diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 4901e45ff..0fd48a9ca 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ branches:
 language: go
 
 go:
-  - "1.10.x"
+  - "1.12.x"
 
 before_install:
   - go get github.com/Masterminds/glide
diff --git a/charts/postgres-operator/values.yaml b/charts/postgres-operator/values.yaml
index 5a4c48974..21813fbe9 100644
--- a/charts/postgres-operator/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/postgres-operator/values.yaml
@@ -21,10 +21,11 @@ config:
 
   debug_logging: "true"
   workers: "4"
-  docker_image: registry.opensource.zalan.do/acid/spilo-cdp-10:1.5-p35
+  docker_image: registry.opensource.zalan.do/acid/spilo-cdp-11:1.5-p70
   secret_name_template: '{username}.{cluster}.credentials'
   super_username: postgres
   enable_teams_api: "false"
+  spilo_privileged: "false"
   # set_memory_request_to_limit: "true"
   # postgres_superuser_teams: "postgres_superusers"
   # enable_team_superuser: "false"
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@ config:
   # pam_role_name: zalandos
   # pam_configuration: |
   #  https://info.example.com/oauth2/tokeninfo?access_token= uid realm=/employees
+  # inherited_labels: ""
   aws_region: eu-central-1
   db_hosted_zone: db.example.com
   master_dns_name_format: '{cluster}.{team}.staging.{hostedzone}'
@@ -57,7 +59,9 @@ config:
   resource_check_interval: 3s
   resource_check_timeout: 10m
   resync_period: 5m
-
+  pod_management_policy: "ordered_ready"
+  enable_pod_antiaffinity: "false"
+  pod_antiaffinity_topology_key: "kubernetes.io/hostname"
 rbac:
   # Specifies whether RBAC resources should be created
   create: true
diff --git a/delivery.yaml b/delivery.yaml
index de043a20d..1866486f8 100644
--- a/delivery.yaml
+++ b/delivery.yaml
@@ -11,11 +11,11 @@ pipeline:
             apt-get update
         - desc: 'Install required build software'
           cmd: |
-            apt-get install -y make git apt-transport-https ca-certificates curl
+            apt-get install -y make git apt-transport-https ca-certificates curl build-essential
         - desc: 'Install go'
           cmd: |
             cd /tmp
-            wget -q https://storage.googleapis.com/golang/go1.9.linux-amd64.tar.gz -O go.tar.gz
+            wget -q https://storage.googleapis.com/golang/go1.12.linux-amd64.tar.gz -O go.tar.gz
             tar -xf go.tar.gz
             mv go /usr/local
             ln -s /usr/local/go/bin/go /usr/bin/go
diff --git a/docs/developer.md b/docs/developer.md
index 294d06ebf..a18ac3323 100644
--- a/docs/developer.md
+++ b/docs/developer.md
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ After the installation, issue
     $ minikube start
 ```
 
-Note: if you are running on a Mac, you may also use Docker for Mac Kubernetes instead of a docker-machine.
+Note: if you are running on a Mac, you may also use Docker for Mac Kubernetes
+instead of a docker-machine.
 
 Once you have it started successfully, use [the quickstart
 guide](https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube#quickstart) in order to test your
@@ -79,7 +80,8 @@ cluster.
 
 ## Connect to PostgreSQL
 
-We can use the generated secret of the `postgres` robot user to connect to our `acid-minimal-cluster` master running in Minikube:
+We can use the generated secret of the `postgres` robot user to connect to our
+`acid-minimal-cluster` master running in Minikube:
 
 ```bash
     $ export HOST_PORT=$(minikube service acid-minimal-cluster --url | sed 's,.*/,,')
@@ -166,8 +168,15 @@ minikube. The following steps will get you the docker image built and deployed.
 
