diff --git a/ansible/roles/trove/defaults/main.yml b/ansible/roles/trove/defaults/main.yml
index 8d96aed43fbab826060df3843148710768db1b37..24e6887a9af200373961b266b23d02da8448ccfd 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/trove/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/trove/defaults/main.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,39 @@
 ---
 project_name: "trove"
 
+trove_services:
+  trove-api:
+    container_name: trove_api
+    group: trove-api
+    enabled: true
+    image: "{{ trove_api_image_full }}"
+    volumes:
+      - "{{ node_config_directory }}/trove-api/:{{ container_config_directory }}/:ro"
+      - "/etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro"
+      - "kolla_logs:/var/log/kolla/"
+      - "trove:/var/lib/trove/"
+  trove-conductor:
+    container_name: trove_conductor
+    group: trove-conductor
+    enabled: true
+    image: "{{ trove_conductor_image_full }}"
+    volumes:
+      - "{{ node_config_directory }}/trove-conductor/:{{ container_config_directory }}/:ro"
+      - "/etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro"
+      - "kolla_logs:/var/log/kolla/"
+      - "trove:/var/lib/trove/"
+  trove-taskmanager:
+    container_name: trove_taskmanager
+    group: trove-taskmanager
+    enabled: true
+    image: "{{ trove_taskmanager_image_full }}"
+    volumes:
+      - "{{ node_config_directory }}/trove-taskmanager/:{{ container_config_directory }}/:ro"
+      - "/etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro"
+      - "kolla_logs:/var/log/kolla/"
+      - "trove:/var/lib/trove/"
+
+
 ####################
 # Database
 ####################
diff --git a/ansible/roles/trove/handlers/main.yml b/ansible/roles/trove/handlers/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..ca6ff603102fff3156ae96feea8868a662691bb2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ansible/roles/trove/handlers/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+---
+- name: Restart trove-api container
+  vars:
+    service_name: "trove-api"
+    service: "{{ trove_services[service_name] }}"
+    config_json: "{{ trove_config_jsons.results|selectattr('item.key', 'equalto', service_name)|first }}"
+    trove_conf: "{{ trove_confs.results|selectattr('item.key', 'equalto', service_name)|first }}"
+    trove_api_container: "{{ check_trove_containers.results|selectattr('item.key', 'equalto', service_name)|first }}"
+  kolla_docker:
+    action: "recreate_or_restart_container"
+    common_options: "{{ docker_common_options }}"
+    name: "{{ service.container_name }}"
+    image: "{{ service.image }}"
+    volumes: "{{ service.volumes }}"
+  when:
+    - action != "config"
+    - inventory_hostname in groups[service.group]
+    - service.enabled | bool
+    - config_json.changed | bool
+      or trove_conf.changed | bool
+      or trove_api_container.changed | bool
+
+- name: Restart trove-conductor container
+  vars:
+    service_name: "trove-conductor"
+    service: "{{ trove_services[service_name] }}"
+    config_json: "{{ trove_config_jsons.results|selectattr('item.key', 'equalto', service_name)|first }}"
+    conf_file: "{{ trove_conf_file.results|selectattr('item.key', 'equalto', service_name)|first }}"
+    trove_conf: "{{ trove_confs.results|selectattr('item.key', 'equalto', service_name)|first }}"
+    trove_conductor_container: "{{ check_trove_containers.results|selectattr('item.key', 'equalto', service_name)|first }}"
+  kolla_docker:
+    action: "recreate_or_restart_container"
+    common_options: "{{ docker_common_options }}"
+    name: "{{ service.container_name }}"
+    image: "{{ service.image }}"
+    volumes: "{{ service.volumes }}"
+  when:
+    - action != "config"
+    - inventory_hostname in groups[service.group]
+    - service.enabled | bool
+    - config_json.changed | bool
+      or conf_file.changed | bool
+      or trove_conf.changed | bool
+      or trove_conductor_container.changed | bool
+
+- name: Restart trove-taskmanager container
+  vars:
+    service_name: "trove-taskmanager"
+    service: "{{ trove_services[service_name] }}"
+    config_json: "{{ trove_config_jsons.results|selectattr('item.key', 'equalto', service_name)|first }}"
+    conf_file: "{{ trove_conf_file.results|selectattr('item.key', 'equalto', service_name)|first }}"
+    trove_conf: "{{ trove_confs.results|selectattr('item.key', 'equalto', service_name)|first }}"
+    trove_taskmanager_container: "{{ check_trove_containers.results|selectattr('item.key', 'equalto', service_name)|first }}"
+  kolla_docker:
+    action: "recreate_or_restart_container"
+    common_options: "{{ docker_common_options }}"
+    name: "{{ service.container_name }}"
+    image: "{{ service.image }}"
+    volumes: "{{ service.volumes }}"
+  when:
+    - action != "config"
+    - inventory_hostname in groups[service.group]
+    - service.enabled | bool
+    - config_json.changed | bool
+      or conf_file.changed | bool
+      or trove_conf.changed | bool
+      or trove_taskmanager_container.changed | bool
diff --git a/ansible/roles/trove/tasks/bootstrap_service.yml b/ansible/roles/trove/tasks/bootstrap_service.yml
index 9136554fc276da18a455a791a90c794b98168131..786bb737248f4e034295de4b44fa15d2c62f3010 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/trove/tasks/bootstrap_service.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/trove/tasks/bootstrap_service.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 ---
 - name: Running trove bootstrap container
+  vars:
+    trove_api: "{{ trove_services['trove-api'] }}"
   kolla_docker:
     action: "start_container"
     common_options: "{{ docker_common_options }}"
@@ -7,15 +9,11 @@
     environment:
       KOLLA_BOOTSTRAP:
       KOLLA_CONFIG_STRATEGY: "{{ config_strategy }}"
-    image: "{{ trove_api_image_full }}"
+    image: "{{ trove_api.image }}"
     labels:
       BOOTSTRAP:
     name: "bootstrap_trove"
     restart_policy: "never"
-    volumes:
-      - "{{ node_config_directory }}/trove-api/:{{ container_config_directory }}/:ro"
-      - "/etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro"
-      - "kolla_logs:/var/log/kolla/"
-      - "trove:/var/lib/trove/"
+    volumes: "{{ trove_api.volumes }}"
   run_once: True
-  delegate_to: "{{ groups['trove-api'][0] }}"
+  delegate_to: "{{ groups[trove_api.group][0] }}"
diff --git a/ansible/roles/trove/tasks/config.yml b/ansible/roles/trove/tasks/config.yml
index b2481a0fdcfb27b27ee811d3bbf7b7657d53cf93..5359b5ff48b1e1ab4e1ae6f1ebb30fa4757fcbb7 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/trove/tasks/config.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/trove/tasks/config.yml
@@ -1,45 +1,73 @@
 ---
 - name: Ensuring config directories exist
   file:
-    path: "{{ node_config_directory }}/{{ item }}"
+    path: "{{ node_config_directory }}/{{ item.key }}"
     state: "directory"
     recurse: yes
-  with_items:
-    - "trove-conductor"
-    - "trove-api"
-    - "trove-taskmanager"
+  when:
+    - inventory_hostname in groups[item.value.group]
+    - item.value.enabled | bool
+  with_dict: "{{ trove_services }}"
 
