diff --git a/manifests/site.pp b/manifests/site.pp
index e79dc692e8..719f1f1c3f 100644
--- a/manifests/site.pp
+++ b/manifests/site.pp
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ node /^review-dev\d*\.openstack\.org$/ {
   }
 
   class { 'openstack_project::review_dev':
+    gerrit_configure                    => false,
     project_config_repo                 => 'https://git.openstack.org/openstack-infra/project-config',
     github_oauth_token                  => hiera('gerrit_dev_github_token'),
     github_project_username             => hiera('github_dev_project_username', 'username'),
diff --git a/modules/openstack_project/manifests/review_dev.pp b/modules/openstack_project/manifests/review_dev.pp
index 05d2da3f5c..d6f3c31e17 100644
--- a/modules/openstack_project/manifests/review_dev.pp
+++ b/modules/openstack_project/manifests/review_dev.pp
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ class openstack_project::review_dev (
   $storyboard_ssl_cert = '',
   $project_config_repo = '',
   $projects_config = 'openstack_project/review-dev.projects.ini.erb',
+  $gerrit_configure = true,
 ) {
 
   case $::lsbdistcodename {
@@ -51,169 +52,175 @@ class openstack_project::review_dev (
     base => 'dev/',
   }
 
-  $accountpatchreviewdb_url = "jdbc:mysql://${mysql_host}:3306/accountPatchReviewDb?characterSetResults=utf8&characterEncoding=utf8&connectionCollation=utf8_bin&useUnicode=yes&user=gerrit2&password=${mysql_password}"
-  class { 'openstack_project::gerrit':
-    vhost_name                          => 'review-dev.openstack.org',
-    canonicalweburl                     => 'https://review-dev.openstack.org/',
-    ssl_cert_file                       => '/etc/ssl/certs/ssl-cert-snakeoil.pem',
-    ssl_key_file                        => '/etc/ssl/private/ssl-cert-snakeoil.key',
-    ssl_chain_file                      => '',
-    ssh_dsa_key_contents                => $ssh_dsa_key_contents,
-    ssh_dsa_pubkey_contents             => $ssh_dsa_pubkey_contents,
-    ssh_rsa_key_contents                => $ssh_rsa_key_contents,
-    ssh_rsa_pubkey_contents             => $ssh_rsa_pubkey_contents,
-    ssh_project_rsa_key_contents        => $ssh_project_rsa_key_contents,
-    ssh_project_rsa_pubkey_contents     => $ssh_project_rsa_pubkey_contents,
-    ssh_replication_rsa_key_contents    => $ssh_replication_rsa_key_contents,
-    ssh_replication_rsa_pubkey_contents => $ssh_replication_rsa_pubkey_contents,
-    email                               => 'review-dev@openstack.org',
-    war                                 =>
-      'http://tarballs.openstack.org/ci/gerrit/gerrit-v2.13.9.4.2a605d5.war',
-    acls_dir                            => $::project_config::gerrit_acls_dir,
-    notify_impact_file                  => $::project_config::gerrit_notify_impact_file,
-    projects_file                       => $::project_config::jeepyb_project_file,
-    projects_config                     => $projects_config,
-    github_username                     => 'openstack-gerrit-dev',
-    github_oauth_token                  => $github_oauth_token,
-    github_project_username             => $github_project_username,
-    github_project_password             => $github_project_password,
-    mysql_host                          => $mysql_host,
-    mysql_password                      => $mysql_password,
-    accountpatchreviewdb_url            => $accountpatchreviewdb_url,
-    email_private_key                   => $email_private_key,
-    gitweb                              => false,
-    cgit                                => true,
-    web_repo_url                        => 'https://git.openstack.org/cgit/',
-    web_repo_url_encode                 => false,
-    swift_username                      => $swift_username,
-    swift_password                      => $swift_password,
-    replication_force_update            => true,
-    commentlinks                        => [
-      {
-        name  => 'bugheader',
-        match => '([Cc]loses|[Pp]artial|[Rr]elated)-[Bb]ug:\\s*#?(\\d+)',
-        link  => 'https://launchpad.net/bugs/$2',
-      },
-      {
-        name  => 'bug',
-        match => '\\b[Bb]ug:? #?(\\d+)',
-        link  => 'https://launchpad.net/bugs/$1',
-      },
-      {
-        name  => 'story',
-        match => '\\b[Ss]tory:? #?(\\d+)',
-        link  => 'https://storyboard-dev.openstack.org/#!/story/$1',
-      },
-      {
-        name  => 'its-storyboard',
-        match => '\\b[Tt]ask:? #?(\\d+)',
-        link  => 'task: $1',
-      },
-      {
-        name  => 'blueprint',