 # Code generation
 
-The operator employs k8s-provided code generation to obtain deep copy methods and Kubernetes-like APIs for its custom resource definitons, namely the Postgres CRD and the operator CRD. The usage of the code generation follows conventions from the k8s community. Relevant scripts live in the `hack` directory:  the `update-codegen.sh` triggers code generation for the APIs defined in `pkg/apis/acid.zalan.do/`,
-the `verify-codegen.sh` checks if the generated code is up-to-date (to be used within CI). The `/pkg/generated/` contains the resultant code. To make these scripts work, you may need to `export GOPATH=$(go env GOPATH)`
+The operator employs k8s-provided code generation to obtain deep copy methods
+and Kubernetes-like APIs for its custom resource definitons, namely the Postgres
+CRD and the operator CRD. The usage of the code generation follows conventions
+from the k8s community. Relevant scripts live in the `hack` directory:
+* `update-codegen.sh` triggers code generation for the APIs defined in `pkg/apis/acid.zalan.do/`,
+* `verify-codegen.sh` checks if the generated code is up-to-date (to be used within CI).
+
+The `/pkg/generated/` contains the resultant code. To make these scripts work,
+you may need to `export GOPATH=$(go env GOPATH)`
 
 References for code generation are:
 * [Relevant pull request](https://github.com/zalando/postgres-operator/pull/369)
@@ -176,7 +185,12 @@ See comments there for minor issues that can sometimes broke the generation proc
 * [Code Generation for CustomResources](https://blog.openshift.com/kubernetes-deep-dive-code-generation-customresources/) - intro post on the topic
 * Code generation in [Prometheus](https://github.com/coreos/prometheus-operator) and [etcd](https://github.com/coreos/etcd-operator) operators
 
-To debug the generated API locally, use the [kubectl proxy](https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/access-kubernetes-api/http-proxy-access-api/) and `kubectl --v=8` log level to display contents of HTTP requests (run the operator itself with `--v=8` to log all REST API requests). To attach a debugger to the operator, use the `-outofcluster` option to run the operator locally on the developer's laptop (and not in a docker container).
+To debug the generated API locally, use the
+[kubectl proxy](https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/access-kubernetes-api/http-proxy-access-api/)
+and `kubectl --v=8` log level to display contents of HTTP requests (run the
+operator itself with `--v=8` to log all REST API requests). To attach a debugger
+to the operator, use the `-outofcluster` option to run the operator locally on
+the developer's laptop (and not in a docker container).
 
 # Debugging the operator
 
@@ -201,15 +215,15 @@ defaults to 4)
 * /workers/$id/logs - log of the operations performed by a given worker
 * /clusters/ - list of teams and clusters known to the operator
 * /clusters/$team - list of clusters for the given team
-* /clusters/$team/$namespace/$clustername - detailed status of the cluster, including the
-  specifications for CRD, master and replica services, endpoints and
-  statefulsets, as well as any errors and the worker that cluster is assigned
-  to.
-* /clusters/$team/$namespace/$clustername/logs/ - logs of all operations performed to the
-  cluster so far.
-* /clusters/$team/$namespace/$clustername/history/ - history of cluster changes triggered
-  by the changes of the manifest (shows the somewhat obscure diff and what
-  exactly has triggered the change)
+* /clusters/$team/$namespace/$clustername - detailed status of the cluster,
+  including the specifications for CRD, master and replica services, endpoints
+  and statefulsets, as well as any errors and the worker that cluster is
+  assigned to.
+* /clusters/$team/$namespace/$clustername/logs/ - logs of all operations
+  performed to the cluster so far.
+* /clusters/$team/$namespace/$clustername/history/ - history of cluster changes
+  triggered by the changes of the manifest (shows the somewhat obscure diff and
+  what exactly has triggered the change)
 
