diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 78a14d7736a1e26f0bb14b5d1528723797d3b159..8dc056d3ec08c84cd6ebf70a17a6f7c526a882eb 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ variables:
   OS_AUTH_URL: "https://keystone.cloud.rc.uab.edu:5000/v3"
   TF_ROOT: ${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/
   TF_VAR_internal_network: "xdmod-packer-clusternet"
-  TF_VAR_external_network: "xdmod-packer-dmz"
+  TF_VAR_external_network: "xdmod-packer-dmznet"
+  TF_VAR_flavor: "m1.medium"
   GIT_SUBMODULE_STRATEGY: "recursive"
   GIT_SUBMODULE_UPDATE_FLAGS: "--force"
 
@@ -45,13 +46,11 @@ tf-apply:
   tags: [build]
   script:
     - export BUILD_DATE=$(TZ=America/Chicago date +%Y%m%d%H%M%S)
-    - export TF_VAR_internal_network="tf-clusternet-$BUILD_DATE"
-    - export TF_VAR_external_network="tf-dmznet-$BUILD_DATE"
-    - export TF_VAR_keypair_name="os-gen-keypair-$BUILD_DATE"
     - XDMOD_IMAGES=($(openstack image list --sort-column Name --sort-descending -f value -c Name -c ID | grep -P ' xdmod-\d{14}$' | awk '{print $2}'))
     - export TF_VAR_image_ohpc="${XDMOD_IMAGES[0]}"
   #  - export TF_VAR_image_ohpc="xdmod-20230629191611"
     - echo $TF_VAR_image_ohpc
+    - export TF_VAR_keypair_name="os-gen-keypair-$BUILD_DATE"
     - terraform apply -auto-approve || terraform destroy -auto-approve 
 
 clean-up:
diff --git a/main.tf b/main.tf
index 4c450c8048c5cb501a80603d4990b1fe941730b1..4f7148279d22f2a84de66838235906f412e3b69d 100644
--- a/main.tf
+++ b/main.tf
@@ -14,37 +14,6 @@ provider "openstack" {
     }
 }
 
-# runs the external-network module
-module "dmz-network" {
-    source = "./external-network"
-    # Default name var is in the module main file
-    name = var.external_network
-    admin_state_up = var.admin_state_up
-    enable_dhcp = var.enable_dhcp
-    public_network_name = var.public_network_name
-}
-# calls the outputs defined in the external-network module
-output "external_network_id" {
-    value = module.dmz-network.id
-}
-
-output "router_id" {
-    value = module.dmz-network.router_id
-}
-
-# runs the internal-network module
-module "cluster-network" {
-    source = "./internal-network"
-    # Default name var is in the module main file
-    name = var.internal_network
-    admin_state_up = var.admin_state_up
-    enable_dhcp = var.enable_dhcp
-}
-# calls the outputs defined in the internal-network module
-output "internal_network_id" {
-    value = module.cluster-network.id
-}
-
 # runs the floating-ip module - uses public network name defined above
 module "floating-ip-address" {
     source = "./floating-ip"
@@ -72,17 +41,19 @@ output "keypair_name" {
     value = module.import-keypair.keypair_name
 }
 
+data "openstack_networking_network_v2" "external_net" {name = var.external_network}
+data "openstack_networking_network_v2" "internal_net" {name = var.internal_network}
+
 # runs the ohpc-instance module - creates ohpc instance using variables defined above
 # calls functions from dmz-network, import-keypair, and floating-ip-address modules to get values created there for use
 module "create-ohpc-instance" {
-    external_subnet_id = module.dmz-network.external_subnet_id
     source = "./ohpc-instance"
     ohpc_instance_name = var.ohpc_instance_name
     image_ohpc = var.image_ohpc
     flavor = var.flavor
     key_pair = module.import-keypair.keypair_name
-    external_network = module.dmz-network.id
-    internal_network = module.cluster-network.id
+    external_network = data.openstack_networking_network_v2.external_net.id
+    internal_network = data.openstack_networking_network_v2.internal_net.id
     internal_ip = var.ohpc_private_ip
     floating_ip_ohpc = module.floating-ip-address.ohpc_address
     ohpc_user =  var.ohpc_user
@@ -109,13 +80,12 @@ module "create-ohpc-instance" {
 # runs the nodes module - creates nodes using variables defined above
 # calls functions from cluster-network and import-keypair modules to get values created there for use
 module "nodes" {
-    internal_subnet_id = module.cluster-network.internal_subnet_id
     source = "./nodes"
     image_compute = var.image_compute
     flavor = var.flavor
     key_pair = module.import-keypair.keypair_name
     compute_node_count = var.compute_node_count
-    internal_network = module.cluster-network.id
+    internal_network = data.openstack_networking_network_v2.internal_net.id
 }
 
 # calls the outputs defined in the ohpc-instance module
diff --git a/nodes/main.tf b/nodes/main.tf
index 03f1d5934eea5b86c0ec7fc3f3fb6a1f74a18df0..4d7326df068248fa991ac5e5eae70c2258d790c7 100644
--- a/nodes/main.tf
+++ b/nodes/main.tf
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-# is created in internal-network module and called in root module
-variable "internal_subnet_id" {type = string}
-
 variable "image_compute" {}
 variable "flavor" {}
 
@@ -34,7 +31,6 @@ data "openstack_images_image_v2" "compute" {
 
 # creates compute node
 resource "openstack_compute_instance_v2" "compute" {
-  depends_on      = [var.internal_subnet_id]
   name            = "c${count.index}"
   image_id        = data.openstack_images_image_v2.compute.id
   flavor_name     = var.flavor
diff --git a/ohpc-instance/main.tf b/ohpc-instance/main.tf
index 3d89dcc3772f6f41c9ef47614050877646b7ab84..013957f9d7c0e35f8e33b6881da50bd537aade11 100644
--- a/ohpc-instance/main.tf
+++ b/ohpc-instance/main.tf
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ required_version = ">= 0.14.0"
   }
 }
 
-variable "external_subnet_id" {type = string}
 
 variable "ohpc_instance_name" {}
 variable "image_ohpc" {}
@@ -31,7 +30,6 @@ variable "ssh_private_key" {}
 
 # creates details for the OHPC instance
 resource "openstack_compute_instance_v2" "ohpc" {
-  depends_on      = [var.external_subnet_id]
   name            = var.ohpc_instance_name
   image_name      = var.image_ohpc
   flavor_name     = var.flavor