diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index d76b605e..0ad9844b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -4,15 +4,17 @@ name: CI
 
 on:
   pull_request:
-    branches: [devel]
-
   push:
-    branches: [devel]
 
 jobs:
   molecule:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     name: molecule
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        ansible_args:
+          - --skip-tags=replicas
+          - -t replicas
     env:
       DOCKER_API_VERSION: "1.41"
     steps:
@@ -38,7 +40,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           sudo rm -f $(which kustomize)
           make kustomize
-          KUSTOMIZE_PATH=$(readlink -f bin/kustomize) molecule test -s kind
+          KUSTOMIZE_PATH=$(readlink -f bin/kustomize) molecule test -s kind -- ${{ matrix.ansible_args }}
   helm:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     name: helm
diff --git a/molecule/default/converge.yml b/molecule/default/converge.yml
index 9e65e378..988cf122 100644
--- a/molecule/default/converge.yml
+++ b/molecule/default/converge.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,11 @@
         api_version: v1
         kind: Namespace
         name: '{{ namespace }}'
+      tags:
+        - always
 
     - import_tasks: kustomize.yml
       vars:
         state: present
+      tags:
+        - always
diff --git a/molecule/default/destroy.yml b/molecule/default/destroy.yml
index 1a80ef64..51548b5d 100644
--- a/molecule/default/destroy.yml
+++ b/molecule/default/destroy.yml
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
     - import_tasks: kustomize.yml
       vars:
         state: absent
+      tags:
+        - always
 
     - name: Destroy Namespace
       k8s:
@@ -17,8 +19,12 @@
         kind: Namespace
         name: '{{ namespace }}'
         state: absent
+      tags:
+        - always
 
     - name: Unset pull policy
       command: '{{ kustomize }} edit remove patch --path pull_policy/{{ operator_pull_policy }}.yaml'
       args:
         chdir: '{{ config_dir }}/testing'
+      tags:
+        - always
diff --git a/molecule/default/kustomize.yml b/molecule/default/kustomize.yml
index d33e6d0f..c9c7a64d 100644
--- a/molecule/default/kustomize.yml
+++ b/molecule/default/kustomize.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
     chdir: '{{ config_dir }}/testing'
   register: resources
   changed_when: false
+  tags:
+    - always
 
 - name: Set resources to {{ state }}
   k8s:
@@ -13,3 +15,5 @@
     state: '{{ state }}'
     wait: yes
   loop: '{{ resources.stdout | from_yaml_all | list }}'
+  tags:
+    - always
diff --git a/molecule/default/prepare.yml b/molecule/default/prepare.yml
index ed40370c..b05ec575 100644
--- a/molecule/default/prepare.yml
+++ b/molecule/default/prepare.yml
@@ -11,18 +11,26 @@
           You must specify the OPERATOR_IMAGE environment variable in order to run the
           'default' scenario
       when: not operator_image
+      tags:
+        - always
 
     - name: Set testing image
       command: '{{ kustomize }} edit set image testing={{ operator_image }}'
       args:
         chdir: '{{ config_dir }}/testing'
+      tags:
+        - always
 
     - name: Set pull policy
       command: '{{ kustomize }} edit add patch --path pull_policy/{{ operator_pull_policy }}.yaml'
       args:
         chdir: '{{ config_dir }}/testing'
+      tags:
+        - always
 
