diff --git a/public/app/percona/dbaas/components/DBCluster/EditDBClusterPage/DBClusterAdvancedOptions/Configurations/Configuration.constants.ts b/public/app/percona/dbaas/components/DBCluster/EditDBClusterPage/DBClusterAdvancedOptions/Configurations/Configuration.constants.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..051b13d34b691
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/app/percona/dbaas/components/DBCluster/EditDBClusterPage/DBClusterAdvancedOptions/Configurations/Configuration.constants.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+import { Databases } from 'app/percona/shared/core';
+export const PXCDefaultConfiguration =
+  'Configuration:                 [mysqld]\n' +
+  'wsrep_provider_options="gcache.size=600M"\n' +
+  "wsrep_trx_fragment_unit='bytes'\n" +
+  'wsrep_trx_fragment_size=3670018';
+export const PSMDBDefaultConfiguration = ' Configuration:  \n' + '      operationProfiling:\n' + '        mode: slowOp';
+
+export const DefaultDatabaseConfiguration: Partial<Record<Databases, string>> = {
+  [Databases.mysql]: PXCDefaultConfiguration,
+  [Databases.mongodb]: PSMDBDefaultConfiguration,
+};
diff --git a/public/app/percona/dbaas/components/DBCluster/EditDBClusterPage/DBClusterBasicOptions/DBClusterBasicOptions.tsx b/public/app/percona/dbaas/components/DBCluster/EditDBClusterPage/DBClusterBasicOptions/DBClusterBasicOptions.tsx
index 351bbcd8dcc51..dca9bd8827194 100644
--- a/public/app/percona/dbaas/components/DBCluster/EditDBClusterPage/DBClusterBasicOptions/DBClusterBasicOptions.tsx
+++ b/public/app/percona/dbaas/components/DBCluster/EditDBClusterPage/DBClusterBasicOptions/DBClusterBasicOptions.tsx
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ export const DBClusterBasicOptions: FC<DBClusterBasicOptionsProps> = ({ kubernet
   const onChangeDatabase = useCallback((databaseType) => {
     change(BasicOptionsFields.databaseType, databaseType);
     form.mutators.setClusterName(databaseType.value);
+    form.mutators.changeConfiguration(databaseType.value);
     // eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
   }, []);
 
diff --git a/public/app/percona/dbaas/components/DBCluster/EditDBClusterPage/EditDBClusterPage.test.tsx b/public/app/percona/dbaas/components/DBCluster/EditDBClusterPage/EditDBClusterPage.test.tsx
index 6c430ba6c2621..0312a857df1c0 100644
--- a/public/app/percona/dbaas/components/DBCluster/EditDBClusterPage/EditDBClusterPage.test.tsx
+++ b/public/app/percona/dbaas/components/DBCluster/EditDBClusterPage/EditDBClusterPage.test.tsx
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
-import { render, screen, waitFor } from '@testing-library/react';
+import { render, screen, waitFor, fireEvent } from '@testing-library/react';
 import React from 'react';
 import { Provider } from 'react-redux';
 import { Router } from 'react-router-dom';
 
 import { locationService } from '@grafana/runtime/src';
+import { PSMDBDefaultConfiguration } from 'app/percona/dbaas/components/DBCluster/EditDBClusterPage/DBClusterAdvancedOptions/Configurations/Configuration.constants';
 import { configureStore } from 'app/store/configureStore';
 import { StoreState } from 'app/types';
 
@@ -171,4 +172,45 @@ describe('EditDBClusterPage::', () => {
 
     expect(screen.getByTestId('empty-block')).toBeInTheDocument();
   });
+
+  it('show default database configuration in create mode', async () => {
+    locationService.push(DB_CLUSTER_CREATION_URL);
+
+    render(
+      <Provider
+        store={configureStore({
+          percona: {
+            user: { isAuthorized: true },
+            settings: {
+              loading: false,
+              result: { isConnectedToPortal: true, alertingEnabled: true, dbaasEnabled: true },
+            },
+            kubernetes: {
+              loading: false,
+              result: [
+                {
+                  kubernetesClusterName: 'cluster1',
+                  status: KubernetesClusterStatus.ok,
+                  operators: {
+                    psmdb: { status: KubernetesOperatorStatus.ok, version: '1', availableVersion: '1' },
+                    pxc: { status: KubernetesOperatorStatus.ok, version: '1', availableVersion: '1' },
+                  },
+                },
+              ],
+            },
+          },
+        } as StoreState)}
+      >
+        <Router history={locationService.getHistory()}>
+          <EditDBClusterPage kubernetes={kubernetesStub} />
+        </Router>
+      </Provider>
+    );
+
+    expect(screen.findByRole('form')).toBeTruthy();
+    const advancedSettingsButton = screen.getByTestId('dbCluster-advanced-settings');
+    await waitFor(() => fireEvent.click(advancedSettingsButton));
+
+    expect(screen.getByTestId('configuration-textarea-input')).toContainHTML(PSMDBDefaultConfiguration);
+  });
 });
diff --git a/public/app/percona/dbaas/components/DBCluster/EditDBClusterPage/EditDBClusterPage.tsx b/public/app/percona/dbaas/components/DBCluster/EditDBClusterPage/EditDBClusterPage.tsx
index 3ef56109b314c..6b3580e9a0c94 100644
--- a/public/app/percona/dbaas/components/DBCluster/EditDBClusterPage/EditDBClusterPage.tsx
+++ b/public/app/percona/dbaas/components/DBCluster/EditDBClusterPage/EditDBClusterPage.tsx
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ import { Form } from 'react-final-form';
 import { Redirect, useHistory } from 'react-router-dom';
 
