diff --git a/api/config/pg_gateway/config_request.go b/api/config/pg_gateway/config_request.go
index 0af6f0c8328..509a045ca0b 100644
--- a/api/config/pg_gateway/config_request.go
+++ b/api/config/pg_gateway/config_request.go
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ func DefaultConfigRequest() *ConfigRequest {
 	c.V1.Sys.Timeouts.Idle = w.Int32(43200)
 	c.V1.Sys.Resolvers.EnableSystemNameservers = w.Bool(false)
 	c.V1.Sys.MaxConnections = w.Int32(350)
-
+	c.V1.Sys.AutomateHaChefManagePg = w.Bool(false)
 	return c
 }
 
diff --git a/api/config/pg_gateway/config_request.pb.go b/api/config/pg_gateway/config_request.pb.go
index 136b956c737..552ff78d5a7 100644
--- a/api/config/pg_gateway/config_request.pb.go
+++ b/api/config/pg_gateway/config_request.pb.go
@@ -124,13 +124,14 @@ type ConfigRequest_V1_System struct {
 	sizeCache     protoimpl.SizeCache
 	unknownFields protoimpl.UnknownFields
 
-	Mlsa           *shared.Mlsa                       `protobuf:"bytes,1,opt,name=mlsa,proto3" json:"mlsa,omitempty" toml:"mlsa,omitempty" mapstructure:"mlsa,omitempty"`
-	Service        *ConfigRequest_V1_System_Service   `protobuf:"bytes,2,opt,name=service,proto3" json:"service,omitempty" toml:"service,omitempty" mapstructure:"service,omitempty"`
-	Tls            *shared.TLSCredentials             `protobuf:"bytes,3,opt,name=tls,proto3" json:"tls,omitempty" toml:"tls,omitempty" mapstructure:"tls,omitempty"`
-	Log            *shared.Log                        `protobuf:"bytes,4,opt,name=log,proto3" json:"log,omitempty" toml:"log,omitempty" mapstructure:"log,omitempty"`
-	Timeouts       *ConfigRequest_V1_System_Timeouts  `protobuf:"bytes,5,opt,name=timeouts,proto3" json:"timeouts,omitempty" toml:"timeouts,omitempty" mapstructure:"timeouts,omitempty"`
-	Resolvers      *ConfigRequest_V1_System_Resolvers `protobuf:"bytes,6,opt,name=resolvers,proto3" json:"resolvers,omitempty" toml:"resolvers,omitempty" mapstructure:"resolvers,omitempty"`
-	MaxConnections *wrapperspb.Int32Value             `protobuf:"bytes,7,opt,name=max_connections,json=maxConnections,proto3" json:"max_connections,omitempty" toml:"max_connections,omitempty" mapstructure:"max_connections,omitempty"`
+	Mlsa                   *shared.Mlsa                       `protobuf:"bytes,1,opt,name=mlsa,proto3" json:"mlsa,omitempty" toml:"mlsa,omitempty" mapstructure:"mlsa,omitempty"`
+	Service                *ConfigRequest_V1_System_Service   `protobuf:"bytes,2,opt,name=service,proto3" json:"service,omitempty" toml:"service,omitempty" mapstructure:"service,omitempty"`
+	Tls                    *shared.TLSCredentials             `protobuf:"bytes,3,opt,name=tls,proto3" json:"tls,omitempty" toml:"tls,omitempty" mapstructure:"tls,omitempty"`
+	Log                    *shared.Log                        `protobuf:"bytes,4,opt,name=log,proto3" json:"log,omitempty" toml:"log,omitempty" mapstructure:"log,omitempty"`
+	Timeouts               *ConfigRequest_V1_System_Timeouts  `protobuf:"bytes,5,opt,name=timeouts,proto3" json:"timeouts,omitempty" toml:"timeouts,omitempty" mapstructure:"timeouts,omitempty"`
+	Resolvers              *ConfigRequest_V1_System_Resolvers `protobuf:"bytes,6,opt,name=resolvers,proto3" json:"resolvers,omitempty" toml:"resolvers,omitempty" mapstructure:"resolvers,omitempty"`
+	MaxConnections         *wrapperspb.Int32Value             `protobuf:"bytes,7,opt,name=max_connections,json=maxConnections,proto3" json:"max_connections,omitempty" toml:"max_connections,omitempty" mapstructure:"max_connections,omitempty"`
+	AutomateHaChefManagePg *wrapperspb.BoolValue              `protobuf:"bytes,8,opt,name=automate_ha_chef_manage_pg,json=automateHaChefManagePg,proto3" json:"automate_ha_chef_manage_pg,omitempty" toml:"automate_ha_chef_manage_pg,omitempty" mapstructure:"automate_ha_chef_manage_pg,omitempty"`
 }
 
