diff --git a/ansible/roles/stack-sunbird/templates/sunbird_nodebb.env b/ansible/roles/stack-sunbird/templates/sunbird_nodebb.env
index 9e0b890f9d4c04c9d2959d7e618673bc23e7be2a..c46fedbc21f1383c62b94845e2bf73fb47281e4f 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/stack-sunbird/templates/sunbird_nodebb.env
+++ b/ansible/roles/stack-sunbird/templates/sunbird_nodebb.env
@@ -1,10 +1,16 @@
 # Initialization variable for mongo
 # Ref: https://community.nodebb.org/topic/4325/set-up-nodebb-via-environment-variables
-database=mongo
+database=redis
+# declearing js heap memory size
+NODE_OPTIONS={{nodebb_heap_size|default(1024)}}
 secret={{nodebb_hash_key|default('1d57ba64-86d4-43ff-bd10-f6e9e0782899')}}
 url=http://0.0.0.0:4567/discussions/
-mongo__host={{mongo_nodebb_host}}
-mongo__database=nodebb
+redis__host={{sunbird_nodebb_redis_host}}
+redis__port=6379
+redis__username={{nodebb_db_username|default('')}}
+redis__password={{nodebb_db_password|default('')}}
+# redis database number
+redis__database={{nodebb_db_index_name|default(10)}}
 # password won't get overwritten if you run
 # 'node app --setup' multiple times
 # Default username is admin