diff --git a/deploy/operator.yaml b/deploy/operator.yaml
index bc171ab45ba..b4ffeddac26 100644
--- a/deploy/operator.yaml
+++ b/deploy/operator.yaml
@@ -250,6 +250,7 @@ rules:
   - scylla.scylladb.com
   resources:
   - scyllaoperatorconfigs
+  - scyllaoperatorconfigs/status
   verbs:
   - create
   - delete
@@ -5003,12 +5004,37 @@ spec:
               description: spec defines the desired state of the operator.
               properties:
                 scyllaUtilsImage:
-                  description: scyllaUtilsImage is a Scylla image used for running scylla utilities.
-                  minLength: 1
+                  description: scyllaUtilsImage is a ScyllaDB image used for running ScyllaDB utilities.
+                  type: string
+                unsupportedBashToolsImageOverride:
+                  description: unsupportedBashToolsImageOverride allows to adjust a generic Bash image with extra tools used by the operator for auxiliary purposes. Setting this field renders your cluster unsupported. Use at your own risk.
+                  type: string
+                unsupportedGrafanaImageOverride:
+                  description: unsupportedGrafanaImageOverride allows to adjust Grafana image used by the operator for testing, dev or emergencies. Setting this field renders your cluster unsupported. Use at your own risk.
+                  type: string
+                unsupportedPrometheusVersionOverride:
+                  description: unsupportedPrometheusVersionOverride allows to adjust Prometheus version used by the operator for testing, dev or emergencies. Setting this field renders your cluster unsupported. Use at your own risk.
                   type: string
               type: object
             status:
               description: status defines the observed state of the operator.
+              properties:
+                bashToolsImage:
+                  description: bashToolsImage is a generic Bash image with extra tools used by the operator for auxiliary purposes.
+                  type: string
+                grafanaImage:
+                  description: grafanaImage is the image used by the operator to create a Grafana instance.
+                  type: string
+                observedGeneration:
+                  description: observedGeneration is the most recent generation observed for this ScyllaOperatorConfig. It corresponds to the ScyllaOperatorConfig's generation, which is updated on mutation by the API Server.
+                  format: int64
+                  type: integer
+                prometheusVersion:
+                  description: prometheusVersion is the Prometheus version used by the operator to create a Prometheus instance.
+                  type: string
+                scyllaDBUtilsImage:
+                  description: scyllaDBUtilsImage is the ScyllaDB image used for running ScyllaDB utilities.
+                  type: string
               type: object
           type: object
       served: true
@@ -5242,6 +5268,7 @@ webhooks:
     - UPDATE
     resources:
     - nodeconfigs
+    - scyllaoperatorconfigs
 
 ---
 apiVersion: policy/v1
diff --git a/deploy/operator/00_clusterrole_def.yaml b/deploy/operator/00_clusterrole_def.yaml
index a819a2f397a..fadc0536f7f 100644
--- a/deploy/operator/00_clusterrole_def.yaml
+++ b/deploy/operator/00_clusterrole_def.yaml
@@ -240,6 +240,7 @@ rules:
   - scylla.scylladb.com
   resources:
   - scyllaoperatorconfigs
+  - scyllaoperatorconfigs/status
   verbs:
   - create
   - delete
diff --git a/docs/source/api-reference/groups/scylla.scylladb.com/scyllaoperatorconfigs.rst b/docs/source/api-reference/groups/scylla.scylladb.com/scyllaoperatorconfigs.rst
index 682affc865e..fee8be92d66 100755
--- a/docs/source/api-reference/groups/scylla.scylladb.com/scyllaoperatorconfigs.rst
+++ b/docs/source/api-reference/groups/scylla.scylladb.com/scyllaoperatorconfigs.rst
@@ -77,7 +77,16 @@ object
      - Description
    * - scyllaUtilsImage
      - string
-     - scyllaUtilsImage is a Scylla image used for running scylla utilities.
+     - scyllaUtilsImage is a ScyllaDB image used for running ScyllaDB utilities.
+   * - unsupportedBashToolsImageOverride
+     - string
+     - unsupportedBashToolsImageOverride allows to adjust a generic Bash image with extra tools used by the operator for auxiliary purposes. Setting this field renders your cluster unsupported. Use at your own risk.
