diff --git a/openshift/templates/nodejs-mongodb.json b/openshift/templates/nodejs-mongodb.json
index 4b64bd4..b2b9f24 100644
--- a/openshift/templates/nodejs-mongodb.json
+++ b/openshift/templates/nodejs-mongodb.json
@@ -84,7 +84,13 @@
               "kind": "ImageStreamTag",
               "namespace": "${NAMESPACE}",
               "name": "nodejs:0.10"
-            }
+            },
+            "env":  [
+              {
+                  "name": "NPM_MIRROR",
+                  "value": "${NPM_MIRROR}"
+              }
+            ]
           }
         },
         "output": {
@@ -364,24 +370,28 @@
       "name": "NAMESPACE",
       "displayName": "Namespace",
       "description": "The OpenShift Namespace where the ImageStream resides.",
+      "required": true,
       "value": "openshift"
     },
     {
       "name": "MEMORY_LIMIT",
       "displayName": "Memory Limit",
       "description": "Maximum amount of memory the Node.js container can use.",
+      "required": true,
       "value": "512Mi"
     },
     {
       "name": "MEMORY_MONGODB_LIMIT",
       "displayName": "Memory Limit (MongoDB)",
       "description": "Maximum amount of memory the MongoDB container can use.",
+      "required": true,
       "value": "512Mi"
     },
     {
       "name": "SOURCE_REPOSITORY_URL",
       "displayName": "Git Repository URL",
       "description": "The URL of the repository with your application source code.",
+      "required": true,
       "value": "https://github.com/openshift/nodejs-ex.git"
     },
     {
@@ -417,6 +427,7 @@
     {
       "name": "DATABASE_SERVICE_NAME",
       "displayName": "Database Service Name",
+      "required": true,
       "value": "mongodb"
     },
     {
@@ -436,6 +447,7 @@
     {
       "name": "DATABASE_NAME",
       "displayName": "Database Name",
+      "required": true,
       "value": "sampledb"
     },
     {
@@ -444,6 +456,12 @@
       "description": "Password for the database admin user.",
       "generate": "expression",
       "from": "[a-zA-Z0-9]{16}"
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "NPM_MIRROR",
+      "displayName": "Custom NPM Mirror URL",
+      "description": "The custom NPM mirror URL",
+      "value": ""
     }
   ]
 }
diff --git a/openshift/templates/nodejs.json b/openshift/templates/nodejs.json
index 0adb02a..08c7d31 100644
--- a/openshift/templates/nodejs.json
+++ b/openshift/templates/nodejs.json
@@ -84,7 +84,13 @@
               "kind": "ImageStreamTag",
               "namespace": "${NAMESPACE}",
               "name": "nodejs:0.10"
-            }
+            },
+            "env":  [
+              {
+                  "name": "NPM_MIRROR",
+                  "value": "${NPM_MIRROR}"
+              }
+            ]
           }
         },
         "output": {
@@ -237,18 +243,21 @@
       "name": "NAMESPACE",
       "displayName": "Namespace",
       "description": "The OpenShift Namespace where the ImageStream resides.",
+      "required": true,
       "value": "openshift"
     },
     {
       "name": "MEMORY_LIMIT",
       "displayName": "Memory Limit",
       "description": "Maximum amount of memory the container can use.",
+      "required": true,
       "value": "512Mi"
     },
     {
       "name": "SOURCE_REPOSITORY_URL",
       "displayName": "Git Repository URL",
       "description": "The URL of the repository with your application source code.",
+      "required": true,
       "value": "https://github.com/openshift/nodejs-ex.git"
     },
     {
@@ -303,6 +312,12 @@
       "name": "MONGODB_ADMIN_PASSWORD",
       "displayName": "Database Administrator Password",
       "description": "Password for the database admin user."
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "NPM_MIRROR",
+      "displayName": "Custom NPM Mirror URL",
+      "description": "The custom NPM mirror URL",
+      "value": ""
     }
   ]
 }