diff --git a/ansible/cluster.yml b/ansible/cluster.yml
index 9664bf9e22996377bec93b4d4eb4155830a1d0d7..0344187c415821f1fd068738c16e29b185d02ab8 100644
--- a/ansible/cluster.yml
+++ b/ansible/cluster.yml
@@ -14,3 +14,5 @@
     - { name: 'rewrite_map', tags: 'rewrite_map', when: enable_rewrite_map }
     - { name: 'fail2ban', tags: 'fail2ban', when: enable_fail2ban }
     - { name: 'install_node_exporter', tags: 'install_node_exporter', when: enable_node_exporter }
+    - { name: 'ood_config', tags: 'ood_config', when: ood_config }
+
diff --git a/ansible/group_vars/all b/ansible/group_vars/all
index 89b2168e3677fcedcd4161ac234948f55416cb01..fe4a0d978d039792996fc6085f5e7005172a1558 100644
--- a/ansible/group_vars/all
+++ b/ansible/group_vars/all
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@
   node_exporter_port: 9100
 
 # ood_config
+  ood_config: false 
   ood_internal_ip: 10.141.0.133
   ood_hostname: ood-gpfs5-01
   ood_domain: https://rc.uab.edu