+   * - unsupportedGrafanaImageOverride
+     - string
+     - unsupportedGrafanaImageOverride allows to adjust Grafana image used by the operator for testing, dev or emergencies. Setting this field renders your cluster unsupported. Use at your own risk.
+   * - unsupportedPrometheusVersionOverride
+     - string
+     - unsupportedPrometheusVersionOverride allows to adjust Prometheus version used by the operator for testing, dev or emergencies. Setting this field renders your cluster unsupported. Use at your own risk.
 
 .. _api-scylla.scylladb.com-scyllaoperatorconfigs-v1alpha1-.status:
 
@@ -92,3 +101,26 @@ Type
 """"
 object
 
+
+.. list-table::
+   :widths: 25 10 150
+   :header-rows: 1
+
+   * - Property
+     - Type
+     - Description
+   * - bashToolsImage
+     - string
+     - bashToolsImage is a generic Bash image with extra tools used by the operator for auxiliary purposes.
+   * - grafanaImage
+     - string
+     - grafanaImage is the image used by the operator to create a Grafana instance.
+   * - observedGeneration
+     - integer
+     - observedGeneration is the most recent generation observed for this ScyllaOperatorConfig. It corresponds to the ScyllaOperatorConfig's generation, which is updated on mutation by the API Server.
+   * - prometheusVersion
+     - string
+     - prometheusVersion is the Prometheus version used by the operator to create a Prometheus instance.
+   * - scyllaDBUtilsImage
+     - string
+     - scyllaDBUtilsImage is the ScyllaDB image used for running ScyllaDB utilities.
diff --git a/examples/eks/cluster.yaml b/examples/eks/cluster.yaml
index 39a5e45f8e1..e4ed4ffb189 100644
--- a/examples/eks/cluster.yaml
+++ b/examples/eks/cluster.yaml
@@ -3,9 +3,7 @@ apiVersion: v1
 kind: Namespace
 metadata:
   name: scylla
-
 ---
-
 # Scylla Cluster
 apiVersion: scylla.scylladb.com/v1
 kind: ScyllaCluster
@@ -16,88 +14,88 @@ spec:
   agentVersion: 3.3.0
   version: 6.1.0
   sysctls:
-  - "fs.aio-max-nr=2097152"
+    - fs.aio-max-nr=2097152
   datacenter:
     name: us-east-1
     racks:
-    - name: a
-      members: 1
-      storage:
-        storageClassName: scylladb-local-xfs
-        capacity: 1800G
-      resources:
-        limits:
-          cpu: 7
-          memory: 56G
-      placement:
-        nodeAffinity:
-          requiredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution:
-            nodeSelectorTerms:
-              - matchExpressions:
-                - key: topology.kubernetes.io/zone
-                  operator: In
-                  values:
-                    - us-east-1a
-                - key: scylla.scylladb.com/node-type
-                  operator: In
-                  values:
-                  - scylla
-        tolerations:
-          - key: role
-            operator: Equal
-            value: scylla-clusters
-            effect: NoSchedule
-    - name: b
-      members: 1
-      storage:
-        storageClassName: scylladb-local-xfs
-        capacity: 1800G
-      resources:
-        limits:
-          cpu: 7
-          memory: 56G
-      placement:
-        nodeAffinity:
-          requiredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution:
-            nodeSelectorTerms:
-            - matchExpressions:
-              - key: topology.kubernetes.io/zone
-                operator: In
-                values:
-                - us-east-1b
-              - key: scylla.scylladb.com/node-type
-                operator: In
-                values:
-                - scylla
-        tolerations:
-        - key: role
-          operator: Equal
-          value: scylla-clusters
-          effect: NoSchedule
-    - name: c
-      members: 1
-      storage:
-        storageClassName: scylladb-local-xfs
-        capacity: 1800G
-      resources:
-        limits:
-          cpu: 7
-          memory: 56G
-      placement:
-        nodeAffinity:
-          requiredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution:
-            nodeSelectorTerms:
-            - matchExpressions:
-              - key: topology.kubernetes.io/zone
-                operator: In
-                values:
-                - us-east-1c
-              - key: scylla.scylladb.com/node-type
-                operator: In
-                values:
-                - scylla
