diff --git a/charts/magnum/Chart.yaml b/charts/magnum/Chart.yaml
index a834c53..7a7aa6a 100644
--- a/charts/magnum/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/magnum/Chart.yaml
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@
 sources:
 - https://opendev.org/openstack/magnum
 - https://opendev.org/openstack/openstack-helm
-version: 0.2.8
+version: 0.2.9
diff --git a/charts/magnum/charts/helm-toolkit/Chart.yaml b/charts/magnum/charts/helm-toolkit/Chart.yaml
index c1296b9..7d3703e 100644
--- a/charts/magnum/charts/helm-toolkit/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/magnum/charts/helm-toolkit/Chart.yaml
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@
 sources:
 - https://opendev.org/openstack/openstack-helm-infra
 - https://opendev.org/openstack/openstack-helm
-version: 0.2.51
+version: 0.2.53
diff --git a/charts/magnum/charts/helm-toolkit/templates/scripts/_db-init.py.tpl b/charts/magnum/charts/helm-toolkit/templates/scripts/_db-init.py.tpl
index 4294d40..6027b95 100644
--- a/charts/magnum/charts/helm-toolkit/templates/scripts/_db-init.py.tpl
+++ b/charts/magnum/charts/helm-toolkit/templates/scripts/_db-init.py.tpl
@@ -133,8 +133,10 @@
 # Create DB User
 try:
     root_engine.execute(
-        "GRANT ALL ON `{0}`.* TO \'{1}\'@\'%%\' IDENTIFIED BY \'{2}\' {3}".format(
-            database, user, password, mysql_x509))
+        "CREATE USER IF NOT EXISTS \'{0}\'@\'%%\' IDENTIFIED BY \'{1}\' {2}".format(
+            user, password, mysql_x509))
+    root_engine.execute(
+        "GRANT ALL ON `{0}`.* TO \'{1}\'@\'%%\'".format(database, user))
     logger.info("Created user {0} for {1}".format(user, database))
 except:
     logger.critical("Could not create user {0} for {1}".format(user, database))
diff --git a/charts/magnum/charts/helm-toolkit/templates/scripts/db-backup-restore/_backup_main.sh.tpl b/charts/magnum/charts/helm-toolkit/templates/scripts/db-backup-restore/_backup_main.sh.tpl
index 9597d34..3963bd4 100644
--- a/charts/magnum/charts/helm-toolkit/templates/scripts/db-backup-restore/_backup_main.sh.tpl
+++ b/charts/magnum/charts/helm-toolkit/templates/scripts/db-backup-restore/_backup_main.sh.tpl
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@
   fi
 
   # load balance delay
-  DELAY=$((1 + ${RANDOM} % 300))
+  DELAY=$((1 + ${RANDOM} % 30))
   echo "Sleeping for ${DELAY} seconds to spread the load in time..."
   sleep ${DELAY}
 
@@ -231,31 +231,17 @@
     return 2
   fi
 
-  # load balance delay
-  DELAY=$((1 + ${RANDOM} % 300))
-  echo "Sleeping for ${DELAY} seconds to spread the load in time..."
-  sleep ${DELAY}
-
-  # Calculation remote file SHA256 hash
-  REMOTE_FILE=$(mktemp -p /tmp)
-  openstack object save --file ${REMOTE_FILE} $CONTAINER_NAME $FILE
-  if [[ $? -ne 0 ]]; then
-    log WARN "${DB_NAME}_backup" "Unable to save container object $FILE for SHA256 hash verification."
-    rm -rf ${REMOTE_FILE}
-    return 1
-  fi
-
   # Remote backup verification
-  SHA256_REMOTE=$(cat ${REMOTE_FILE} | sha256sum | awk '{print $1}')
-  SHA256_LOCAL=$(cat ${FILEPATH}/${FILE} | sha256sum | awk '{print $1}')
-  log INFO "${DB_NAME}_backup" "Calculated SHA256 hashes for the file $FILE in container $CONTAINER_NAME."
-  log INFO "${DB_NAME}_backup" "Local SHA256 hash is ${SHA256_LOCAL}."
-  log INFO "${DB_NAME}_backup" "Remote SHA256 hash is ${SHA256_REMOTE}."
-  if [[ "${SHA256_LOCAL}" == "${SHA256_REMOTE}" ]]; then
-      log INFO "${DB_NAME}_backup" "The local backup & remote backup SHA256 hash values are matching for file $FILE in container $CONTAINER_NAME."
+  MD5_REMOTE=$(openstack object show $CONTAINER_NAME $FILE -f json | jq -r ".etag")
+  MD5_LOCAL=$(cat ${FILEPATH}/${FILE} | md5sum | awk '{print $1}')
+  log INFO "${DB_NAME}_backup" "Obtained MD5 hash for the file $FILE in container $CONTAINER_NAME."
+  log INFO "${DB_NAME}_backup" "Local MD5 hash is ${MD5_LOCAL}."
+  log INFO "${DB_NAME}_backup" "Remote MD5 hash is ${MD5_REMOTE}."
+  if [[ "${MD5_LOCAL}" == "${MD5_REMOTE}" ]]; then
+      log INFO "${DB_NAME}_backup" "The local backup & remote backup MD5 hash values are matching for file $FILE in container $CONTAINER_NAME."
   else
-      log ERROR "${DB_NAME}_backup" "Mismatch between the local backup & remote backup sha256 hash values"
-      return 1
+      log ERROR "${DB_NAME}_backup" "Mismatch between the local backup & remote backup MD5 hash values"
+      return 2
   fi
   rm -rf ${REMOTE_FILE}
 
