diff --git a/.zuul.yaml b/.zuul.yaml
index 6820c71..b3580ad 100644
--- a/.zuul.yaml
+++ b/.zuul.yaml
@@ -110,20 +110,34 @@
     parent: tempest-multinode-full-py3
     description: |
       Integration tests that runs the ceph device plugin across multiple
+<<<<<<< HEAD   (2d61c3 [Partial Backport] Revert "Temporary pin the ceph jobs nodes)
       nodes on py3.
     # TODO: Remove the nodeset pinning to focal once below bug is fixed
     # https://bugs.launchpad.net/devstack-plugin-ceph/+bug/1996628
     nodeset: openstack-two-node-focal
+=======
+      nodes on py3. The Ceph deployment strategy used by this job is Cephadm.
+>>>>>>> CHANGE (b663a9 Remote Ceph with cephadm)
     required-projects:
       - openstack/cinder-tempest-plugin
       - openstack/devstack-plugin-ceph
     timeout: 10800
-    voting: false
     vars:
+      configure_swap_size: 8192
+      tempest_concurrency: 3
       devstack_localrc:
         ENABLE_FILE_INJECTION: false
         ENABLE_VOLUME_MULTIATTACH: true
+<<<<<<< HEAD   (2d61c3 [Partial Backport] Revert "Temporary pin the ceph jobs nodes)
         TEMPEST_RUN_VALIDATION: false
+=======
+        TEMPEST_RUN_VALIDATION: true
+        USE_BLOCK_MIGRATION_FOR_LIVE_MIGRATION: false
+        CEPHADM_DEPLOY: True
+        DISABLE_CEPHADM_POST_DEPLOY: True
+        MYSQL_REDUCE_MEMORY: True
+        REMOTE_CEPH: False
+>>>>>>> CHANGE (b663a9 Remote Ceph with cephadm)
         CINDER_CEPH_UUID: d531d2d4-3937-429c-b0c2-658fe41e82aa
       devstack_plugins:
         devstack-plugin-ceph: https://opendev.org/openstack/devstack-plugin-ceph
@@ -139,7 +153,8 @@
     group-vars:
       subnode:
         devstack_localrc:
-          REMOTE_CEPH: true
+          REMOTE_CEPH: True
+          CEPHADM_DEPLOY: True
           CINDER_CEPH_UUID: d531d2d4-3937-429c-b0c2-658fe41e82aa
 