 import { Spinner, useStyles2 } from '@grafana/ui/src';
+import { DefaultDatabaseConfiguration } from 'app/percona/dbaas/components/DBCluster/EditDBClusterPage/DBClusterAdvancedOptions/Configurations/Configuration.constants';
 import { useShowPMMAddressWarning } from 'app/percona/shared/components/hooks/showPMMAddressWarning';
+import { Databases } from 'app/percona/shared/core';
 import { useSelector, useDispatch } from 'app/types';
 
 import { FeatureLoader } from '../../../../shared/components/Elements/FeatureLoader';
@@ -93,6 +95,11 @@ export const EditDBClusterPage: FC<EditDBClusterPageProps> = () => {
             trimConfiguration: ([configuration]: string[], state, { changeValue }) => {
               changeValue(state, ConfigurationFields.configuration, () => configuration.trim());
             },
+            changeConfiguration: (databaseTypeValue: Databases, state, { changeValue }) => {
+              changeValue(state, ConfigurationFields.configuration, () =>
+                databaseTypeValue ? DefaultDatabaseConfiguration[databaseTypeValue] : ''
+              );
+            },
             ...arrayMutators,
           }}
           render={({ form, handleSubmit, valid, pristine, ...props }) => (
diff --git a/public/app/percona/dbaas/components/DBCluster/EditDBClusterPage/EditDBClusterPage.utils.ts b/public/app/percona/dbaas/components/DBCluster/EditDBClusterPage/EditDBClusterPage.utils.ts
index d0f5875321864..46990b38972af 100644
--- a/public/app/percona/dbaas/components/DBCluster/EditDBClusterPage/EditDBClusterPage.utils.ts
+++ b/public/app/percona/dbaas/components/DBCluster/EditDBClusterPage/EditDBClusterPage.utils.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import { DefaultDatabaseConfiguration } from 'app/percona/dbaas/components/DBCluster/EditDBClusterPage/DBClusterAdvancedOptions/Configurations/Configuration.constants';
+import { ConfigurationFields } from 'app/percona/dbaas/components/DBCluster/EditDBClusterPage/DBClusterAdvancedOptions/Configurations/Configurations.types';
 import { logger } from 'app/percona/shared/helpers/logger';
 
 import { DATABASE_LABELS } from '../../../../shared/core';
@@ -37,8 +39,12 @@ export const getAddInitialValues = (
       initialValues[BasicOptionsFields.kubernetesCluster] = initialCluster;
       if (activeOperators.length > 0) {
         const databaseDefaultOperator = getDatabaseOptionFromOperator(activeOperators[0]);
+        const defaultConfiguration = databaseDefaultOperator?.value
+          ? DefaultDatabaseConfiguration[databaseDefaultOperator?.value]
+          : '';
         initialValues[BasicOptionsFields.databaseType] = databaseDefaultOperator;
         initialValues[BasicOptionsFields.name] = `${databaseDefaultOperator?.value}-${generateUID()}`;
+        initialValues[ConfigurationFields.configuration] = defaultConfiguration;
       }
     }
   }
@@ -80,7 +86,10 @@ export const getEditInitialValues = (
     cpu,
     disk,
     memory,
-    configuration: configuration?.params?.pxc?.configuration || configuration?.params?.replicaset?.configuration,
+    configuration:
+      selectedDBCluster?.configuration ||
+      configuration?.params?.pxc?.configuration ||
+      configuration?.params?.replicaset?.configuration,
     expose: configuration?.exposed,
     internetFacing: configuration?.internet_facing,
     sourceRanges: sourceRangesArray,
diff --git a/public/app/percona/dbaas/components/DBCluster/PSMDB.service.ts b/public/app/percona/dbaas/components/DBCluster/PSMDB.service.ts
index b4d5632054fdd..b7315b393ca10 100644
--- a/public/app/percona/dbaas/components/DBCluster/PSMDB.service.ts
+++ b/public/app/percona/dbaas/components/DBCluster/PSMDB.service.ts
@@ -150,6 +150,7 @@ export class PSMDBService extends DBClusterService {
       availableImage: dbCluster.available_image,
       template: dbCluster.template,
       sourceRanges: dbCluster.source_ranges,
+      configuration: dbCluster.params.replicaset?.configuration,
     };
   }
 }
@@ -169,6 +170,7 @@ const toAPI = (dbCluster: DBCluster): DBClusterPayload => ({
       },
       storage_class: dbCluster.storageClass,
       disk_size: dbCluster.disk * BILLION,
+      configuration: dbCluster.configuration,
     },
     image: dbCluster.databaseImage,
     ...(dbCluster.backup && {
diff --git a/public/app/percona/dbaas/components/DBCluster/XtraDB.service.ts b/public/app/percona/dbaas/components/DBCluster/XtraDB.service.ts
index 6d40e91f01d8b..860771f4d000c 100644
--- a/public/app/percona/dbaas/components/DBCluster/XtraDB.service.ts
+++ b/public/app/percona/dbaas/components/DBCluster/XtraDB.service.ts
@@ -159,6 +159,7 @@ export class XtraDBService extends DBClusterService {
       availableImage: dbCluster.available_image,
       template: dbCluster.template,
       sourceRanges: dbCluster.source_ranges,
+      configuration: dbCluster.params.pxc?.configuration,
     };
   }
 }