 func (x *ConfigRequest_V1_System) Reset() {
@@ -214,6 +215,13 @@ func (x *ConfigRequest_V1_System) GetMaxConnections() *wrapperspb.Int32Value {
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (x *ConfigRequest_V1_System) GetAutomateHaChefManagePg() *wrapperspb.BoolValue {
+	if x != nil {
+		return x.AutomateHaChefManagePg
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 type ConfigRequest_V1_System_Resolvers struct {
 	state         protoimpl.MessageState
 	sizeCache     protoimpl.SizeCache
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 }
 
 var (
@@ -603,8 +617,8 @@ var file_config_pg_gateway_config_request_proto_goTypes = []interface{}{
 	(*shared.TLSCredentials)(nil),             // 8: chef.automate.infra.config.TLSCredentials
 	(*shared.Log)(nil),                        // 9: chef.automate.infra.config.Log
 	(*wrapperspb.Int32Value)(nil),             // 10: google.protobuf.Int32Value
-	(*wrapperspb.StringValue)(nil),            // 11: google.protobuf.StringValue
-	(*wrapperspb.BoolValue)(nil),              // 12: google.protobuf.BoolValue
+	(*wrapperspb.BoolValue)(nil),              // 11: google.protobuf.BoolValue
+	(*wrapperspb.StringValue)(nil),            // 12: google.protobuf.StringValue
 	(*shared.External_Postgresql)(nil),        // 13: chef.automate.infra.config.External.Postgresql
 }
 var file_config_pg_gateway_config_request_proto_depIdxs = []int32{
@@ -617,22 +631,23 @@ var file_config_pg_gateway_config_request_proto_depIdxs = []int32{
 	6,  // 6: chef.automate.infra.pg_gateway.ConfigRequest.V1.System.timeouts:type_name -> chef.automate.infra.pg_gateway.ConfigRequest.V1.System.Timeouts
 	3,  // 7: chef.automate.infra.pg_gateway.ConfigRequest.V1.System.resolvers:type_name -> chef.automate.infra.pg_gateway.ConfigRequest.V1.System.Resolvers
 	10, // 8: chef.automate.infra.pg_gateway.ConfigRequest.V1.System.max_connections:type_name -> google.protobuf.Int32Value
-	11, // 9: chef.automate.infra.pg_gateway.ConfigRequest.V1.System.Resolvers.nameservers:type_name -> google.protobuf.StringValue
-	12, // 10: chef.automate.infra.pg_gateway.ConfigRequest.V1.System.Resolvers.enable_system_nameservers:type_name -> google.protobuf.BoolValue
-	12, // 11: chef.automate.infra.pg_gateway.ConfigRequest.V1.System.Endpoint.is_domain:type_name -> google.protobuf.BoolValue
-	11, // 12: chef.automate.infra.pg_gateway.ConfigRequest.V1.System.Endpoint.address:type_name -> google.protobuf.StringValue
-	11, // 13: chef.automate.infra.pg_gateway.ConfigRequest.V1.System.Endpoint.port:type_name -> google.protobuf.StringValue
-	11, // 14: chef.automate.infra.pg_gateway.ConfigRequest.V1.System.Service.host:type_name -> google.protobuf.StringValue
-	10, // 15: chef.automate.infra.pg_gateway.ConfigRequest.V1.System.Service.port:type_name -> google.protobuf.Int32Value
-	13, // 16: chef.automate.infra.pg_gateway.ConfigRequest.V1.System.Service.external_postgresql:type_name -> chef.automate.infra.config.External.Postgresql
-	4,  // 17: chef.automate.infra.pg_gateway.ConfigRequest.V1.System.Service.parsed_nodes:type_name -> chef.automate.infra.pg_gateway.ConfigRequest.V1.System.Endpoint
-	10, // 18: chef.automate.infra.pg_gateway.ConfigRequest.V1.System.Timeouts.connect:type_name -> google.protobuf.Int32Value
-	10, // 19: chef.automate.infra.pg_gateway.ConfigRequest.V1.System.Timeouts.idle:type_name -> google.protobuf.Int32Value
-	20, // [20:20] is the sub-list for method output_type
