https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/TripleO/TuskarJunoPlanning/TemplateBackend One of the recurring thoughts at the mid-cycle meetup was removing the Tuskar database in favor of using Heat templates directly as the data store. The wiki above is intended as a starting point for discussions on the topic at the Atlanta Summit (I actually can't make it to Summit, but there is a Tuskar session scheduled).