 The operator also supports pprof endpoints listed at the
 [pprof package](https://golang.org/pkg/net/http/pprof/), such as:
@@ -290,10 +304,46 @@ PASS
 ```
 
 To test the multinamespace setup, you can use
+
 ```
 ./run_operator_locally.sh --rebuild-operator
 ```
-It will automatically create an `acid-minimal-cluster` in the namespace `test`. Then you can for example check the Patroni logs:
+It will automatically create an `acid-minimal-cluster` in the namespace `test`.
+Then you can for example check the Patroni logs:
+
 ```
 kubectl logs acid-minimal-cluster-0
 ```
+
+## Introduce additional configuration parameters
+
+In the case you want to add functionality to the operator that shall be
+controlled via the operator configuration there are a few places that need to
+be updated. As explained [here](reference/operator_parameters.md), it's possible
+to configure the operator either with a ConfigMap or CRD, but currently we aim
+to synchronize parameters everywhere.
+
+Note: If one option is defined in the operator configuration and in the cluster
+[manifest](../manifests/complete-postgres-manifest.yaml), the latter takes
+precedence.
+
+So, first define the parameters in:
+* the [ConfigMap](../manifests/configmap.yaml) manifest
+* the CR's [default configuration](../manifests/postgresql-operator-default-configuration.yaml)
+* the Helm chart [values](../charts/postgres-operator/values.yaml)
+
+Update the following Go files that obtain the configuration parameter from the
+manifest files:
+* [operator_configuration_type.go](../pkg/apis/acid.zalan.do/v1/operator_configuration_type.go)
+* [operator_config.go](../pkg/controller/operator_config.go)
+* [config.go](../pkg/util/config/config.go)
+
+The operator behavior has to be implemented at least in [k8sres.go](../pkg/cluster/k8sres.go).
+Please, reflect your changes in tests, for example in:
+* [config_test.go](../pkg/util/config/config_test.go)
+* [k8sres_test.go](../pkg/cluster/k8sres_test.go)
+* [util_test.go](../pkg/apis/acid.zalan.do/v1/util_test.go)
+
+Finally, document the new configuration option(s) for the operator in its
+[reference](reference/operator_parameters.md) document and explain the feature
+in the [administrator docs](administrator.md).
diff --git a/docs/reference/operator_parameters.md b/docs/reference/operator_parameters.md
index 6332e6d8a..11fee3846 100644
--- a/docs/reference/operator_parameters.md
+++ b/docs/reference/operator_parameters.md
@@ -212,6 +212,9 @@ configuration they are grouped under the `kubernetes` key.
   class](https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/configuration/pod-priority-preemption/#priorityclass)
   that should be assigned to the Postgres pods. The priority class itself must be defined in advance.
   Default is empty (use the default priority class).
+
+* **spilo_privileged**
+  whether the Spilo container should run in privileged mode. Privileged mode is used for AWS volume resizing and not required if you don't need that capability. The default is `false`.
   
  * **master_pod_move_timeout**
    The period of time to wait for the success of migration of master pods from an unschedulable node.
diff --git a/docs/user.md b/docs/user.md
index a0569fe2b..bab09f8c9 100644
--- a/docs/user.md
+++ b/docs/user.md
@@ -43,13 +43,25 @@ $ kubectl get pods -w --show-labels
 
 ## Connect to PostgreSQL
 
-We can use the generated secret of the `postgres` robot user to connect to our `acid-minimal-cluster` master running in Minikube:
+With a `port-forward` on one of the database pods (e.g. the master) you can
+connect to the PostgreSQL database. Use labels to filter for the master pod of
+our test cluster.
+
+```bash
+# get name of master pod of acid-minimal-cluster
+export PGMASTER=$(kubectl get pods -o jsonpath={.items..metadata.name} -l application=spilo,version=acid-minimal-cluster,spilo-role=master)
+
+# set up port forward
+kubectl port-forward $PGMASTER 6432:5432
+```
+
+Open another CLI and connect to the database. Use the generated secret of the
+`postgres` robot user to connect to our `acid-minimal-cluster` master running
+in Minikube:
 