-	20, // [20:20] is the sub-list for method input_type
-	20, // [20:20] is the sub-list for extension type_name
-	20, // [20:20] is the sub-list for extension extendee
-	0,  // [0:20] is the sub-list for field type_name
+	11, // 9: chef.automate.infra.pg_gateway.ConfigRequest.V1.System.automate_ha_chef_manage_pg:type_name -> google.protobuf.BoolValue
+	12, // 10: chef.automate.infra.pg_gateway.ConfigRequest.V1.System.Resolvers.nameservers:type_name -> google.protobuf.StringValue
+	11, // 11: chef.automate.infra.pg_gateway.ConfigRequest.V1.System.Resolvers.enable_system_nameservers:type_name -> google.protobuf.BoolValue
+	11, // 12: chef.automate.infra.pg_gateway.ConfigRequest.V1.System.Endpoint.is_domain:type_name -> google.protobuf.BoolValue
+	12, // 13: chef.automate.infra.pg_gateway.ConfigRequest.V1.System.Endpoint.address:type_name -> google.protobuf.StringValue
+	12, // 14: chef.automate.infra.pg_gateway.ConfigRequest.V1.System.Endpoint.port:type_name -> google.protobuf.StringValue
+	12, // 15: chef.automate.infra.pg_gateway.ConfigRequest.V1.System.Service.host:type_name -> google.protobuf.StringValue
+	10, // 16: chef.automate.infra.pg_gateway.ConfigRequest.V1.System.Service.port:type_name -> google.protobuf.Int32Value
+	13, // 17: chef.automate.infra.pg_gateway.ConfigRequest.V1.System.Service.external_postgresql:type_name -> chef.automate.infra.config.External.Postgresql
+	4,  // 18: chef.automate.infra.pg_gateway.ConfigRequest.V1.System.Service.parsed_nodes:type_name -> chef.automate.infra.pg_gateway.ConfigRequest.V1.System.Endpoint
+	10, // 19: chef.automate.infra.pg_gateway.ConfigRequest.V1.System.Timeouts.connect:type_name -> google.protobuf.Int32Value
+	10, // 20: chef.automate.infra.pg_gateway.ConfigRequest.V1.System.Timeouts.idle:type_name -> google.protobuf.Int32Value
+	21, // [21:21] is the sub-list for method output_type
+	21, // [21:21] is the sub-list for method input_type
+	21, // [21:21] is the sub-list for extension type_name
+	21, // [21:21] is the sub-list for extension extendee
+	0,  // [0:21] is the sub-list for field type_name
 }
 
 func init() { file_config_pg_gateway_config_request_proto_init() }
diff --git a/api/config/pg_gateway/config_request.proto b/api/config/pg_gateway/config_request.proto
index 921b9655435..e7786451926 100644
--- a/api/config/pg_gateway/config_request.proto
+++ b/api/config/pg_gateway/config_request.proto
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ message ConfigRequest {
 			Timeouts timeouts = 5;
 			Resolvers resolvers = 6;
 			google.protobuf.Int32Value max_connections = 7;
+			google.protobuf.BoolValue automate_ha_chef_manage_pg = 8;
 
 			message Resolvers {
 				repeated google.protobuf.StringValue nameservers = 1;
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@ message ConfigRequest {
 				reserved 3;
 				chef.automate.infra.config.External.Postgresql external_postgresql = 4;
 				repeated Endpoint parsed_nodes = 5;
+				
 			}
 
 			message Timeouts {
diff --git a/components/automate-backend-deployment/README.md b/components/automate-backend-deployment/README.md
index 53b1a1df597..9c0d0a5f5a2 100644
--- a/components/automate-backend-deployment/README.md
+++ b/components/automate-backend-deployment/README.md
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ This provides the `automate-backend-deployment` package.
 This package will build a package using terraform/a2ha-terraform, inspecs, test, certs and Makefile. 
 
