diff --git a/ansible.cfg b/ansible.cfg
index 102e48708..e4c21b5db 100644
--- a/ansible.cfg
+++ b/ansible.cfg
@@ -9,6 +9,15 @@ roles_path = ./roles
 # Be sure the user running Ansible has permissions on the logfile
 log_path = /var/log/ansible.log
 
+forks = 20 
+host_key_checking = False
+gathering = smart
+fact_caching = jsonfile
+fact_caching_connection = $HOME/ansible/facts
+fact_caching_timeout = 600
+nocows = 1
+callback_whitelist = profile_tasks
+
 # Disable them in the context of https://review.openstack.org/#/c/469644
 retry_files_enabled = False
 
@@ -20,6 +29,8 @@ timeout = 30
 [ssh_connection]
 # see: https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/11536
 control_path = %(directory)s/%%h-%%r-%%p
+ssh_args = -o ControlMaster=auto -o ControlPersist=600s
+pipelining = True 
 
 # Option to retry failed ssh executions if the failure is encountered in ssh itself
 retries = 5