-        match => '(\\b[Bb]lue[Pp]rint\\b|\\b[Bb][Pp]\\b)[ \\t#:]*([A-Za-z0-9\\-]+)',
-        link  => 'https://blueprints.launchpad.net/openstack/?searchtext=$2',
-      },
-      {
-        name  => 'testresult',
-        match => '<li>([^ ]+) <a href=\"[^\"]+\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">([^<]+)</a> : ([^ ]+)([^<]*)</li>',
-        html  => '<li class=\"comment_test\"><span class=\"comment_test_name\"><a href=\"$2\" rel=\"nofollow\">$1</a></span> <span class=\"comment_test_result\"><span class=\"result_$3\">$3</span>$4</span></li>',
-      },
-      {
-        name  => 'launchpadbug',
-        match => '<a href=\"(https://bugs\\.launchpad\\.net/[a-zA-Z0-9\\-]+/\\+bug/(\\d+))[^\"]*\">[^<]+</a>',
-        html  => '<a href=\"$1\">$1</a>'
-      },
-      {
-        name  => 'changeid',
-        match => '(I[0-9a-f]{8,40})',
-        link  => '/#/q/$1',
-      },
-      {
-        name  => 'gitsha',
-        match => '(<p>|[\\s(])([0-9a-f]{40})(</p>|[\\s.,;:)])',
-        html  => '$1<a href=\"/#/q/$2\">$2</a>$3',
-      },
-    ],
-    its_plugins                        => [
-      {
-        name     => 'its-storyboard',
-        password => $storyboard_password,
-        url      => 'https://storyboard-dev.openstack.org',
-      },
-    ],
-    its_rules                          => [
-      {
-        name       => 'LOG',
-        action     => 'log-event error',
-      },
-      {
-        name       => 'change_abandoned',
-        event_type => 'change-abandoned',
-        action     => 'set-status TODO',
-      },
-      {
-        name       => 'change_in_progress',
-        event_type => 'patchset-created,change-restored',
-        action     => 'set-status REVIEW',
-      },
-      {
-        name       => 'change_merged',
-        event_type => 'change-merged',
-        action     => 'set-status MERGED',
-      },
-    ],
-    replication                         => [
-      {
-        name                 => 'github',
-        url                  => 'git@github.com:',
-        authGroup            => 'Anonymous Users',
-        replicationDelay     => '1',
-        replicatePermissions => false,
-        mirror               => true,
-      },
-      {
-        name                 => 'local',
-        url                  => 'file:///opt/lib/git/',
-        replicationDelay     => '1',
-        threads              => '4',
-        mirror               => true,
-      },
-      {
-        name                 => 'afs',
-        url                  => 'file:///afs/openstack.org/mirror/git-sandbox/',
-        replicationDelay     => '1',
-        threads              => '4',
-        mirror               => true,
-      },
-    ],
-    require                         => $::project_config::config_dir,
-  }
+  if ($gerrit_configure) {
+    $accountpatchreviewdb_url = "jdbc:mysql://${mysql_host}:3306/accountPatchReviewDb?characterSetResults=utf8&characterEncoding=utf8&connectionCollation=utf8_bin&useUnicode=yes&user=gerrit2&password=${mysql_password}"
+    class { 'openstack_project::gerrit':
+      vhost_name                          => 'review-dev.openstack.org',
+      canonicalweburl                     => 'https://review-dev.openstack.org/',
+      ssl_cert_file                       => '/etc/ssl/certs/ssl-cert-snakeoil.pem',
+      ssl_key_file                        => '/etc/ssl/private/ssl-cert-snakeoil.key',
+      ssl_chain_file                      => '',
+      ssh_dsa_key_contents                => $ssh_dsa_key_contents,
+      ssh_dsa_pubkey_contents             => $ssh_dsa_pubkey_contents,
+      ssh_rsa_key_contents                => $ssh_rsa_key_contents,
+      ssh_rsa_pubkey_contents             => $ssh_rsa_pubkey_contents,
+      ssh_project_rsa_key_contents        => $ssh_project_rsa_key_contents,
+      ssh_project_rsa_pubkey_contents     => $ssh_project_rsa_pubkey_contents,
+      ssh_replication_rsa_key_contents    => $ssh_replication_rsa_key_contents,
+      ssh_replication_rsa_pubkey_contents => $ssh_replication_rsa_pubkey_contents,
+      email                               => 'review-dev@openstack.org',
+      war                                 =>
+        'http://tarballs.openstack.org/ci/gerrit/gerrit-v2.13.9.4.2a605d5.war',
+      acls_dir                            => $::project_config::gerrit_acls_dir,
+      notify_impact_file                  => $::project_config::gerrit_notify_impact_file,
+      projects_file                       => $::project_config::jeepyb_project_file,
+      projects_config                     => $projects_config,
