx, Component, common.TypeMetaDaemonset)
 
 	configHash, err := common.ObjectHash(configmap(ctx))
 	if err != nil {
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ fi
 					HostPort:      ServicePort,
 					ContainerPort: ServicePort,
 				}},
-				Env: common.MergeEnv(
+				Env: common.CustomOverrideEnvvar(ctx, Component, common.MergeEnv(
 					common.DefaultEnv(&cfg),
 					common.WorkspaceTracingEnv(ctx),
 					[]corev1.EnvVar{{
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ fi
 							},
 						},
 					}},
-				),
+				)),
 				Resources: common.ResourceRequirements(ctx, Component, Component, corev1.ResourceRequirements{Requests: corev1.ResourceList{
 					"cpu":    resource.MustParse("1m"),
 					"memory": resource.MustParse("1Mi"),
@@ -351,19 +351,22 @@ fi
 	return []runtime.Object{&appsv1.DaemonSet{
 		TypeMeta: common.TypeMetaDaemonset,
 		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
-			Name:      Component,
-			Namespace: ctx.Namespace,
-			Labels:    labels,
+			Name:        Component,
+			Namespace:   ctx.Namespace,
+			Labels:      labels,
+			Annotations: common.CustomOverrideAnnotation(ctx, Component, common.TypeMetaDaemonset),
 		},
 		Spec: appsv1.DaemonSetSpec{
 			Selector: &metav1.LabelSelector{MatchLabels: labels},
 			Template: corev1.PodTemplateSpec{
 				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
 					Labels: labels,
-					Annotations: map[string]string{
-						"seccomp.security.alpha.kubernetes.io/shiftfs-module-loader": "unconfined",
-						common.AnnotationConfigChecksum:                              configHash,
-					},
+					Annotations: common.CustomOverrideAnnotation(ctx, Component, common.TypeMetaDaemonset, func() map[string]string {
+						return map[string]string{
+							"seccomp.security.alpha.kubernetes.io/shiftfs-module-loader": "unconfined",
+							common.AnnotationConfigChecksum:                              configHash,
+						}
+					}),
 				},
 				Spec: podSpec,
 			},
diff --git a/install/installer/pkg/components/ws-manager-bridge/configmap.go b/install/installer/pkg/components/ws-manager-bridge/configmap.go
index e276519d0f17e9..c4b353759b5f4d 100644
--- a/install/installer/pkg/components/ws-manager-bridge/configmap.go
+++ b/install/installer/pkg/components/ws-manager-bridge/configmap.go
@@ -44,9 +44,10 @@ func configmap(ctx *common.RenderContext) ([]runtime.Object, error) {
 		&corev1.ConfigMap{
 			TypeMeta: common.TypeMetaConfigmap,
 			ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
-				Name:      fmt.Sprintf("%s-config", Component),
-				Namespace: ctx.Namespace,
-				Labels:    common.DefaultLabels(Component),
+				Name:        fmt.Sprintf("%s-config", Component),
+				Namespace:   ctx.Namespace,
+				Labels:      common.CustomOverrideLabel(ctx, Component, common.TypeMetaConfigmap),
+				Annotations: common.CustomOverrideAnnotation(ctx, Component, common.TypeMetaConfigmap),
 			},
 			Data: map[string]string{
 				"ws-manager-bridge.json": string(fc),
diff --git a/install/installer/pkg/components/ws-manager-bridge/deployment.go b/install/installer/pkg/components/ws-manager-bridge/deployment.go
index f197d6adcaec87..d00351b79465fc 100644
--- a/install/installer/pkg/components/ws-manager-bridge/deployment.go
+++ b/install/installer/pkg/components/ws-manager-bridge/deployment.go
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 func deployment(ctx *common.RenderContext) ([]runtime.Object, error) {
-	labels := common.DefaultLabels(Component)