 ```bash
-$ export PGHOST=db_host
-$ export PGPORT=db_port
 $ export PGPASSWORD=$(kubectl get secret postgres.acid-minimal-cluster.credentials -o 'jsonpath={.data.password}' | base64 -d)
-$ psql -U postgres
+$ psql -U postgres -p 6432
 ```
 
 # Defining database roles in the operator
diff --git a/manifests/configmap.yaml b/manifests/configmap.yaml
index 28babdfe6..17830c41f 100644
--- a/manifests/configmap.yaml
+++ b/manifests/configmap.yaml
@@ -10,11 +10,12 @@ data:
 
   debug_logging: "true"
   workers: "4"
-  docker_image: registry.opensource.zalan.do/acid/spilo-11:1.5-p4
+  docker_image: registry.opensource.zalan.do/acid/spilo-cdp-11:1.5-p70
   pod_service_account_name: "zalando-postgres-operator"
   secret_name_template: '{username}.{cluster}.credentials'
   super_username: postgres
   enable_teams_api: "false"
+  spilo_privileged: "false"
   # custom_service_annotations:
   #   "keyx:valuez,keya:valuea"
   # set_memory_request_to_limit: "true"
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ data:
   # pam_role_name: zalandos
   # pam_configuration: |
   #  https://info.example.com/oauth2/tokeninfo?access_token= uid realm=/employees
+  # inherited_labels: ""
   aws_region: eu-central-1
   db_hosted_zone: db.example.com
   master_dns_name_format: '{cluster}.{team}.staging.{hostedzone}'
diff --git a/manifests/postgresql-operator-default-configuration.yaml b/manifests/postgresql-operator-default-configuration.yaml
index 5b9de1073..5ea5ba87c 100644
--- a/manifests/postgresql-operator-default-configuration.yaml
+++ b/manifests/postgresql-operator-default-configuration.yaml
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ configuration:
     secret_name_template: "{username}.{cluster}.credentials.{tprkind}.{tprgroup}"
     oauth_token_secret_name: postgresql-operator
     pod_role_label: spilo-role
+    spilo_privileged: false
     cluster_labels:
         application: spilo
     # inherited_labels:
@@ -34,6 +35,9 @@ configuration:
     # toleration: {}
     # infrastructure_roles_secret_name: ""
     # pod_environment_configmap: ""
+    pod_management_policy: "ordered_ready"
+    enable_pod_antiaffinity: "false"
+    pod_antiaffinity_topology_key: "kubernetes.io/hostname"
   postgres_pod_resources:
     default_cpu_request: 100m
     default_memory_request: 100Mi
diff --git a/pkg/apis/acid.zalan.do/v1/operator_configuration_type.go b/pkg/apis/acid.zalan.do/v1/operator_configuration_type.go
index dde9b624b..d4ea04e15 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/acid.zalan.do/v1/operator_configuration_type.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/acid.zalan.do/v1/operator_configuration_type.go
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ type KubernetesMetaConfiguration struct {
 	PodServiceAccountDefinition            string                `json:"pod_service_account_definition,omitempty"`
 	PodServiceAccountRoleBindingDefinition string                `json:"pod_service_account_role_binding_definition,omitempty"`
 	PodTerminateGracePeriod                Duration              `json:"pod_terminate_grace_period,omitempty"`
+	SpiloPrivileged                        bool                  `json:"spilo_privileged,omitemty"`
 	WatchedNamespace                       string                `json:"watched_namespace,omitempty"`
 	PDBNameFormat                          config.StringTemplate `json:"pdb_name_format,omitempty"`
 	SecretNameTemplate                     config.StringTemplate `json:"secret_name_template,omitempty"`
@@ -61,8 +62,9 @@ type KubernetesMetaConfiguration struct {
 	PodEnvironmentConfigMap    string        `json:"pod_environment_configmap,omitempty"`
 	PodPriorityClassName       string        `json:"pod_priority_class_name,omitempty"`
 	MasterPodMoveTimeout       time.Duration `json:"master_pod_move_timeout,omitempty"`
-	EnablePodAntiAffinity      bool          `json:"enable_pod_antiaffinity" default:"false"`
-	PodAntiAffinityTopologyKey string        `name:"pod_antiaffinity_topology_key" default:"kubernetes.io/hostname"`
