diff --git a/ansible/bootstrap.yml b/ansible/bootstrap.yml
index 976a68b5acce35e857444c25022c3000c3cab6a2..9a1f7cea85be2fcee887e59ed697d522ef65a705 100644
--- a/ansible/bootstrap.yml
+++ b/ansible/bootstrap.yml
@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@
           name: local-flux
         tags: ['flux']
         when: local_flux
+      - import_role:
+          name: additional_config
+        tags: ['additional']
     always:
       - import_role:
           name: finalize
diff --git a/ansible/roles/additional_config/README.md b/ansible/roles/additional_config/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..abbef3b627044555998867b1d2ba2502fea23a51
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ansible/roles/additional_config/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+This role configures the cluster after app installation has started via
+flux.
+All resources that are not needed for flux should go here, so we save time by
+starting the flux install process early in the background.
diff --git a/ansible/roles/configure/files/etc/logrotate.d/OpenAppStack b/ansible/roles/additional_config/files/etc/logrotate.d/OpenAppStack
similarity index 100%
rename from ansible/roles/configure/files/etc/logrotate.d/OpenAppStack
rename to ansible/roles/additional_config/files/etc/logrotate.d/OpenAppStack
diff --git a/ansible/roles/additional_config/tasks/logging.yml b/ansible/roles/additional_config/tasks/logging.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..1be970769b00d9c938b1927be0b78e100f45c2f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ansible/roles/additional_config/tasks/logging.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+- name: Logrotate config for OAS logs
+  copy:
+    src: etc/logrotate.d/OpenAppStack
+    dest: /etc/logrotate.d/
+    mode: '0644'
diff --git a/ansible/roles/additional_config/tasks/main.yml b/ansible/roles/additional_config/tasks/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..c30f104e8305ab4a155233bb0e02bbc127cab886
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ansible/roles/additional_config/tasks/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+---
+- import_tasks: logging.yml
diff --git a/ansible/roles/configure/tasks/main.yml b/ansible/roles/configure/tasks/main.yml
index dd6a34f99d52cdd1070309ef2cfd174ad7268b44..fdffbb49562fffa05b849e34d14bc0f0c731f1b6 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/configure/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/configure/tasks/main.yml
@@ -31,12 +31,6 @@
     - python3-wheel
     - python3-psutil
 
-- name: Logrotate config for OAS logs
-  copy:
-    src: etc/logrotate.d/OpenAppStack
-    dest: /etc/logrotate.d/
-    mode: '0644'
-
 - name: Install python packages via pip3
   tags:
     - package