 - job:
@@ -153,19 +168,6 @@
       devstack_localrc:
         TEST_MASTER: true
 
-- job:
-    name: devstack-plugin-ceph-multinode-tempest-cephadm
-    parent: devstack-plugin-ceph-multinode-tempest-py3
-    description: |
-      Integration tests that runs the ceph device plugin across multiple
-      nodes on py3.
-      The ceph deployment strategy used by this job is cephadm.
-    vars:
-      devstack_localrc:
-        USE_BLOCK_MIGRATION_FOR_LIVE_MIGRATION: false
-        CEPHADM_DEPLOY: true
-      tempest_concurrency: 1
-
 - project-template:
     name: devstack-plugin-ceph-tempest-jobs
     description: |
@@ -176,9 +178,11 @@
             voting: false
         - devstack-plugin-ceph-tempest-cephadm:
             voting: false
+        - devstack-plugin-ceph-multinode-tempest-py3
         - devstack-plugin-ceph-cephfs-native:
             irrelevant-files: *irrelevant-files
             voting: false
+<<<<<<< HEAD   (2d61c3 [Partial Backport] Revert "Temporary pin the ceph jobs nodes)
         # - devstack-plugin-ceph-cephfs-nfs:
         #     irrelevant-files: *irrelevant-files
         #     voting: false
@@ -186,6 +190,11 @@
         # - devstack-plugin-ceph-multinode-tempest-py3
         # - devstack-plugin-ceph-multinode-tempest-cephadm:
         #     voting: false
+=======
+        - devstack-plugin-ceph-cephfs-nfs:
+            irrelevant-files: *irrelevant-files
+            voting: false
+>>>>>>> CHANGE (b663a9 Remote Ceph with cephadm)
         # - devstack-plugin-ceph-master-tempest:
         #     voting: false
     # gate:
diff --git a/devstack/files/debs/devstack-plugin-ceph b/devstack/files/debs/devstack-plugin-ceph
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e25e5b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devstack/files/debs/devstack-plugin-ceph
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+<<<<<<< HEAD   (2d61c3 [Partial Backport] Revert "Temporary pin the ceph jobs nodes)
+=======
+xfsprogs
+qemu-block-extra
+catatonit
+podman
+jq
+ceph-common
+>>>>>>> CHANGE (b663a9 Remote Ceph with cephadm)
diff --git a/devstack/files/rpms/devstack-plugin-ceph b/devstack/files/rpms/devstack-plugin-ceph
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..48a11be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devstack/files/rpms/devstack-plugin-ceph
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<<<<<<< HEAD   (2d61c3 [Partial Backport] Revert "Temporary pin the ceph jobs nodes)
+=======
+xfsprogs
+dbus-tools
+podman
+jq
+ceph-common
+>>>>>>> CHANGE (b663a9 Remote Ceph with cephadm)
diff --git a/devstack/lib/cephadm b/devstack/lib/cephadm
index 8b5e685..cd2cd2c 100755
--- a/devstack/lib/cephadm
+++ b/devstack/lib/cephadm
@@ -31,7 +31,11 @@ DISABLE_CEPHADM_POST_DEPLOY=${DISABLE_CEPHADM_POST_DEPLOY:-False}
 ATTEMPTS=30
 CONTAINER_IMAGE=${CONTAINER_IMAGE:-'quay.io/ceph/ceph:v17.2.3'}
 DEVICES=()
-FSID=$(uuidgen)
+if [[ "$REMOTE_CEPH" = "False" ]]; then
+    FSID=$(uuidgen)
+else
+    FSID=$(cat $CEPH_CONFIG | grep fsid | awk 'BEGIN { RS = "fsid = "} ; { print $0 }' - )
+fi
 KEY_EXPORT_DIR="/etc/ceph"
 KEYS=("client.openstack") # at least the client.openstack default key should be created
 MIN_OSDS=1
@@ -117,28 +121,11 @@ function export_spec {
     echo "Ceph cluster config exported: $EXPORT"
 }
 
-# Pre-install ceph: install podman
-function _install_podman {
-    # FIXME(vkmc) Check required for Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (current CI node)
-    # Remove when our CI is pushed to the next LTS version
-    if ! command -v podman &> /dev/null; then
-        if [[ $os_CODENAME =~ (focal) ]]; then
-            echo "deb https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/kubic:/libcontainers:/stable/xUbuntu_20.04/ /" \
-                | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/devel:kubic:libcontainers:stable.list
-            curl -L "https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/kubic:/libcontainers:/stable/xUbuntu_20.04/Release.key" \
-                | sudo apt-key add -
-            sudo apt-get update
-            sudo apt-get -y upgrade
-        fi
-        install_package podman
-    fi
-}
-
 # Pre-install ceph: install required dependencies
 function install_deps {
-    install_package jq ceph-common
-    _install_podman
-    install_package python3-cephfs python3-prettytable python3-rados python3-rbd python3-requests
+    if [[ "$REMOTE_CEPH" == "False" ]]; then
+        install_package python3-cephfs python3-prettytable python3-rados python3-rbd python3-requests
+    fi
 }
 
 # Pre-install ceph: get cephadm binary
@@ -176,7 +163,7 @@ EOF
 function start_ceph {
     cluster=$(sudo cephadm ls | jq '.[]' | jq 'select(.name | test("^mon*")).fsid')
     if [ -z "$cluster" ]; then
-    $SUDO $CEPHADM --image "$CONTAINER_IMAGE" \
+        $SUDO "$CEPHADM" --image "$CONTAINER_IMAGE" \
             bootstrap \
             --fsid $FSID \
             --config "$BOOTSTRAP_CONFIG" \
@@ -234,7 +221,7 @@ function add_osds {
     # let's add some osds
     if [ -z "$DEVICES" ]; then
         echo "Using ALL available devices"
-        $SUDO $CEPHADM shell ceph orch apply osd --all-available-devices
+        $SUDO "$CEPHADM" shell ceph orch apply osd --all-available-devices
     else
         for item in "${DEVICES[@]}"; do
             echo "Creating osd $item on node $HOSTNAME"
@@ -244,7 +231,7 @@ function add_osds {
     fi
 