diff --git a/charts/magnum/requirements.lock b/charts/magnum/requirements.lock
index 3c9ff49..da7e6ff 100644
--- a/charts/magnum/requirements.lock
+++ b/charts/magnum/requirements.lock
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 dependencies:
 - name: helm-toolkit
   repository: file://../../openstack-helm-infra/helm-toolkit
-  version: 0.2.51
-digest: sha256:9fe05ff9103d825422e13cdd8ce9852c3dacfadc12751b7883affdbe483b1b3b
-generated: "2023-01-30T23:10:01.686714935Z"
+  version: 0.2.53
+digest: sha256:f8f4fbba6f638b79447f7e458933b07deb792ae30a14df5900bde542cf0e64a6
+generated: "2023-05-16T04:42:24.881219179Z"
diff --git a/charts/magnum/templates/configmap-etc.yaml b/charts/magnum/templates/configmap-etc.yaml
index 466e2ae..bbd9753 100644
--- a/charts/magnum/templates/configmap-etc.yaml
+++ b/charts/magnum/templates/configmap-etc.yaml
@@ -71,6 +71,10 @@
 {{- $_ := set .Values.conf.magnum.trust "trustee_domain_admin_password" .Values.endpoints.identity.auth.magnum_stack_user.password -}}
 {{- end -}}
 
+{{- if not .Values.conf.paste }}
+{{- $_ := set $envAll.Values.conf.magnum.api "api_paste_config" "/var/lib/openstack/etc/magnum/api-paste.ini" -}}
+{{- end }}
+
 {{- if and (empty .Values.conf.logging.handler_fluent) (has "fluent" .Values.conf.logging.handlers.keys) -}}
 {{- $fluentd_host := tuple "fluentd" "internal" $envAll | include "helm-toolkit.endpoints.hostname_namespaced_endpoint_lookup" }}
 {{- $fluentd_port := tuple "fluentd" "internal" "service" $envAll | include "helm-toolkit.endpoints.endpoint_port_lookup" }}
@@ -92,6 +96,8 @@
 data:
   magnum.conf: {{ include "helm-toolkit.utils.to_oslo_conf" .Values.conf.magnum | b64enc }}
   logging.conf: {{ include "helm-toolkit.utils.to_oslo_conf" .Values.conf.logging | b64enc }}
+  {{- if .Values.conf.paste }}
   api-paste.ini: {{ include "helm-toolkit.utils.to_ini" .Values.conf.paste | b64enc }}
+  {{- end }}
   policy.yaml: {{ toYaml .Values.conf.policy | b64enc }}
 {{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/magnum/templates/deployment-api.yaml b/charts/magnum/templates/deployment-api.yaml
index fbb43d2..d7873eb 100644
--- a/charts/magnum/templates/deployment-api.yaml
+++ b/charts/magnum/templates/deployment-api.yaml
@@ -98,10 +98,12 @@
               subPath: {{ base .Values.conf.magnum.DEFAULT.log_config_append }}
               readOnly: true
             {{- end }}
+            {{- if .Values.conf.paste }}
             - name: magnum-etc
               mountPath: /etc/magnum/api-paste.ini
               subPath: api-paste.ini
               readOnly: true
+            {{- end }}
             - name: magnum-etc
               mountPath: /etc/magnum/policy.yaml
               subPath: policy.yaml
diff --git a/charts/magnum/values.yaml b/charts/magnum/values.yaml
index 4280f0b..7572095 100644
--- a/charts/magnum/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/magnum/values.yaml
@@ -51,23 +51,7 @@
       - image_repo_sync
 
 conf:
-  paste:
-    pipeline:main:
-      pipeline: cors healthcheck request_id authtoken api_v1
-    app:api_v1:
-      paste.app_factory: magnum.api.app:app_factory
-    filter:authtoken:
-      acl_public_routes: /, /v1
-      paste.filter_factory: magnum.api.middleware.auth_token:AuthTokenMiddleware.factory
-    filter:request_id:
-      paste.filter_factory: oslo_middleware:RequestId.factory
-    filter:cors:
-      paste.filter_factory: oslo_middleware.cors:filter_factory
-      oslo_config_project: magnum
-    filter:healthcheck:
-      paste.filter_factory: oslo_middleware:Healthcheck.factory
-      backends: disable_by_file
-      disable_by_file_path: /etc/magnum/healthcheck_disable
+  paste: {}
   policy: {}
   magnum:
     DEFAULT:
@@ -91,6 +75,7 @@
       auth_type: password
       auth_version: v3
       memcache_security_strategy: ENCRYPT
+      service_type: container-infra
     api:
       # NOTE(portdirect): the bind port should not be defined, and is manipulated
       # via the endpoints section.