 This is the heart of the a2ha because this component will set up a workspace for a2ha and all the a2ha command will get available after installing this package.
+
diff --git a/components/automate-cli/habitat/plan.sh b/components/automate-cli/habitat/plan.sh
index 3e6f95dc9c0..a23d21f5f15 100644
--- a/components/automate-cli/habitat/plan.sh
+++ b/components/automate-cli/habitat/plan.sh
@@ -42,6 +42,4 @@ do_after() {
     ln -sv "${pkg_prefix}/bin/${bin}" "${bin_path}"
     sha256sum "${bin_path}" | cut -d ' ' -f1 > "${bin_sha_path}"
   done
-}
-
-
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/components/automate-deployment/habitat/plan.sh b/components/automate-deployment/habitat/plan.sh
index 70d7b7ff694..63ea4b184c8 100644
--- a/components/automate-deployment/habitat/plan.sh
+++ b/components/automate-deployment/habitat/plan.sh
@@ -53,3 +53,5 @@ scaffolding_go_binary_list=(
 do_strip() {
    return 0
 }
+
+
diff --git a/components/automate-pg-gateway/habitat/config/haproxy.conf b/components/automate-pg-gateway/habitat/config/haproxy.conf
index cf050a4f002..c74e8eb4f75 100644
--- a/components/automate-pg-gateway/habitat/config/haproxy.conf
+++ b/components/automate-pg-gateway/habitat/config/haproxy.conf
@@ -55,10 +55,10 @@ backend automate_postgresql
             {{~#if ../cfg.resolvers.nameservers }}
     server-template {{node.address}} 8 {{node.address}}:{{node.port}} check resolvers pgdns init-addr none  resolve-prefer ipv4
             {{else}}
-    server {{node.address}} {{node.address}}:{{node.port}} maxconn {{../cfg.max_connections}} check port 6432
+    server {{node.address}} {{node.address}}:{{node.port}} maxconn {{../cfg.max_connections}} {{~#if ../cfg.automate_ha_chef_manage_pg }} check port 6432 {{~/if}} 
             {{~/if}}
        {{else}}
-    server {{node.address}} {{node.address}}:{{node.port}} maxconn {{../cfg.max_connections}} check port 6432
+    server {{node.address}} {{node.address}}:{{node.port}} maxconn {{../cfg.max_connections}} {{~#if ../cfg.automate_ha_chef_manage_pg }} check port 6432 {{~/if}} 
        {{~/if}}
     {{~/each}}
 {{else~}}
diff --git a/components/automate-pg-gateway/habitat/default.toml b/components/automate-pg-gateway/habitat/default.toml
index 8ad12de862a..23a4e5e6d79 100644
--- a/components/automate-pg-gateway/habitat/default.toml
+++ b/components/automate-pg-gateway/habitat/default.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 max_connections = 350
-
+automate_ha_chef_manage_pg = false
 [service]
 host = "0.0.0.0"
 port = 10145
diff --git a/terraform/a2ha-terraform/modules/automate/files/config.toml.erb b/terraform/a2ha-terraform/modules/automate/files/config.toml.erb
index dc6f49d86bd..c2a7fb9d8a4 100644
--- a/terraform/a2ha-terraform/modules/automate/files/config.toml.erb
+++ b/terraform/a2ha-terraform/modules/automate/files/config.toml.erb
@@ -3399,3 +3399,9 @@ rM2p0kk=
   base_path = "automate"  
 <% end %>
 