+	labels := common.CustomOverrideLabel(ctx, Component, common.TypeMetaDeployment)
 
 	var hashObj []runtime.Object
 	if objs, err := configmap(ctx); err != nil {
@@ -66,9 +66,10 @@ func deployment(ctx *common.RenderContext) ([]runtime.Object, error) {
 		&appsv1.Deployment{
 			TypeMeta: common.TypeMetaDeployment,
 			ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
-				Name:      Component,
-				Namespace: ctx.Namespace,
-				Labels:    labels,
+				Name:        Component,
+				Namespace:   ctx.Namespace,
+				Labels:      labels,
+				Annotations: common.CustomOverrideAnnotation(ctx, Component, common.TypeMetaDeployment),
 			},
 			Spec: appsv1.DeploymentSpec{
 				Selector: &metav1.LabelSelector{MatchLabels: labels},
@@ -79,9 +80,11 @@ func deployment(ctx *common.RenderContext) ([]runtime.Object, error) {
 						Name:      Component,
 						Namespace: ctx.Namespace,
 						Labels:    labels,
-						Annotations: map[string]string{
-							common.AnnotationConfigChecksum: configHash,
-						},
+						Annotations: common.CustomOverrideAnnotation(ctx, Component, common.TypeMetaDeployment, func() map[string]string {
+							return map[string]string{
+								common.AnnotationConfigChecksum: configHash,
+							}
+						}),
 					},
 					Spec: corev1.PodSpec{
 						Affinity:                      common.NodeAffinity(cluster.AffinityLabelMeta),
@@ -121,7 +124,7 @@ func deployment(ctx *common.RenderContext) ([]runtime.Object, error) {
 								Privileged: pointer.Bool(false),
 								RunAsUser:  pointer.Int64(31001),
 							},
-							Env: common.MergeEnv(
+							Env: common.CustomOverrideEnvvar(ctx, Component, common.MergeEnv(
 								common.DefaultEnv(&ctx.Config),
 								common.WorkspaceTracingEnv(ctx),
 								common.AnalyticsEnv(&ctx.Config),
@@ -131,7 +134,7 @@ func deployment(ctx *common.RenderContext) ([]runtime.Object, error) {
 									Name:  "WSMAN_BRIDGE_CONFIGPATH",
 									Value: "/config/ws-manager-bridge.json",
 								}},
-							),
+							)),
 							Ports: []corev1.ContainerPort{
 								{
 									ContainerPort: 9500,
diff --git a/install/installer/pkg/components/ws-manager/configmap.go b/install/installer/pkg/components/ws-manager/configmap.go
index cda799e995151b..35731eae1f6bbe 100644
--- a/install/installer/pkg/components/ws-manager/configmap.go
+++ b/install/installer/pkg/components/ws-manager/configmap.go
@@ -207,9 +207,10 @@ func configmap(ctx *common.RenderContext) ([]runtime.Object, error) {
 		&corev1.ConfigMap{
 			TypeMeta: common.TypeMetaConfigmap,
 			ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
-				Name:      Component,
-				Namespace: ctx.Namespace,
-				Labels:    common.DefaultLabels(Component),
+				Name:        Component,
+				Namespace:   ctx.Namespace,
+				Labels:      common.CustomOverrideLabel(ctx, Component, common.TypeMetaConfigmap),
+				Annotations: common.CustomOverrideAnnotation(ctx, Component, common.TypeMetaConfigmap),
 			},
 			Data: map[string]string{
 				"config.json": string(fc),
diff --git a/install/installer/pkg/components/ws-manager/deployment.go b/install/installer/pkg/components/ws-manager/deployment.go
index 751b6524b8905f..56bc4ad164c33f 100644
--- a/install/installer/pkg/components/ws-manager/deployment.go
+++ b/install/installer/pkg/components/ws-manager/deployment.go
@@ -52,11 +52,11 @@ func deployment(ctx *common.RenderContext) ([]runtime.Object, error) {
 			SecurityContext: &corev1.SecurityContext{
 				Privileged: pointer.Bool(false),
 			},
-			Env: common.MergeEnv(
+			Env: common.CustomOverrideEnvvar(ctx, Component, common.MergeEnv(
