diff --git a/roles/ceph-common/handlers/main.yml b/roles/ceph-common/handlers/main.yml
index 62422a066..ca7102645 100644
--- a/roles/ceph-common/handlers/main.yml
+++ b/roles/ceph-common/handlers/main.yml
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@
   when:
     socket.rc == 0 and
     ansible_distribution != 'Ubuntu' and
-    mon_group_name in group_names and not
-    is_ceph_infernalis
+    mon_group_name in group_names and
+    is_before_infernalis
 
 - name: restart ceph mons with systemd
   service:
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     socket.rc == 0 and
     ansible_distribution != 'Ubuntu' and
     mon_group_name in group_names and
-    is_ceph_infernalis
+    is_after_hammer
 
 - name: restart ceph mons on ubuntu
   command: initctl restart ceph-mon cluster={{ cluster }} id={{ monitor_name }}
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
     socket.rc == 0 and
     ansible_distribution != 'Ubuntu' and
     osd_group_name in group_names and
-    not is_ceph_infernalis
+    is_before_infernalis
 
 # This does not just restart OSDs but everything else too. Unfortunately
 # at this time the ansible role does not have an OSD id list to use
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
     socket.rc == 0 and
     ansible_distribution != 'Ubuntu' and
     osd_group_name in group_names and
-    is_ceph_infernalis
+    is_after_hammer
 
 - name: restart ceph osds on ubuntu
   shell: |
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@
     socketrgw.rc == 0 and
     ansible_distribution != 'Ubuntu' and
     rgw_group_name in group_names and
-    not is_ceph_infernalis
+    is_before_infernalis
 
 - name: restart ceph rgws on red hat
   command: /etc/init.d/ceph-radosgw restart
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@
     socketrgw.rc == 0 and
     ansible_os_family == 'RedHat' and
     rgw_group_name in group_names and
-    not is_ceph_infernalis
+    is_before_infernalis
 
 - name: restart ceph rgws with systemd
   service:
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@
     socketrgw.rc == 0 and
     ansible_distribution != 'Ubuntu' and
     rgw_group_name in group_names and
-    is_ceph_infernalis
+    is_after_hammer
 
 - name: restart apache2
   service:
diff --git a/roles/ceph-common/tasks/facts.yml b/roles/ceph-common/tasks/facts.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..240305b55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/ceph-common/tasks/facts.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+---
+
+- name: get ceph version
+  command: ceph --version
+  changed_when: false
+  register: ceph_version
+
+- set_fact:
+    ceph_version: "{{ ceph_version.stdout.split(' ')[2] }}"
+
+# NOTE (leseb/jsaintrocc): You are supposed to quote variables
+# that follow colons to avoid confusion with dicts but this
+# causes issues with the boolean, so we keep this syntax styling...
+# is_before facts
+- set_fact:
+    is_before_hammer={{ ceph_version | version_compare('0.94.0', '<') }}
+
+- set_fact:
+    is_before_infernalis={{ ceph_version | version_compare('9.0.0', '<') }}
+
+- set_fact:
+    is_before_jewel={{ ceph_version | version_compare('10.0.0', '<') }}
+
+- set_fact:
+    is_before_kraken={{ ceph_version | version_compare('11.0.0', '<') }}
+
+# is_after facts
+- set_fact:
+    is_after_hammer={{ ceph_version | version_compare('0.95.0', '>') }}
+
+- set_fact:
+    is_after_infernalis={{ ceph_version | version_compare('9.4.0', '>') }}
+
+- set_fact:
+    is_after_jewel={{ ceph_version | version_compare('10.4.0', '>') }}
+
+- set_fact:
+    is_after_kraken={{ ceph_version | version_compare('11.4.0', '>') }}
+
+# is_version facts
+- set_fact:
+    is_hammer={{ ceph_version | version_compare('0.94.0', '>=') | version_compare('9.0.0', '<') }}
+
+- set_fact:
+    is_infernalis={{ ceph_version | version_compare('9.0.0', '>=') and ceph_version | version_compare('10.0.0', '<') }}
+
+- set_fact:
+    is_jewel={{ ceph_version | version_compare('10.0.0', '>=') and ceph_version | version_compare('11.0.0', '<') }}
+
+- set_fact:
+    is_kraken={{ ceph_version | version_compare('11.0.0', '>=')  and ceph_version | version_compare('12.0.0', '<') }}
diff --git a/roles/ceph-common/tasks/main.yml b/roles/ceph-common/tasks/main.yml
index b297c57cb..3513e63ca 100644
--- a/roles/ceph-common/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/ceph-common/tasks/main.yml
@@ -64,95 +64,83 @@
   tags:
     - package-install
 
-- name: get ceph version
-  command: ceph --version
-  changed_when: false
-  register: ceph_version
-
-- set_fact:
-    ceph_version: "{{ ceph_version.stdout.split(' ')[2] }}"
-
-# NOTE (leseb/jsaintrocc): Your supposed to qoute variables
-# that follow colons to avoid confusion with dicts but this
-# causes issues with the boolean, so we keep this syntax styling...
-- set_fact:
-    is_ceph_infernalis={{ ceph_version | version_compare('9.2.0', '>=') }}
+- include: facts.yml
 