+<% if services[:postgresql][:setup_managed_services] == false && overrides[:setup_self_managed_services] == false -%>
+[pg_gateway]
+  [pg_gateway.v1]
+    [pg_gateway.v1.sys]
+      automate_ha_chef_manage_pg = true
+<% end %>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/terraform/a2ha-terraform/modules/automate/templates/provision.sh.tpl b/terraform/a2ha-terraform/modules/automate/templates/provision.sh.tpl
index 68d41aa803a..4f120351907 100644
--- a/terraform/a2ha-terraform/modules/automate/templates/provision.sh.tpl
+++ b/terraform/a2ha-terraform/modules/automate/templates/provision.sh.tpl
@@ -60,36 +60,51 @@ export HAB_SUP_GATEWAY_AUTH_TOKEN=${hab_sup_http_gateway_auth_token}
 export isSkipRequired=false
 # Below function is calculating the version of the install version and airgap bundle version
 # and do comparision in case if both are same it set isSkipRequired=true 
+semver_version_check() {
+    installed_version=$1
+    airgap_bundle_version=$2
+
+    IFS='.' read -r major1 minor1 patch1 <<< "$installed_version"
+    IFS='.' read -r major2 minor2 patch2 <<< "$airgap_bundle_version"
+
+    # Compare major versions
+    if (( major1 > major2 )); then
+        echo "$installed_version is greater than $airgap_bundle_version"
+        isSkipRequired=true
+    elif (( major1 < major2 )); then
+        echo "$airgap_bundle_version is greater than $installed_version, proceeding for upgrade"
+    else
+        # Compare minor versions
+        if (( minor1 > minor2 )); then
+            echo "$installed_version is greater than $airgap_bundle_version"
+            isSkipRequired=true
+        elif (( minor1 < minor2 )); then
+            echo "$airgap_bundle_version is greater than $installed_version, proceeding for upgrade"
+        else
+            # Compare patch versions
+            if (( patch1 > patch2 )); then
+                echo "$installed_version is greater than $airgap_bundle_version"
+                isSkipRequired=true
+            elif (( patch1 < patch2 )); then
+                echo "$airgap_bundle_version is greater than $installed_version, proceeding for upgrade"
+            else
+                echo "Both versions are equal"
+                isSkipRequired=true
+            fi
+        fi
+    fi
+}
+
 version_check_for_addnode() {
     installed_version=$(chef-automate version 2>/dev/null | grep Server | awk '{print $3}')
     airgap_bundle_version=$(chef-automate airgap bundle info ${frontend_aib_file} 2>/dev/null | grep "Version" | awk '{print $2}')
-
     # Uncomment this if you want to override the versions for testing
-    # installed_version=$1
-    # airgap_bundle_version=$2
-
+    # installed_version=$1  4.12.144
+    # airgap_bundle_version=$2  4.13.0
     echo "Installed Version: $installed_version"
     echo "Airgap Bundle Version: $airgap_bundle_version"
-
-    # Split the version strings into arrays based on the dot separator
-    IFS='.' read -ra ver1_arr <<< "$installed_version"
-    IFS='.' read -ra ver2_arr <<< "$airgap_bundle_version"
-
-    # Determine the number of components in the version strings
-    num_components1=$${#ver1_arr[@]}
-    num_components2=$${#ver2_arr[@]}
-
-    # Compare each component of the version strings
-    for ((i = 0; i < num_components1 && i < num_components2; i++)); do
-        if [ "$${ver1_arr[i]}" -lt "$${ver2_arr[i]}" ]; then
-            echo "Airgap bundle version $airgap_bundle_version is greater than installed version $installed_version"
-        elif [ "$${ver1_arr[i]}" -gt "$${ver2_arr[i]}" ]; then
-            echo "Installed version $installed_version is greater than airgap bundle $airgap_bundle_version"
-            isSkipRequired=true
-        fi
-    done
-
-# If we reach this point, the version strings are equal up to the common components.
+    semver_version_check $installed_version $airgap_bundle_version
+    # If we reach this point, the version strings are equal up to the common components.
      if [ $installed_version = $airgap_bundle_version ]; then
         echo "Both version strings are equal."
         isSkipRequired=true