diff --git a/playbooks/ceph-install.yml b/playbooks/ceph-install.yml
index d7d0e61d40..7040cd1a7c 100644
--- a/playbooks/ceph-install.yml
+++ b/playbooks/ceph-install.yml
@@ -25,9 +25,7 @@
             dest: "/var/log/ceph"
     - include: common-tasks/os-lxc-container-setup.yml
       vars:
-        list_of_bind_mounts:
-          - bind_dir_path: "/var/lib/ceph"
-            mount_path: "/openstack/{{ inventory_hostname }}"
+        list_of_bind_mounts: "{{ ceph_container_bind_mounts }}"
     - include: common-tasks/package-cache-proxy.yml
   roles:
     - role: "ceph-mon"
diff --git a/playbooks/inventory/group_vars/ceph_all.yml b/playbooks/inventory/group_vars/ceph_all.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6c1cbb4815
--- /dev/null
+++ b/playbooks/inventory/group_vars/ceph_all.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+---
+# Copyright 2017, Ravi Kumar Boyapati <rboyapat@gmail.com>
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+# ceph default list of bind mounts
+ceph_container_bind_mounts:
+  - bind_dir_path: "/var/lib/ceph"
+    mount_path: "/openstack/{{ inventory_hostname }}"