     while [ "$ATTEMPTS" -ne 0 ]; do
-        num_osds=$($SUDO $CEPHADM shell --fsid $FSID --config $CEPH_CONFIG \
+        num_osds=$($SUDO "$CEPHADM" shell --fsid $FSID --config $CEPH_CONFIG \
         --keyring $CEPH_KEYRING -- ceph -s -f json | jq '.osdmap | .num_up_osds')
         if [ "$num_osds" -ge "$MIN_OSDS" ]; then
             break;
@@ -300,6 +287,7 @@ function _create_key {
         --keyring $CEPH_KEYRING -- ceph auth get-or-create "$name" mgr "allow rw" mon "allow r" osd "$osd_caps" \
         -o "$KEY_EXPORT_DIR/ceph.$name.keyring"
 
+
     $SUDO chown ${STACK_USER}:$(id -g -n $whoami) \
         ${CEPH_CONF_DIR}/ceph.$name.keyring
 }
@@ -642,7 +630,6 @@ function configure_ceph {
     if is_ceph_enabled_for_service cinder; then
         POOLS+=($CINDER_CEPH_POOL)
         KEYS+=("client.$CINDER_CEPH_USER")
-        set_min_client_version
     fi
 
     if is_ceph_enabled_for_service c-bak; then
@@ -659,8 +646,10 @@ function configure_ceph {
     [ "$ENABLE_CEPH_RGW" == "True" ] && SERVICES+=('rgw')
 
     enable_services
-    add_pools
-    create_keys
+    if [[ "$REMOTE_CEPH" = "False" ]]; then
+        add_pools
+        create_keys
+    fi
     client_config
     import_libvirt_secret_ceph
 
@@ -677,8 +666,12 @@ function configure_ceph_manila {
 
 function cleanup_ceph {
     # Cleanup the service.
-    stop_ceph
-    delete_osd_dev
+    if [[ "$REMOTE_CEPH" == "True" ]]; then
+        echo "Remote Ceph cluster, skipping stop_ceph and delete_osd_dev"
+    else
+        stop_ceph
+        delete_osd_dev
+    fi
     # purge ceph config file and keys
     $SUDO rm -f ${CEPH_CONF_DIR}/*
     if is_ceph_enabled_for_service nova; then
diff --git a/devstack/override-defaults b/devstack/override-defaults
index 18afcd6..aa80ef1 100644
--- a/devstack/override-defaults
+++ b/devstack/override-defaults
@@ -20,3 +20,4 @@ if [[ $ENABLE_CEPH_CINDER == "True" ]]; then
 fi
 
 CEPHADM_DEPLOY=$(trueorfalse False CEPHADM_DEPLOY)
+REMOTE_CEPH=$(trueorfalse False REMOTE_CEPH)
diff --git a/devstack/plugin.sh b/devstack/plugin.sh
index c6063f1..238e64f 100644
--- a/devstack/plugin.sh
+++ b/devstack/plugin.sh
@@ -40,10 +40,14 @@ elif [[ "$1" == "stack" && "$2" == "pre-install" ]]; then
         fi
     fi
 elif [[ "$1" == "stack" && "$2" == "install" ]]; then
-    if [[ "$CEPHADM_DEPLOY" = "True" ]]; then
+    if [[ "$CEPHADM_DEPLOY" = "True" && "$REMOTE_CEPH" = "False" ]]; then
         # Perform installation of service source
         echo_summary "[cephadm] Installing ceph"
         install_ceph
+        set_min_client_version
+    elif [[ "$CEPHADM_DEPLOY" = "True" && "$REMOTE_CEPH" = "True" ]]; then
+        echo "[CEPHADM] Remote Ceph: Skipping install"
+        get_cephadm
     else
         # FIXME(melwitt): This is a hack to get around a namespacing issue with
         # Paste and PasteDeploy. For stable/queens, we use the Pike UCA packages