 - set_fact:
     dir_owner: ceph
     dir_group: ceph
     dir_mode: "0755"
-  when: is_ceph_infernalis
+  when: is_after_hammer
 
 - set_fact:
     dir_owner: root
     dir_group: root
     dir_mode: "0755"
-  when: not is_ceph_infernalis
+  when: is_before_infernalis
 
 - set_fact:
     key_owner: root
     key_group: root
     key_mode: "0600"
-  when: not is_ceph_infernalis
+  when: is_before_infernalis
 
 - set_fact:
     key_owner: ceph
     key_group: ceph
     key_mode: "0600"
-  when: is_ceph_infernalis
+  when: is_after_hammer
 
 - set_fact:
     activate_file_owner: ceph
     activate_file_group: ceph
     activate_file_mode: "0644"
-  when: is_ceph_infernalis
+  when: is_after_hammer
 
 - set_fact:
     activate_file_owner: root
     activate_file_group: root
     activate_file_mode: "0644"
-  when: not is_ceph_infernalis
+  when: is_before_infernalis
 
 - set_fact:
     rbd_client_directory_owner: root
   when:
-    not is_ceph_infernalis and
+    is_before_infernalis and
     (rbd_client_directory_owner is not defined or
      not rbd_client_directory_owner)
 
 - set_fact:
     rbd_client_directory_owner: ceph
   when:
-    is_ceph_infernalis and
+    is_after_hammer and
     (rbd_client_directory_owner is not defined or
      not rbd_client_directory_owner)
 
 - set_fact:
     rbd_client_directory_group: root
   when:
-    not is_ceph_infernalis and
+    is_before_infernalis and
     (rbd_client_directory_group is not defined or
      not rbd_client_directory_group)
 
 - set_fact:
     rbd_client_directory_group: ceph
   when:
-    is_ceph_infernalis and
+    is_after_hammer and
     (rbd_client_directory_group is not defined or
      not rbd_client_directory_group)
 
 - set_fact:
     rbd_client_directory_mode: "1777"
   when:
-    not is_ceph_infernalis and
+    is_before_infernalis and
     (rbd_client_directory_mode is not defined or
      not rbd_client_directory_mode)
 
 - set_fact:
     rbd_client_directory_mode: "0770"
   when:
-    is_ceph_infernalis and
+    is_after_hammer and
     (rbd_client_directory_mode is not defined or
      not rbd_client_directory_mode)
 
diff --git a/roles/ceph-mds/tasks/pre_requisite.yml b/roles/ceph-mds/tasks/pre_requisite.yml
index 813d5a306..be9c0478e 100644
--- a/roles/ceph-mds/tasks/pre_requisite.yml
+++ b/roles/ceph-mds/tasks/pre_requisite.yml
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
   failed_when: false
   when:
     ansible_distribution != "Ubuntu" and
-    is_ceph_infernalis
+    is_after_hammer
 
 - name: start and add that the metadata service to the init sequence (ubuntu)
   command: initctl emit ceph-mds cluster={{ cluster }} id={{ mds_name }}
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
   changed_when: false
   when:
     ansible_distribution != "Ubuntu" and
-    not is_ceph_infernalis
+    is_before_infernalis
 
 - name: start and add that the metadata service to the init sequence (for or after infernalis)
   service:
@@ -114,4 +114,4 @@
   changed_when: false
   when:
     ansible_distribution != "Ubuntu" and
-    is_ceph_infernalis
+    is_after_hammer
diff --git a/roles/ceph-mon/tasks/deploy_monitors.yml b/roles/ceph-mon/tasks/deploy_monitors.yml
index 884dcdc93..9b0ad0834 100644
--- a/roles/ceph-mon/tasks/deploy_monitors.yml
+++ b/roles/ceph-mon/tasks/deploy_monitors.yml
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
     creates: /var/lib/ceph/mon/{{ cluster }}-{{ monitor_name }}/keyring
   when:
     cephx and
-    is_ceph_infernalis
+    is_after_hammer
 
 - name: ceph monitor mkfs without keyring (for or after infernalis release)
   command: ceph-mon --setuser ceph --setgroup ceph --mkfs -i {{ monitor_name }} --fsid {{ fsid }}
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
     creates: /var/lib/ceph/mon/{{ cluster }}-{{ monitor_name }}/store.db
   when:
     not cephx and
-    is_ceph_infernalis
+    is_after_hammer
 
 - name: ceph monitor mkfs with keyring (before infernalis release)
   command: ceph-mon --mkfs -i {{ monitor_name }} --fsid {{ fsid }} --keyring /var/lib/ceph/tmp/keyring.mon.{{ monitor_name }}
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
     creates: /var/lib/ceph/mon/{{ cluster }}-{{ monitor_name }}/keyring
   when:
     cephx and
-    not is_ceph_infernalis
+    is_before_infernalis
 