-        tolerations:
-        - key: role
-          operator: Equal
-          value: scylla-clusters
-          effect: NoSchedule
+      - name: a
+        members: 1
+        storage:
+          storageClassName: scylladb-local-xfs
+          capacity: 1800G
+        resources:
+          limits:
+            cpu: 7
+            memory: 56G
+        placement:
+          nodeAffinity:
+            requiredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution:
+              nodeSelectorTerms:
+                - matchExpressions:
+                    - key: topology.kubernetes.io/zone
+                      operator: In
+                      values:
+                        - us-east-1a
+                    - key: scylla.scylladb.com/node-type
+                      operator: In
+                      values:
+                        - scylla
+          tolerations:
+            - key: role
+              operator: Equal
+              value: scylla-clusters
+              effect: NoSchedule
+      - name: b
+        members: 1
+        storage:
+          storageClassName: scylladb-local-xfs
+          capacity: 1800G
+        resources:
+          limits:
+            cpu: 7
+            memory: 56G
+        placement:
+          nodeAffinity:
+            requiredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution:
+              nodeSelectorTerms:
+                - matchExpressions:
+                    - key: topology.kubernetes.io/zone
+                      operator: In
+                      values:
+                        - us-east-1b
+                    - key: scylla.scylladb.com/node-type
+                      operator: In
+                      values:
+                        - scylla
+          tolerations:
+            - key: role
+              operator: Equal
+              value: scylla-clusters
+              effect: NoSchedule
+      - name: c
+        members: 1
+        storage:
+          storageClassName: scylladb-local-xfs
+          capacity: 1800G
+        resources:
+          limits:
+            cpu: 7
+            memory: 56G
+        placement:
+          nodeAffinity:
+            requiredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution:
+              nodeSelectorTerms:
+                - matchExpressions:
+                    - key: topology.kubernetes.io/zone
+                      operator: In
+                      values:
+                        - us-east-1c
+                    - key: scylla.scylladb.com/node-type
+                      operator: In
+                      values:
+                        - scylla
+          tolerations:
+            - key: role
+              operator: Equal
+              value: scylla-clusters
+              effect: NoSchedule
diff --git a/examples/generic/cluster.yaml b/examples/generic/cluster.yaml
index dfc0f464000..921ce7d43a6 100644
--- a/examples/generic/cluster.yaml
+++ b/examples/generic/cluster.yaml
@@ -3,9 +3,7 @@ apiVersion: v1
 kind: Namespace
 metadata:
   name: scylla
-
 ---
-
 # Simple Scylla Cluster
 apiVersion: scylla.scylladb.com/v1
 kind: ScyllaCluster
@@ -22,8 +20,8 @@ spec:
     name: us-east-1
     racks:
       - name: us-east-1a
-        scyllaConfig: "scylla-config"
-        scyllaAgentConfig: "scylla-agent-config"
+        scyllaConfig: scylla-config
+        scyllaAgentConfig: scylla-agent-config
         members: 3
         storage:
           capacity: 5Gi
diff --git a/examples/gke/cluster.yaml b/examples/gke/cluster.yaml
index e2c9e3e9e66..c117ce39ff4 100644
--- a/examples/gke/cluster.yaml
+++ b/examples/gke/cluster.yaml
@@ -3,9 +3,7 @@ apiVersion: v1
 kind: Namespace
 metadata:
   name: scylla
-
 ---
-
 # Scylla Cluster
 apiVersion: scylla.scylladb.com/v1
 kind: ScyllaCluster
@@ -17,13 +15,13 @@ spec:
   version: 6.1.0
   automaticOrphanedNodeCleanup: true
   sysctls:
-    - "fs.aio-max-nr=2097152"
+    - fs.aio-max-nr=2097152
   datacenter:
     name: <gcp_region>
     racks:
       - name: <gcp_zone>
-        scyllaConfig: "scylla-config"
-        scyllaAgentConfig: "scylla-agent-config"
+        scyllaConfig: scylla-config
+        scyllaAgentConfig: scylla-agent-config
         members: 2
         storage:
           storageClassName: scylladb-local-xfs
@@ -40,10 +38,10 @@ spec:
             requiredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution:
               nodeSelectorTerms:
                 - matchExpressions:
-                  - key: failure-domain.beta.kubernetes.io/zone
-                    operator: In
-                    values:
-                      - <gcp_zone>
+                    - key: failure-domain.beta.kubernetes.io/zone
+                      operator: In
+                      values:
+                        - <gcp_zone>
           tolerations:
             - key: role
               operator: Equal
diff --git a/examples/helm/values.cluster.yaml b/examples/helm/values.cluster.yaml
index 2df1390ebaa..4d0f77bee21 100644
--- a/examples/helm/values.cluster.yaml
+++ b/examples/helm/values.cluster.yaml
@@ -3,20 +3,19 @@ scyllaImage:
   tag: 6.1.0
 agentImage:
   tag: 3.3.0
-
 # Cluster information
 developerMode: true
 datacenter: us-east-1
 racks:
-- name: us-east-1b
-  members: 2
-  storage:
-    capacity: 5Gi
-    storageClassName: scylladb-local-xfs
-  resources:
-    limits:
-      cpu: 1
-      memory: 1Gi
-    requests:
-      cpu: 1
-      memory: 1Gi
+  - name: us-east-1b
+    members: 2
+    storage:
+      capacity: 5Gi
+      storageClassName: scylladb-local-xfs
+    resources:
+      limits:
+        cpu: 1
+        memory: 1Gi
+      requests:
+        cpu: 1
+        memory: 1Gi
diff --git a/examples/helm/values.manager.yaml b/examples/helm/values.manager.yaml
index 7f470e080d4..80d6b82e51d 100644
--- a/examples/helm/values.manager.yaml
+++ b/examples/helm/values.manager.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 # Scylla Manager image
 image:
   tag: 3.3.0
-
 # Resources allocated to Scylla Manager pods
 resources:
   limits:
@@ -18,7 +17,6 @@ controllerResources:
   requests:
     cpu: 200m
     memory: 32Mi
-
 # Scylla instance for Manager
 scylla:
   developerMode: true
diff --git a/examples/scylladb/scylla.scyllacluster.yaml b/examples/scylladb/scylla.scyllacluster.yaml
index e851b7826d8..0cdd8b1796a 100644
--- a/examples/scylladb/scylla.scyllacluster.yaml
+++ b/examples/scylladb/scylla.scyllacluster.yaml
@@ -8,19 +8,19 @@ spec:
   developerMode: true
   automaticOrphanedNodeCleanup: true
   sysctls:
-  - "fs.aio-max-nr=30000000"
+    - fs.aio-max-nr=30000000
   datacenter:
     name: us-east-1
     racks:
-    - name: us-east-1a
-      members: 1
-      storage:
-        capacity: 1Gi
-        storageClassName: scylladb-local-xfs
-      resources:
-        requests:
-          cpu: 10m
-          memory: 100Mi
-        limits:
-          cpu: 1
-          memory: 1Gi
+      - name: us-east-1a
+        members: 1
+        storage:
+          capacity: 1Gi
+          storageClassName: scylladb-local-xfs
+        resources:
+          requests:
+            cpu: 10m
+            memory: 100Mi
+          limits:
+            cpu: 1
+            memory: 1Gi
diff --git a/helm/deploy/manager_prod.yaml b/helm/deploy/manager_prod.yaml
index f6387b55450..7cceceffb75 100644
--- a/helm/deploy/manager_prod.yaml
+++ b/helm/deploy/manager_prod.yaml
@@ -1,12 +1,9 @@
 # Scylla Manager image
 image:
   repository: docker.io/scylladb
-
 controllerImage:
   repository: docker.io/scylladb
-
 logLevel: info
-
 # Resources allocated to Scylla Manager pods
 resources:
   requests:
@@ -17,7 +14,6 @@ controllerResources:
   requests:
     cpu: 10m
     memory: 20Mi
-
 # Scylla instance for Manager
 scylla:
   fullnameOverride: scylla-manager-cluster
@@ -31,15 +27,15 @@ scylla:
   cpuset: true
   datacenter: manager-dc
   racks:
-  - name: manager-rack
-    members: 1
-    storage:
-      capacity: 5Gi
-      storageClassName: scylladb-local-xfs
-    resources:
-      limits:
-        cpu: 1
-        memory: 200Mi
-      requests:
-        cpu: 1
-        memory: 200Mi
+    - name: manager-rack
+      members: 1
+      storage:
+        capacity: 5Gi
+        storageClassName: scylladb-local-xfs
+      resources:
+        limits:
+          cpu: 1
+          memory: 200Mi
+        requests:
+          cpu: 1
+          memory: 200Mi
diff --git a/helm/scylla-manager/values.yaml b/helm/scylla-manager/values.yaml
index 2b489bb3249..22d608f0163 100644
--- a/helm/scylla-manager/values.yaml
+++ b/helm/scylla-manager/values.yaml
@@ -2,20 +2,17 @@
 nameOverride: ""