+      github_username                     => 'openstack-gerrit-dev',
+      github_oauth_token                  => $github_oauth_token,
+      github_project_username             => $github_project_username,
+      github_project_password             => $github_project_password,
+      mysql_host                          => $mysql_host,
+      mysql_password                      => $mysql_password,
+      accountpatchreviewdb_url            => $accountpatchreviewdb_url,
+      email_private_key                   => $email_private_key,
+      gitweb                              => false,
+      cgit                                => true,
+      web_repo_url                        => 'https://git.openstack.org/cgit/',
+      web_repo_url_encode                 => false,
+      swift_username                      => $swift_username,
+      swift_password                      => $swift_password,
+      replication_force_update            => true,
+      commentlinks                        => [
+        {
+          name  => 'bugheader',
+          match => '([Cc]loses|[Pp]artial|[Rr]elated)-[Bb]ug:\\s*#?(\\d+)',
+          link  => 'https://launchpad.net/bugs/$2',
+        },
+        {
+          name  => 'bug',
+          match => '\\b[Bb]ug:? #?(\\d+)',
+          link  => 'https://launchpad.net/bugs/$1',
+        },
+        {
+          name  => 'story',
+          match => '\\b[Ss]tory:? #?(\\d+)',
+          link  => 'https://storyboard-dev.openstack.org/#!/story/$1',
+        },
+        {
+          name  => 'its-storyboard',
+          match => '\\b[Tt]ask:? #?(\\d+)',
+          link  => 'task: $1',
+        },
+        {
+          name  => 'blueprint',
+          match => '(\\b[Bb]lue[Pp]rint\\b|\\b[Bb][Pp]\\b)[ \\t#:]*([A-Za-z0-9\\-]+)',
+          link  => 'https://blueprints.launchpad.net/openstack/?searchtext=$2',
+        },
+        {
+          name  => 'testresult',
+          match => '<li>([^ ]+) <a href=\"[^\"]+\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">([^<]+)</a> : ([^ ]+)([^<]*)</li>',
+          html  => '<li class=\"comment_test\"><span class=\"comment_test_name\"><a href=\"$2\" rel=\"nofollow\">$1</a></span> <span class=\"comment_test_result\"><span class=\"result_$3\">$3</span>$4</span></li>',
+        },
+        {
+          name  => 'launchpadbug',
+          match => '<a href=\"(https://bugs\\.launchpad\\.net/[a-zA-Z0-9\\-]+/\\+bug/(\\d+))[^\"]*\">[^<]+</a>',
+          html  => '<a href=\"$1\">$1</a>'
+        },
+        {
+          name  => 'changeid',
+          match => '(I[0-9a-f]{8,40})',
+          link  => '/#/q/$1',
+        },
+        {
+          name  => 'gitsha',
+          match => '(<p>|[\\s(])([0-9a-f]{40})(</p>|[\\s.,;:)])',
+          html  => '$1<a href=\"/#/q/$2\">$2</a>$3',
+        },
+      ],
+      its_plugins                        => [
+        {
+          name     => 'its-storyboard',
+          password => $storyboard_password,
+          url      => 'https://storyboard-dev.openstack.org',
+        },
+      ],
+      its_rules                          => [
+        {
+          name       => 'LOG',
+          action     => 'log-event error',
+        },
+        {
+          name       => 'change_abandoned',
+          event_type => 'change-abandoned',
+          action     => 'set-status TODO',
+        },
+        {
+          name       => 'change_in_progress',
+          event_type => 'patchset-created,change-restored',
+          action     => 'set-status REVIEW',
+        },
+        {
+          name       => 'change_merged',
+          event_type => 'change-merged',
+          action     => 'set-status MERGED',
+        },
+      ],
+      replication                         => [
+        {
+          name                 => 'github',
+          url                  => 'git@github.com:',
+          authGroup            => 'Anonymous Users',
+          replicationDelay     => '1',
+          replicatePermissions => false,
+          mirror               => true,
+        },
+        {
+          name                 => 'local',
+          url                  => 'file:///opt/lib/git/',
+          replicationDelay     => '1',
+          threads              => '4',
+          mirror               => true,
+        },
+        {
+          name                 => 'afs',
+          url                  => 'file:///afs/openstack.org/mirror/git-sandbox/',
+          replicationDelay     => '1',
+          threads              => '4',
+          mirror               => true,
+        },
+      ],
+      require                         => $::project_config::config_dir,
+    }
 