 - name: ceph monitor mkfs without keyring (before infernalis release)
   command: ceph-mon --mkfs -i {{ monitor_name }} --fsid {{ fsid }}
@@ -74,4 +74,4 @@
     creates: /var/lib/ceph/mon/{{ cluster }}-{{ monitor_name }}/store.db
   when:
     not cephx and
-    not is_ceph_infernalis
+    is_before_infernalis
diff --git a/roles/ceph-mon/tasks/start_monitor.yml b/roles/ceph-mon/tasks/start_monitor.yml
index 529a2591f..ce9225dba 100644
--- a/roles/ceph-mon/tasks/start_monitor.yml
+++ b/roles/ceph-mon/tasks/start_monitor.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   changed_when: false
   when:
     ansible_distribution != "Ubuntu" and
-    not is_ceph_infernalis
+    is_before_infernalis
 
 - name: enable systemd unit file for mon instance (for or after infernalis)
   file:
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
   failed_when: false
   when:
     ansible_distribution != "Ubuntu" and
-    is_ceph_infernalis
+    is_after_hammer
 
 - name: start and add that the monitor service to the init sequence (for or after infernalis)
   service:
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
   changed_when: false
   when:
     ansible_distribution != "Ubuntu" and
-    is_ceph_infernalis
+    is_after_hammer
 
 - name: collect admin and bootstrap keys
   command: ceph-create-keys --cluster {{ cluster }} --id {{ monitor_name }}
diff --git a/roles/ceph-osd/tasks/activate_osds.yml b/roles/ceph-osd/tasks/activate_osds.yml
index 47e488cfc..9473b2e7a 100644
--- a/roles/ceph-osd/tasks/activate_osds.yml
+++ b/roles/ceph-osd/tasks/activate_osds.yml
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
     ansible_selinux != false and
     ansible_selinux['status'] == 'enabled' and
     ansible_selinux['config_mode'] != 'disabled' and
-    not is_ceph_infernalis
+    is_before_infernalis
 
 - name: start and add that the osd service(s) to the init sequence (before infernalis)
   service:
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
     enabled: yes
   when:
     ansible_distribution != "Ubuntu" and
-    not is_ceph_infernalis
+    is_before_infernalis
 
 - name: get osd id (for or after infernalis)
   shell: "ls /var/lib/ceph/osd/ |grep -oh '[0-9]*'"
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
   register: osd_id
   when:
     ansible_distribution != "Ubuntu" and
-    is_ceph_infernalis
+    is_after_hammer
 
 - name: enable osd service instance(s) (for or after infernalis)
   file:
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
   failed_when: false
   when:
     ansible_distribution != "Ubuntu" and
-    is_ceph_infernalis
+    is_after_hammer
 
 - name: start and add that the osd service(s) to the init sequence (for or after infernalis)
   service:
@@ -97,4 +97,4 @@
   changed_when: false
   when:
     ansible_distribution != "Ubuntu" and
-    is_ceph_infernalis
+    is_after_hammer
diff --git a/roles/ceph-rbd-mirror/tasks/start_rbd_mirror.yml b/roles/ceph-rbd-mirror/tasks/start_rbd_mirror.yml
index cf2c47fb5..92a47ccc4 100644
--- a/roles/ceph-rbd-mirror/tasks/start_rbd_mirror.yml
+++ b/roles/ceph-rbd-mirror/tasks/start_rbd_mirror.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
   changed_when: false
   when:
     ansible_distribution != "Ubuntu" and
-    not is_ceph_infernalis
+    is_before_infernalis
 
 - name: enable systemd unit file for the rbd mirror service (for or after infernalis)
   file:
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   failed_when: false
   when:
     ansible_distribution != "Ubuntu" and
-    is_ceph_infernalis
+    is_after_hammer
 
 - name: start and add that the rbd mirror service to the init sequence (for or after infernalis)
   service:
@@ -33,4 +33,4 @@
   changed_when: false
   when:
     ansible_distribution != "Ubuntu" and
-    is_ceph_infernalis
+    is_after_hammer
diff --git a/roles/ceph-rgw/tasks/start_radosgw.yml b/roles/ceph-rgw/tasks/start_radosgw.yml
index 72b402fa6..c0689ff3b 100644
--- a/roles/ceph-rgw/tasks/start_radosgw.yml
+++ b/roles/ceph-rgw/tasks/start_radosgw.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     enabled: yes
   when:
     ansible_os_family == 'RedHat' and
-    not is_ceph_infernalis
+    is_before_infernalis
 
 - name: enable systemd unit file for rgw instance (for or after infernalis)
   file:
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
   failed_when: false
   when:
     ansible_distribution != "Ubuntu" and
-    is_ceph_infernalis
+    is_after_hammer
 
 - name: start rgw on red hat (after infernalis)
   service:
@@ -45,4 +45,4 @@
     enabled: yes
   when:
     ansible_os_family == 'RedHat' and
-    is_ceph_infernalis
+    is_after_hammer