 - name: Copying over config.json files for services
   template:
-    src: "{{ item }}.json.j2"
-    dest: "{{ node_config_directory }}/{{ item }}/config.json"
-  with_items:
-    - "trove-conductor"
-    - "trove-api"
-    - "trove-taskmanager"
+    src: "{{ item.key }}.json.j2"
+    dest: "{{ node_config_directory }}/{{ item.key }}/config.json"
+  register: trove_config_jsons
+  when:
+    - inventory_hostname in groups[item.value.group]
+    - item.value.enabled | bool
+  with_dict: "{{ trove_services }}"
+  notify:
+    - "Restart {{ item.key }} container"
 
 - name: Copying over trove conf files
   template:
-    src: "{{ item }}.conf.j2"
-    dest: "{{ node_config_directory }}/{{ item }}/{{ item }}.conf"
-  with_items:
-    - "trove-conductor"
-    - "trove-taskmanager"
+    src: "{{ item.key }}.conf.j2"
+    dest: "{{ node_config_directory }}/{{ item.key }}/{{ item.key }}.conf"
+  register: trove_conf_file
+  when:
+    - item.key in [ "trove-conductor", "trove-taskmanager" ]
+    - inventory_hostname in groups[item.value.group]
+    - item.value.enabled | bool
+  with_dict: "{{ trove_services }}"
+  notify:
+    - Restart trove-conductor container
+    - Restart trove-taskmanager container
 