 # Allows to override names used in Scylla Manager k8s objects.
 fullnameOverride: ""
-
 # Allows to customize Scylla Manager image
 image:
   repository: scylladb
   pullPolicy: IfNotPresent
   tag: 3.3.0@sha256:e8c5b62c9330f91dfca24f109b033df78113d3ffaac306edf6d3c4346e1fa0bf
-
 # Allows to customize Scylla Manager Controller image
 controllerImage:
   repository: scylladb
   pullPolicy: IfNotPresent
   # Overrides the image tag whose default is the chart appVersion.
   tag: ""
-
 # Scylla Manager log level, allowed values are: error, warn, info, debug, trace
 logLevel: info
 # Resources allocated to Scylla Manager pods
@@ -29,29 +26,21 @@ controllerResources:
     cpu: 10m
     memory: 20Mi
 # Node selector for Scylla Manager pod
-nodeSelector: { }
-
+nodeSelector: {}
 # Tolerations for Scylla Manager pod
-tolerations: [ ]
-
+tolerations: []
 # Affinity for Scylla Manager pod
-affinity: { }
-
+affinity: {}
 ## SecurityContext holds pod-level security attributes
 securityContext: {}
-
 # Node selector for Scylla Manager Controller pod
-controllerNodeSelector: { }
-
+controllerNodeSelector: {}
 # Tolerations for Scylla Manager Controller pod
-controllerTolerations: [ ]
-
+controllerTolerations: []
 # Affinity for Scylla Manager Controller pod
-controllerAffinity: { }
-
+controllerAffinity: {}
 ## ControllerSecurityContext holds pod-level security attributes
 controllerSecurityContext: {}
-
 serviceAccount:
   # Specifies whether a service account should be created
   create: true
@@ -60,7 +49,6 @@ serviceAccount:
   # The name of the service account to use.
   # If not set and create is true, a name is generated using the fullname template
   name: ""
-
 controllerServiceAccount:
   # Specifies whether a service account should be created
   create: true
@@ -69,7 +57,6 @@ controllerServiceAccount:
   # The name of the service account to use.
   # If not set and create is true, a name is generated using the fullname template
   name: ""
-
 scylla:
   developerMode: true
   scyllaImage:
@@ -78,19 +65,18 @@ scylla:
     tag: 3.3.0
   datacenter: manager-dc
   racks:
-  - name: manager-rack
-    members: 1
-    storage:
-      capacity: 5Gi
-      storageClassName: scylladb-local-xfs
-    resources:
-      limits:
-        cpu: 1
-        memory: 200Mi
-      requests:
-        cpu: 1
-        memory: 200Mi
-
+    - name: manager-rack
+      members: 1
+      storage:
+        capacity: 5Gi
+        storageClassName: scylladb-local-xfs
+      resources:
+        limits:
+          cpu: 1
+          memory: 200Mi
+        requests:
+          cpu: 1
+          memory: 200Mi
 # Whether to create Prometheus ServiceMonitor
 serviceMonitor:
   create: false
diff --git a/helm/scylla/values.yaml b/helm/scylla/values.yaml
index fed2e9bfd16..ed2f27f1b58 100644
--- a/helm/scylla/values.yaml
+++ b/helm/scylla/values.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 nameOverride: ""
 # Allows to override names used in Scylla k8s objects.
 fullnameOverride: ""
-
 # Allows to customize Scylla image
 scyllaImage:
   repository: scylladb/scylla
@@ -13,20 +12,17 @@ agentImage:
   repository: scylladb/scylla-manager-agent
   # Overrides the image tag whose default is the chart appVersion.
   tag: 3.3.0
-
 serviceAccount:
   # Specifies whether a service account should be created
   create: true
   # Annotations to add to the service account
   annotations: {}
-
 alternator:
   # Allows to enable Alternator (DynamoDB compatible API) frontend
   enabled: false
   # Enables insecure HTTP port to be backwards compatible. This should be set to "false" in the overrides.
   insecureEnableHTTP: true
-  writeIsolation: "always"
-
+  writeIsolation: always
 # If set to a non-empty string, it forces a rolling restart of Scylla. Change it again to trigger a new restart.
 forceRedeploymentReason: ""
 # Whether developer mode should be enabled.
@@ -39,42 +35,37 @@ hostNetworking: false
 automaticOrphanedNodeCleanup: false
 # Sysctl properties to be applied during initialization given as a list of key=value pairs
 sysctls: []
-
 # Scylla Manager Backups task definition
 backups: []
 # Scylla Manager Repair task definition
 repairs: []
-
 # scyllaArgs will be appended to Scylla binary startup parameters.
 scyllaArgs: ""
-
 # ImagePullSecrets used for pulling Scylla and Agent images
 imagePullSecrets: []
-
 # Name of datacenter
-datacenter: "us-east-1"
+datacenter: us-east-1
 # List of racks
 racks:
-- name: "us-east-1a"
-  # Name of additional scylla config configMap
-  scyllaConfig: "scylla-config"
-  # Name of additional scylla manager agent config stored as secret
-  scyllaAgentConfig: "scylla-agent-config"
-  # Number of rack members (nodes)
-  members: 3
-  # Storage definition
-  storage:
-    storageClassName: scylladb-local-xfs
-    capacity: 10Gi
-  # Scylla container resource definition
-  resources:
-     limits:
-       cpu: 1
-       memory: 4Gi
-     requests:
-       cpu: 1
-       memory: 4Gi
-
+  - name: us-east-1a
+    # Name of additional scylla config configMap
+    scyllaConfig: scylla-config
+    # Name of additional scylla manager agent config stored as secret
+    scyllaAgentConfig: scylla-agent-config
+    # Number of rack members (nodes)
+    members: 3
+    # Storage definition
+    storage:
+      storageClassName: scylladb-local-xfs
+      capacity: 10Gi
+    # Scylla container resource definition
+    resources:
+      limits:
+        cpu: 1
+        memory: 4Gi
+      requests:
+        cpu: 1
+        memory: 4Gi
 # Whether to create Prometheus ServiceMonitor
 serviceMonitor:
   create: false
diff --git a/pkg/api/scylla/v1alpha1/scylla.scylladb.com_scyllaoperatorconfigs.yaml b/pkg/api/scylla/v1alpha1/scylla.scylladb.com_scyllaoperatorconfigs.yaml
index fb228bfa479..3319c8c09d7 100644
--- a/pkg/api/scylla/v1alpha1/scylla.scylladb.com_scyllaoperatorconfigs.yaml
+++ b/pkg/api/scylla/v1alpha1/scylla.scylladb.com_scyllaoperatorconfigs.yaml
@@ -36,12 +36,37 @@ spec:
               description: spec defines the desired state of the operator.
               properties:
                 scyllaUtilsImage:
-                  description: scyllaUtilsImage is a Scylla image used for running scylla utilities.
-                  minLength: 1
+                  description: scyllaUtilsImage is a ScyllaDB image used for running ScyllaDB utilities.
+                  type: string
+                unsupportedBashToolsImageOverride:
+                  description: unsupportedBashToolsImageOverride allows to adjust a generic Bash image with extra tools used by the operator for auxiliary purposes. Setting this field renders your cluster unsupported. Use at your own risk.
+                  type: string
+                unsupportedGrafanaImageOverride:
+                  description: unsupportedGrafanaImageOverride allows to adjust Grafana image used by the operator for testing, dev or emergencies. Setting this field renders your cluster unsupported. Use at your own risk.