 				common.DefaultEnv(&ctx.Config),
 				common.WorkspaceTracingEnv(ctx),
 				[]corev1.EnvVar{{Name: "GRPC_GO_RETRY", Value: "on"}},
-			),
+			)),
 			VolumeMounts: []corev1.VolumeMount{
 				{
 					Name:      VolumeConfig,
diff --git a/install/installer/pkg/components/ws-proxy/configmap.go b/install/installer/pkg/components/ws-proxy/configmap.go
index b22421a2491ffe..a7d2882322c366 100644
--- a/install/installer/pkg/components/ws-proxy/configmap.go
+++ b/install/installer/pkg/components/ws-proxy/configmap.go
@@ -89,9 +89,10 @@ func configmap(ctx *common.RenderContext) ([]runtime.Object, error) {
 		&corev1.ConfigMap{
 			TypeMeta: common.TypeMetaConfigmap,
 			ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
-				Name:      Component,
-				Namespace: ctx.Namespace,
-				Labels:    common.DefaultLabels(Component),
+				Name:        Component,
+				Namespace:   ctx.Namespace,
+				Labels:      common.CustomOverrideLabel(ctx, Component, common.TypeMetaConfigmap),
+				Annotations: common.CustomOverrideAnnotation(ctx, Component, common.TypeMetaConfigmap),
 			},
 			Data: map[string]string{
 				"config.json": string(fc),
diff --git a/install/installer/pkg/components/ws-proxy/deployment.go b/install/installer/pkg/components/ws-proxy/deployment.go
index 400e540712d9e0..8d4f9d551e657c 100644
--- a/install/installer/pkg/components/ws-proxy/deployment.go
+++ b/install/installer/pkg/components/ws-proxy/deployment.go
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 func deployment(ctx *common.RenderContext) ([]runtime.Object, error) {
-	labels := common.DefaultLabels(Component)
+	labels := common.CustomOverrideLabel(ctx, Component, common.TypeMetaDeployment)
 
 	configHash, err := common.ObjectHash(configmap(ctx))
 	if err != nil {
@@ -64,9 +64,10 @@ func deployment(ctx *common.RenderContext) ([]runtime.Object, error) {
 		&appsv1.Deployment{
 			TypeMeta: common.TypeMetaDeployment,
 			ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
-				Name:      Component,
-				Namespace: ctx.Namespace,
-				Labels:    labels,
+				Name:        Component,
+				Namespace:   ctx.Namespace,
+				Labels:      labels,
+				Annotations: common.CustomOverrideAnnotation(ctx, Component, common.TypeMetaDeployment),
 			},
 			Spec: appsv1.DeploymentSpec{
 				Selector: &metav1.LabelSelector{MatchLabels: labels},
@@ -77,9 +78,11 @@ func deployment(ctx *common.RenderContext) ([]runtime.Object, error) {
 						Name:      Component,
 						Namespace: ctx.Namespace,
 						Labels:    labels,
-						Annotations: map[string]string{
-							common.AnnotationConfigChecksum: configHash,
-						},
+						Annotations: common.CustomOverrideAnnotation(ctx, Component, common.TypeMetaDeployment, func() map[string]string {
+							return map[string]string{
+								common.AnnotationConfigChecksum: configHash,
+							}
+						}),
 					},
 					Spec: corev1.PodSpec{
 						PriorityClassName: common.SystemNodeCritical,
@@ -136,11 +139,11 @@ func deployment(ctx *common.RenderContext) ([]runtime.Object, error) {
 							SecurityContext: &corev1.SecurityContext{
 								Privileged: pointer.Bool(false),
 							},
-							Env: common.MergeEnv(
+							Env: common.CustomOverrideEnvvar(ctx, Component, common.MergeEnv(
 								common.DefaultEnv(&ctx.Config),
 								common.WorkspaceTracingEnv(ctx),
 								common.AnalyticsEnv(&ctx.Config),
-							),
+							)),
 							ReadinessProbe: &corev1.Probe{
 								InitialDelaySeconds: int32(2),
 								PeriodSeconds:       int32(5),