-  gerrit::plugin { 'javamelody': version       => 'v2.13.3.e4233d6' }
-  gerrit::plugin { 'its-storyboard': version   => '805f9ac' }
+    gerrit::plugin { 'javamelody': version       => 'v2.13.3.e4233d6' }
+    gerrit::plugin { 'its-storyboard': version   => '805f9ac' }
 
-  # create a file containing the ssl certificate
-  file { '/home/gerrit2/storyboard-dev.crt':
-    ensure  => present,
-    owner   => 'gerrit2',
-    group   => 'gerrit2',
-    mode    => '0600',
-    content => $storyboard_ssl_cert,
-    replace => true,
-    require => User['gerrit2'],
-  }
 
-  # Import certificate to java to allow gerrit its plugins to POST to storyboard
-  exec { 'import-java-certs':
-    user        => 'root',
-    command     => "keytool -import -alias storyboard-dev.openstack.org -keystore $java_home/lib/security/cacerts -file /home/gerrit2/storyboard-dev.crt -storepass changeit -noprompt",
-    unless      => "keytool -list -alias storyboard-dev.openstack.org -storepass changeit -keystore $java_home/lib/security/cacerts  >/dev/null 2>&1",
-    path        => '/bin:/usr/bin',
-    require     => [
-      Package[$jre_package],
-      File['/home/gerrit2/storyboard-dev.crt'],
-    ],
+    # create a file containing the ssl certificate
+    file { '/home/gerrit2/storyboard-dev.crt':
+      ensure  => present,
+      owner   => 'gerrit2',
+      group   => 'gerrit2',
+      mode    => '0600',
+      content => $storyboard_ssl_cert,
+      replace => true,
+      require => User['gerrit2'],
+    }
+
+    # Import certificate to java to allow gerrit its plugins to POST to storyboard
+    exec { 'import-java-certs':
+      user        => 'root',
+      command     => "keytool -import -alias storyboard-dev.openstack.org -keystore $java_home/lib/security/cacerts -file /home/gerrit2/storyboard-dev.crt -storepass changeit -noprompt",
+      unless      => "keytool -list -alias storyboard-dev.openstack.org -storepass changeit -keystore $java_home/lib/security/cacerts  >/dev/null 2>&1",
+      path        => '/bin:/usr/bin',
+      require     => [
+        Package[$jre_package],
+        File['/home/gerrit2/storyboard-dev.crt'],
+      ],
+    }
+  } else {
+    # Only create gerrit user / group so we can bring a server online.
+    include ::gerrit::user
   }
 
   package { 'python-launchpadlib':