 - name: Copying over trove.conf
   merge_configs:
     vars:
-      service_name: "{{ item }}"
+      service_name: "{{ item.key }}"
     sources:
       - "{{ role_path }}/templates/trove.conf.j2"
       - "{{ node_custom_config }}/global.conf"
       - "{{ node_custom_config }}/database.conf"
       - "{{ node_custom_config }}/messaging.conf"
       - "{{ node_custom_config }}/trove.conf"
-      - "{{ node_custom_config }}/trove/{{ item }}.conf"
+      - "{{ node_custom_config }}/trove/{{ item.key }}.conf"
       - "{{ node_custom_config }}/trove/{{ inventory_hostname }}/trove.conf"
-    dest: "{{ node_config_directory }}/{{ item }}/trove.conf"
-  with_items:
-    - "trove-conductor"
-    - "trove-api"
-    - "trove-taskmanager"
+    dest: "{{ node_config_directory }}/{{ item.key }}/trove.conf"
+  register: trove_confs
+  when:
+    - inventory_hostname in groups[item.value.group]
+    - item.value.enabled | bool
+  with_dict: "{{ trove_services }}"
+  notify:
+    - "Restart {{ item.key }} container"
+
+- name: Check trove containers
+  kolla_docker:
+    action: "compare_container"
+    common_options: "{{ docker_common_options }}"
+    name: "{{ item.value.container_name }}"
+    image: "{{ item.value.image }}"
+    volumes: "{{ item.value.volumes }}"
+  register: check_trove_containers
+  when:
+    - action != "config"
+    - inventory_hostname in groups[item.value.group]
+    - item.value.enabled | bool
+  with_dict: "{{ trove_services }}"
+  notify:
+    - "Restart {{ item.key }} container"
diff --git a/ansible/roles/trove/tasks/deploy.yml b/ansible/roles/trove/tasks/deploy.yml
index 833d0a36ba96c7d3e484cc0be7f770ec2ce30a18..80a1326be2817e7a3d972e25fc8257ed53a0b1f7 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/trove/tasks/deploy.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/trove/tasks/deploy.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,5 @@
 - include: bootstrap.yml
   when: inventory_hostname in groups['trove-api']
 