+                  type: string
+                unsupportedPrometheusVersionOverride:
+                  description: unsupportedPrometheusVersionOverride allows to adjust Prometheus version used by the operator for testing, dev or emergencies. Setting this field renders your cluster unsupported. Use at your own risk.
                   type: string
               type: object
             status:
               description: status defines the observed state of the operator.
+              properties:
+                bashToolsImage:
+                  description: bashToolsImage is a generic Bash image with extra tools used by the operator for auxiliary purposes.
+                  type: string
+                grafanaImage:
+                  description: grafanaImage is the image used by the operator to create a Grafana instance.
+                  type: string
+                observedGeneration:
+                  description: observedGeneration is the most recent generation observed for this ScyllaOperatorConfig. It corresponds to the ScyllaOperatorConfig's generation, which is updated on mutation by the API Server.
+                  format: int64
+                  type: integer
+                prometheusVersion:
+                  description: prometheusVersion is the Prometheus version used by the operator to create a Prometheus instance.
+                  type: string
+                scyllaDBUtilsImage:
+                  description: scyllaDBUtilsImage is the ScyllaDB image used for running ScyllaDB utilities.
+                  type: string
               type: object
           type: object
       served: true
diff --git a/pkg/api/scylla/v1alpha1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go b/pkg/api/scylla/v1alpha1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
index 37b055d0e16..57c425a3040 100644
--- a/pkg/api/scylla/v1alpha1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
+++ b/pkg/api/scylla/v1alpha1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
@@ -700,8 +700,8 @@ func (in *ScyllaOperatorConfig) DeepCopyInto(out *ScyllaOperatorConfig) {
 	*out = *in
 	out.TypeMeta = in.TypeMeta
 	in.ObjectMeta.DeepCopyInto(&out.ObjectMeta)
-	out.Spec = in.Spec
-	out.Status = in.Status
+	in.Spec.DeepCopyInto(&out.Spec)
+	in.Status.DeepCopyInto(&out.Status)
 	return
 }
 
@@ -759,6 +759,21 @@ func (in *ScyllaOperatorConfigList) DeepCopyObject() runtime.Object {
 // DeepCopyInto is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, writing into out. in must be non-nil.
 func (in *ScyllaOperatorConfigSpec) DeepCopyInto(out *ScyllaOperatorConfigSpec) {
 	*out = *in
+	if in.UnsupportedBashToolsImageOverride != nil {
+		in, out := &in.UnsupportedBashToolsImageOverride, &out.UnsupportedBashToolsImageOverride
+		*out = new(string)
+		**out = **in
+	}
+	if in.UnsupportedGrafanaImageOverride != nil {
+		in, out := &in.UnsupportedGrafanaImageOverride, &out.UnsupportedGrafanaImageOverride
+		*out = new(string)
+		**out = **in
+	}
+	if in.UnsupportedPrometheusVersionOverride != nil {
+		in, out := &in.UnsupportedPrometheusVersionOverride, &out.UnsupportedPrometheusVersionOverride
+		*out = new(string)
+		**out = **in
+	}
 	return
 }
 
@@ -775,6 +790,31 @@ func (in *ScyllaOperatorConfigSpec) DeepCopy() *ScyllaOperatorConfigSpec {
 // DeepCopyInto is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, writing into out. in must be non-nil.
 func (in *ScyllaOperatorConfigStatus) DeepCopyInto(out *ScyllaOperatorConfigStatus) {
 	*out = *in
+	if in.ObservedGeneration != nil {
+		in, out := &in.ObservedGeneration, &out.ObservedGeneration
+		*out = new(int64)
+		**out = **in
+	}
+	if in.ScyllaDBUtilsImage != nil {
+		in, out := &in.ScyllaDBUtilsImage, &out.ScyllaDBUtilsImage
+		*out = new(string)
+		**out = **in
+	}
+	if in.BashToolsImage != nil {
+		in, out := &in.BashToolsImage, &out.BashToolsImage
+		*out = new(string)
+		**out = **in
+	}
+	if in.GrafanaImage != nil {
+		in, out := &in.GrafanaImage, &out.GrafanaImage
+		*out = new(string)
+		**out = **in
+	}
+	if in.PrometheusVersion != nil {
+		in, out := &in.PrometheusVersion, &out.PrometheusVersion
+		*out = new(string)
+		**out = **in
+	}
 	return
 }