diff --git a/db/src/.hdiconfig b/db/src/.hdiconfig
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..03673f20
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/src/.hdiconfig
@@ -0,0 +1,139 @@
+{
+  "file_suffixes": {
+    "csv": {
+      "plugin_name": "com.sap.hana.di.tabledata.source"
+    },
+    "hdbafllangprocedure": {
+      "plugin_name": "com.sap.hana.di.afllangprocedure"
+    },
+    "hdbanalyticprivilege": {
+      "plugin_name": "com.sap.hana.di.analyticprivilege"
+    },
+    "hdbcalculationview": {
+      "plugin_name": "com.sap.hana.di.calculationview"
+    },
+    "hdbcollection": {
+      "plugin_name": "com.sap.hana.di.collection"
+    },
+    "hdbconstraint": {
+      "plugin_name": "com.sap.hana.di.constraint"
+    },
+    "hdbdropcreatetable": {
+      "plugin_name": "com.sap.hana.di.dropcreatetable"
+    },
+    "hdbflowgraph": {
+      "plugin_name": "com.sap.hana.di.flowgraph"
+    },
+    "hdbfunction": {
+      "plugin_name": "com.sap.hana.di.function"
+    },
+    "hdbgraphworkspace": {
+      "plugin_name": "com.sap.hana.di.graphworkspace"
+    },
+    "hdbhadoopmrjob": {
+      "plugin_name": "com.sap.hana.di.virtualfunctionpackage.hadoop"
+    },
+    "hdbindex": {
+      "plugin_name": "com.sap.hana.di.index"
+    },
+    "hdblibrary": {
+      "plugin_name": "com.sap.hana.di.library"
+    },
+    "hdbmigrationtable": {
+      "plugin_name": "com.sap.hana.di.table.migration"
+    },
+    "hdbprocedure": {
+      "plugin_name": "com.sap.hana.di.procedure"
+    },
+    "hdbprojectionview": {
+      "plugin_name": "com.sap.hana.di.projectionview"
+    },
+    "hdbprojectionviewconfig": {
+      "plugin_name": "com.sap.hana.di.projectionview.config"
+    },
+    "hdbreptask": {
+      "plugin_name": "com.sap.hana.di.reptask"
+    },
+    "hdbresultcache": {
+      "plugin_name": "com.sap.hana.di.resultcache"
+    },
+    "hdbrole": {
+      "plugin_name": "com.sap.hana.di.role"
+    },
+    "hdbroleconfig": {
+      "plugin_name": "com.sap.hana.di.role.config"
+    },
+    "hdbsearchruleset": {
+      "plugin_name": "com.sap.hana.di.searchruleset"
+    },
+    "hdbsequence": {
+      "plugin_name": "com.sap.hana.di.sequence"
+    },
+    "hdbstatistics": {
+      "plugin_name": "com.sap.hana.di.statistics"
+    },
+    "hdbstructuredprivilege": {
+      "plugin_name": "com.sap.hana.di.structuredprivilege"
+    },
+    "hdbsynonym": {
+      "plugin_name": "com.sap.hana.di.synonym"
+    },
+    "hdbsynonymconfig": {
+      "plugin_name": "com.sap.hana.di.synonym.config"
+    },
+    "hdbsystemversioning": {
+      "plugin_name": "com.sap.hana.di.systemversioning"
+    },
+    "hdbtable": {
+      "plugin_name": "com.sap.hana.di.table"
+    },
+    "hdbtabledata": {
+      "plugin_name": "com.sap.hana.di.tabledata"
+    },
+    "hdbtabletype": {
+      "plugin_name": "com.sap.hana.di.tabletype"
+    },
+    "hdbtrigger": {
+      "plugin_name": "com.sap.hana.di.trigger"
+    },
+    "hdbview": {
+      "plugin_name": "com.sap.hana.di.view"
+    },
+    "hdbvirtualfunction": {
+      "plugin_name": "com.sap.hana.di.virtualfunction"
+    },
+    "hdbvirtualfunctionconfig": {
+      "plugin_name": "com.sap.hana.di.virtualfunction.config"
+    },
+    "hdbvirtualpackagehadoop": {
+      "plugin_name": "com.sap.hana.di.virtualpackage.hadoop"
+    },
+    "hdbvirtualpackagesparksql": {
+      "plugin_name": "com.sap.hana.di.virtualpackage.sparksql"
+    },
+    "hdbvirtualprocedure": {
+      "plugin_name": "com.sap.hana.di.virtualprocedure"
+    },
+    "hdbvirtualprocedureconfig": {
+      "plugin_name": "com.sap.hana.di.virtualprocedure.config"
+    },
+    "hdbvirtualtable": {
+      "plugin_name": "com.sap.hana.di.virtualtable"
+    },
+    "hdbvirtualtableconfig": {
+      "plugin_name": "com.sap.hana.di.virtualtable.config"
+    },
+    "properties": {
+      "plugin_name": "com.sap.hana.di.tabledata.properties"
+    },
+    "tags": {
+      "plugin_name": "com.sap.hana.di.tabledata.properties"
+    },
+    "txt": {
+      "plugin_name": "com.sap.hana.di.copyonly"
+    },
+    "hdbeshconfig": {
+      "plugin_name": "com.sap.hana.di.eshconfig"
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/db/undeploy.json b/db/undeploy.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..aa14b9f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/undeploy.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+[
+  "src/gen/**/*.hdbview",
+  "src/gen/**/*.hdbindex",
+  "src/gen/**/*.hdbconstraint",
+  "src/gen/**/*_drafts.hdbtable",
+  "src/gen/**/*.hdbcalculationview"
+]
diff --git a/mta.yaml b/mta.yaml
index f33aeebe..8ded791f 100644
--- a/mta.yaml
+++ b/mta.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
----
 _schema-version: 3.3.0
 ID: capire.samples
 version: 3.0.0
@@ -24,6 +23,20 @@ modules:
       - name: srv-api # required by consumers of CAP services (e.g. approuter)
         properties:
           srv-url: ${default-url}
-    requires: []
+    requires:
+      - name: samples-db
 
-resources: []
+  - name: samples-db-deployer
+    type: hdb
+    path: gen/db
+    parameters:
+      buildpack: nodejs_buildpack
+    requires:
+      - name: samples-db
+
+resources:
+  - name: samples-db
+    type: com.sap.xs.hdi-container
+    parameters:
+      service: hana
+      service-plan: hdi-shared
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 1195f97d..fd0e125b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@
   "repository": "https://github.com/sap-samples/cloud-cap-samples.git",
   "author": "daniel.hutzel@sap.com",
   "dependencies": {
-    "@sap/cds": ">=8"
+    "@sap/cds": ">=8",
+    "@cap-js/hana": "^1"
   },
   "workspaces": [
     "./bookshop",
@@ -39,5 +40,10 @@
     "timeout": 6666
   },
   "license": "SEE LICENSE IN LICENSE",
-  "private": true
+  "private": true,
+  "cds": {
+    "sql": {
+      "native_hana_associations": false
+    }
+  }
 }