-- include: start.yml
-  when: inventory_hostname in groups['trove-api'] or
-        inventory_hostname in groups['trove-conductor'] or
-        inventory_hostname in groups['trove-taskmanager']
+- name: Flush handlers
+  meta: flush_handlers
diff --git a/ansible/roles/trove/tasks/pull.yml b/ansible/roles/trove/tasks/pull.yml
index 9aaf50b0a3933da3f9e7af22e263462e378a545b..84a449f4741b636f6df90b754c176316ea999d54 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/trove/tasks/pull.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/trove/tasks/pull.yml
@@ -1,21 +1,10 @@
 ---
-- name: Pulling trove-api image
+- name: Pulling trove images
   kolla_docker:
     action: "pull_image"
     common_options: "{{ docker_common_options }}"
-    image: "{{ trove_api_image_full }}"
-  when: inventory_hostname in groups['trove-api']
-
-- name: Pulling trove-conductor image
-  kolla_docker:
-    action: "pull_image"
-    common_options: "{{ docker_common_options }}"
-    image: "{{ trove_conductor_image_full }}"
-  when: inventory_hostname in groups['trove-conductor']
-
-- name: Pulling trove-taskmanager image
-  kolla_docker:
-    action: "pull_image"
-    common_options: "{{ docker_common_options }}"
-    image: "{{ trove_taskmanager_image_full }}"
-  when: inventory_hostname in groups['trove-taskmanager']
+    image: "{{ item.value.image }}"
+  when:
+    - inventory_hostname in groups[item.value.group]
+    - item.value.enabled | bool
+  with_dict: "{{ trove_services }}"
diff --git a/ansible/roles/trove/tasks/reconfigure.yml b/ansible/roles/trove/tasks/reconfigure.yml
index 227aff576e72939845f7106718761375b841eea8..e078ef1318f52fd9e74ccb13343015761312ca52 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/trove/tasks/reconfigure.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/trove/tasks/reconfigure.yml
@@ -1,74 +1,2 @@
 ---
-- name: Ensuring the containers up
-  kolla_docker:
-    name: "{{ item.name }}"
-    action: "get_container_state"
-  register: container_state
-  failed_when: container_state.Running == false
-  when: inventory_hostname in groups[item.group]
-  with_items:
-    - { name: trove_api, group: trove-api }
-    - { name: trove_conductor, group: trove-conductor }
-    - { name: trove_taskmanager, group: trove-taskmanager }
-
-- include: config.yml
-
-- name: Check the configs
-  command: docker exec {{ item.name }} /usr/local/bin/kolla_set_configs --check
-  changed_when: false
-  failed_when: false
-  register: check_results
-  when: inventory_hostname in groups[item.group]
-  with_items:
-    - { name: trove_api, group: trove-api }
-    - { name: trove_conductor, group: trove-conductor }
-    - { name: trove_taskmanager, group: trove-taskmanager }
-
-# NOTE(jeffrey4l): when config_strategy == 'COPY_ALWAYS'
-# and container env['KOLLA_CONFIG_STRATEGY'] == 'COPY_ONCE',
-# just remove the container and start again
-- name: Containers config strategy
-  kolla_docker:
-    name: "{{ item.name }}"
-    action: "get_container_env"
-  register: container_envs
-  when: inventory_hostname in groups[item.group]
-  with_items:
-    - { name: trove_api, group: trove-api }
-    - { name: trove_conductor, group: trove-conductor }
-    - { name: trove_taskmanager, group: trove-taskmanager }
-
-- name: Remove the containers
-  kolla_docker:
-    name: "{{ item[0]['name'] }}"
-    action: "remove_container"
-  register: remove_containers
-  when:
-    - inventory_hostname in groups[item[0]['group']]
-    - config_strategy == "COPY_ONCE" or item[1]['KOLLA_CONFIG_STRATEGY'] == 'COPY_ONCE'
-    - item[2]['rc'] == 1
-  with_together:
-    - [{ name: trove_api, group: trove-api },
-       { name: trove_conductor, group: trove-conductor },
-       { name: trove_taskmanager, group: trove-taskmanager }]
-    - "{{ container_envs.results }}"
-    - "{{ check_results.results }}"
-
-- include: start.yml
-  when: remove_containers.changed
-
-- name: Restart containers
-  kolla_docker:
-    name: "{{ item[0]['name'] }}"
-    action: "restart_container"
-  when:
-    - inventory_hostname in groups[item[0]['group']]
-    - config_strategy == 'COPY_ALWAYS'
-    - item[1]['KOLLA_CONFIG_STRATEGY'] != 'COPY_ONCE'
-    - item[2]['rc'] == 1
-  with_together:
-    - [{ name: trove_api, group: trove-api },
-       { name: trove_conductor, group: trove-conductor },
-       { name: trove_taskmanager, group: trove-taskmanager }]
-    - "{{ container_envs.results }}"
-    - "{{ check_results.results }}"
+- include: deploy.yml
diff --git a/ansible/roles/trove/tasks/start.yml b/ansible/roles/trove/tasks/start.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 34a767a40d57894070949814e93e16d0c9d8c065..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/ansible/roles/trove/tasks/start.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
----
-- name: Starting trove-api container
-  kolla_docker:
-    action: "start_container"
-    common_options: "{{ docker_common_options }}"
-    image: "{{ trove_api_image_full }}"
-    name: "trove_api"
-    volumes:
-      - "{{ node_config_directory }}/trove-api/:{{ container_config_directory }}/:ro"
-      - "/etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro"
-      - "kolla_logs:/var/log/kolla/"
-  when: inventory_hostname in groups['trove-api']
-
-- name: Starting trove-conductor container
-  kolla_docker:
-    action: "start_container"
-    common_options: "{{ docker_common_options }}"
-    image: "{{ trove_conductor_image_full }}"
-    name: "trove_conductor"
-    volumes:
-      - "{{ node_config_directory }}/trove-conductor/:{{ container_config_directory }}/:ro"
-      - "/etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro"
-      - "kolla_logs:/var/log/kolla/"
-      - "trove:/var/lib/trove/"
-  when: inventory_hostname in groups['trove-conductor']
-
-- name: Starting trove-taskmanager container
-  kolla_docker:
-    action: "start_container"
-    common_options: "{{ docker_common_options }}"
-    image: "{{ trove_taskmanager_image_full }}"
-    name: "trove_taskmanager"
-    volumes:
-      - "{{ node_config_directory }}/trove-taskmanager/:{{ container_config_directory }}/:ro"
-      - "/etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro"
-      - "kolla_logs:/var/log/kolla/"
-      - "trove:/var/lib/trove/"
-  when: inventory_hostname in groups['trove-taskmanager']
diff --git a/ansible/roles/trove/tasks/upgrade.yml b/ansible/roles/trove/tasks/upgrade.yml
index 308053080c0ccc6af9fe340dbb86eceef5f49074..c38db1adf4b3fb3aebd798df843ba45d1603209f 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/trove/tasks/upgrade.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/trove/tasks/upgrade.yml
@@ -3,4 +3,5 @@
 
 - include: bootstrap_service.yml
 
-- include: start.yml
+- name: Flush handlers
+  meta: flush_handlers