+	EnablePodAntiAffinity      bool          `json:"enable_pod_antiaffinity,omitempty"`
+	PodAntiAffinityTopologyKey string        `json:"pod_antiaffinity_topology_key,omitempty"`
+	PodManagementPolicy        string        `json:"pod_management_policy,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // PostgresPodResourcesDefaults defines the spec of default resources
diff --git a/pkg/cluster/k8sres.go b/pkg/cluster/k8sres.go
index 6f86edd85..a156b89d6 100644
--- a/pkg/cluster/k8sres.go
+++ b/pkg/cluster/k8sres.go
@@ -358,8 +358,8 @@ func generateSpiloContainer(
 	resourceRequirements *v1.ResourceRequirements,
 	envVars []v1.EnvVar,
 	volumeMounts []v1.VolumeMount,
+	privilegedMode bool,
 ) *v1.Container {
-	privilegedMode := true
 	return &v1.Container{
 		Name:            name,
 		Image:           *dockerImage,
@@ -797,6 +797,7 @@ func (c *Cluster) generateStatefulSet(spec *acidv1.PostgresSpec) (*v1beta1.State
 		resourceRequirements,
 		spiloEnvVars,
 		volumeMounts,
+		c.OpConfig.Resources.SpiloPrivileged,
 	)
 
 	// resolve conflicts between operator-global and per-cluster sidecars
diff --git a/pkg/controller/controller.go b/pkg/controller/controller.go
index 9b30f89a1..2d814fd14 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/controller.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/controller.go
@@ -230,6 +230,8 @@ func (c *Controller) initRoleBinding() {
 	default:
 		c.PodServiceAccountRoleBinding = obj.(*rbacv1beta1.RoleBinding)
 		c.PodServiceAccountRoleBinding.Namespace = ""
+		c.PodServiceAccountRoleBinding.ObjectMeta.Name = c.PodServiceAccount.Name
+		c.PodServiceAccountRoleBinding.RoleRef.Name = c.PodServiceAccount.Name
 		c.PodServiceAccountRoleBinding.Subjects[0].Name = c.PodServiceAccount.Name
 		c.logger.Info("successfully parsed")
 
diff --git a/pkg/controller/operator_config.go b/pkg/controller/operator_config.go
index bca0f5b34..bb4f89918 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/operator_config.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/operator_config.go
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ func (c *Controller) importConfigurationFromCRD(fromCRD *acidv1.OperatorConfigur
 	result.PodServiceAccountRoleBindingDefinition = fromCRD.Kubernetes.PodServiceAccountRoleBindingDefinition
 	result.PodEnvironmentConfigMap = fromCRD.Kubernetes.PodEnvironmentConfigMap
 	result.PodTerminateGracePeriod = time.Duration(fromCRD.Kubernetes.PodTerminateGracePeriod)
+	result.SpiloPrivileged = fromCRD.Kubernetes.SpiloPrivileged
 	result.WatchedNamespace = fromCRD.Kubernetes.WatchedNamespace
 	result.PDBNameFormat = fromCRD.Kubernetes.PDBNameFormat
 	result.SecretNameTemplate = fromCRD.Kubernetes.SecretNameTemplate
@@ -52,6 +53,7 @@ func (c *Controller) importConfigurationFromCRD(fromCRD *acidv1.OperatorConfigur
 	result.ClusterNameLabel = fromCRD.Kubernetes.ClusterNameLabel
 	result.NodeReadinessLabel = fromCRD.Kubernetes.NodeReadinessLabel
 	result.PodPriorityClassName = fromCRD.Kubernetes.PodPriorityClassName
+	result.PodManagementPolicy = fromCRD.Kubernetes.PodManagementPolicy
 	result.MasterPodMoveTimeout = fromCRD.Kubernetes.MasterPodMoveTimeout
 
 	result.EnablePodAntiAffinity = fromCRD.Kubernetes.EnablePodAntiAffinity
diff --git a/pkg/util/config/config.go b/pkg/util/config/config.go
index b52c57873..b2374e042 100644
--- a/pkg/util/config/config.go
+++ b/pkg/util/config/config.go
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ type Resources struct {
 	PodDeletionWaitTimeout  time.Duration     `name:"pod_deletion_wait_timeout" default:"10m"`
 	PodTerminateGracePeriod time.Duration     `name:"pod_terminate_grace_period" default:"5m"`
 	PodPriorityClassName    string            `name:"pod_priority_class_name"`
+	SpiloPrivileged         bool              `name:"spilo_privileged" default:"false"`
 	ClusterLabels           map[string]string `name:"cluster_labels" default:"application:spilo"`
 	InheritedLabels         []string          `name:"inherited_labels" default:""`
 	ClusterNameLabel        string            `name:"cluster_name_label" default:"cluster-name"`