diff --git a/playbookconfig/src/playbooks/roles/backup/backup-system/tasks/main.yml b/playbookconfig/src/playbooks/roles/backup/backup-system/tasks/main.yml
index ffa86fc38..9fddef8ec 100644
--- a/playbookconfig/src/playbooks/roles/backup/backup-system/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/playbookconfig/src/playbooks/roles/backup/backup-system/tasks/main.yml
@@ -326,8 +326,13 @@
       set_fact:
         ldap_db_backup: "{{ ldap_dir.path }}/ldap.db"
 
-    - name: Backup ldap db
+    - name: Backup LDAP DB on CentOS
       command: "slapcat -d 0 -F /etc/openldap/schema -l {{ ldap_db_backup }}"
+      when: os_release == "centos"
+
+    - name: Backup LDAP DB on Debian
+      command: "slapcat -d 0 -F /etc/ldap/schema -l {{ ldap_db_backup }}"
+      when: os_release == "debian"
 
     - block:
       - name: Create ceph temp dir
diff --git a/playbookconfig/src/playbooks/roles/bootstrap/prepare-env/tasks/main.yml b/playbookconfig/src/playbooks/roles/bootstrap/prepare-env/tasks/main.yml
index 26fb26fb2..01db40738 100644
--- a/playbookconfig/src/playbooks/roles/bootstrap/prepare-env/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/playbookconfig/src/playbooks/roles/bootstrap/prepare-env/tasks/main.yml
@@ -9,17 +9,6 @@
 #   the next step.
 #
 
-# Check for Host OS release
-- name: Gather Host OS release
-  raw: "grep '^NAME=' /etc/os-release | sed s'/NAME=//'"
-  register: distro
-  changed_when: false
-
-- name: Set OS Release to Debian
-  set_fact:
-    os_release: "debian"
-  when: "'Debian' in distro.stdout"
-
 - name: Set package lookup command
   set_fact:
     pkg_lookup_cmd: "{{ 'rpm -q' if os_release == 'centos' else 'dpkg -l' }}"
diff --git a/playbookconfig/src/playbooks/roles/bootstrap/prepare-env/vars/main.yml b/playbookconfig/src/playbooks/roles/bootstrap/prepare-env/vars/main.yml
index b5be6ae03..b492418b9 100644
--- a/playbookconfig/src/playbooks/roles/bootstrap/prepare-env/vars/main.yml
+++ b/playbookconfig/src/playbooks/roles/bootstrap/prepare-env/vars/main.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ standard_root_disk_size: 500
 temp_ssl_ca_dir: "/tmp"
 temp_ssl_ca_file: "ca-cert.pem"
 temp_k8s_plugins_dir: "/tmp"
-os_release: "centos"
 
 # KUBERNETES PARAMETERS
 # =====================
diff --git a/playbookconfig/src/playbooks/roles/common/prepare-env/tasks/main.yml b/playbookconfig/src/playbooks/roles/common/prepare-env/tasks/main.yml
index c5d8f6c10..e3e652ca4 100644
--- a/playbookconfig/src/playbooks/roles/common/prepare-env/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/playbookconfig/src/playbooks/roles/common/prepare-env/tasks/main.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,22 @@
 #   This role is to perform tasks that are common to the playbooks.
 #
 
+# Check for Host OS release
+- name: Gather Host OS release
+  raw: "grep '^NAME=' /etc/os-release | sed s'/NAME=//'"
+  register: distro
+  changed_when: false
+
+- name: Set OS Release to Debian
+  set_fact:
+    os_release: "debian"
+  when: "'Debian' in distro.stdout"
+
+- name: Set OS Release to Centos
+  set_fact:
+    os_release: "centos"
+  when: "'Debian' not in distro.stdout"
+
 # Include user override files for a play
 - stat:
     path: "{{ item }}"