     - name: Set testing namespace
       command: '{{ kustomize }} edit set namespace {{ namespace }}'
       args:
         chdir: '{{ config_dir }}/testing'
+      tags:
+        - always
diff --git a/molecule/default/tasks/_test_case_replicas.yml b/molecule/default/tasks/_test_case_replicas.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c99d0339
--- /dev/null
+++ b/molecule/default/tasks/_test_case_replicas.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+---
+- name: Get web pod details
+  k8s_info:
+    namespace: '{{ namespace }}'
+    kind: Pod
+    label_selectors:
+      - app.kubernetes.io/name = example-awx-web
+  register: awx_web_pod
+  # This can take a while to actually make it to the cluster
+  retries: 30
+  delay: 5
+  until: awx_web_pod.resources | length == expected_web_replicas
+  ignore_errors: true
+
+- name: Get task pod details
+  k8s_info:
+    namespace: '{{ namespace }}'
+    kind: Pod
+    label_selectors:
+      - app.kubernetes.io/name = example-awx-task
+  register: awx_task_pod
+  # This can take a while to actually make it to the cluster
+  retries: 30
+  delay: 5
+  until: awx_task_pod.resources | length == expected_task_replicas
+  ignore_errors: true
+
+- name: Ensure that the correct number of web and task pods exist
+  assert:
+    that:
+      - awx_web_pod.resources | length == expected_web_replicas
+      - awx_task_pod.resources | length == expected_task_replicas
+    fail_msg: >-
+      Web pods: Expected {{ expected_web_replicas }}, got {{ awx_web_pod.resources | length }}.
+      Task pods: Expected {{ expected_task_replicas }}, got {{ awx_task_pod.resources | length }}.
diff --git a/molecule/default/tasks/apply_awx_spec.yml b/molecule/default/tasks/apply_awx_spec.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..abd5708b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/molecule/default/tasks/apply_awx_spec.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+---
+- name: Create or update the awx.ansible.com/v1alpha1.AWX
+  k8s:
+    state: present
+    namespace: '{{ namespace }}'
+    definition: "{{ lookup('template', 'awx_cr_molecule.yml.j2') | from_yaml }}"
+    apply: true
+    wait: yes
+    wait_timeout: 900
+    wait_condition:
+      type: Running
+      reason: Successful
+      status: "True"
diff --git a/molecule/default/tasks/awx_replicas_test.yml b/molecule/default/tasks/awx_replicas_test.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3c12c9bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/molecule/default/tasks/awx_replicas_test.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+---
+- block:
+  - debug:
+      msg: test - web_replicas and task_replicas should override replicas
+
+  - include_tasks: apply_awx_spec.yml
+    vars:
+      additional_fields:
+        replicas: 2
+        web_replicas: 0
+        task_replicas: 0
+
+  - include_tasks: _test_case_replicas.yml
+    vars:
+      expected_web_replicas: 0
+      expected_task_replicas: 0
+
+####
+
+  - debug:
+      msg: test - replicas should act as a default
+
+  - include_tasks: apply_awx_spec.yml
+    vars:
+      additional_fields:
+        replicas: 2
+        web_replicas: 1
+
+  - include_tasks: _test_case_replicas.yml
+    vars:
+      expected_web_replicas: 1
+      expected_task_replicas: 2
+
+####
+
+  - debug:
+      msg: test - replicas=0 should kill all pods
+
+  - include_tasks: apply_awx_spec.yml
+    vars:
+      additional_fields:
+        replicas: 0
+
+  - include_tasks: _test_case_replicas.yml
+    vars:
+      expected_web_replicas: 0
+      expected_task_replicas: 0
+
+####
+
+  - debug:
+      msg: test - replicas=3 should give 3 of each
+
+  - include_tasks: apply_awx_spec.yml
+    vars:
+      additional_fields:
+        replicas: 3
+
+  - include_tasks: _test_case_replicas.yml
+    vars:
+      expected_web_replicas: 3
+      expected_task_replicas: 3
+  tags:
+    - replicas
diff --git a/molecule/default/tasks/awx_test.yml b/molecule/default/tasks/awx_test.yml
index ec7cd265..f6f3757d 100644
--- a/molecule/default/tasks/awx_test.yml
+++ b/molecule/default/tasks/awx_test.yml
@@ -1,15 +1,5 @@
 ---
-- name: Create the awx.ansible.com/v1alpha1.AWX
-  k8s:
-    state: present
-    namespace: '{{ namespace }}'
-    definition: "{{ lookup('template', 'awx_cr_molecule.yml.j2') | from_yaml }}"
-    wait: yes
-    wait_timeout: 900
-    wait_condition:
-      type: Running
-      reason: Successful
-      status: "True"
+- include_tasks: apply_awx_spec.yml
 
 - name: Obtain generated admin password
   k8s_info:
diff --git a/molecule/default/templates/awx_cr_molecule.yml.j2 b/molecule/default/templates/awx_cr_molecule.yml.j2
index df510aa3..13f0b768 100644
--- a/molecule/default/templates/awx_cr_molecule.yml.j2
+++ b/molecule/default/templates/awx_cr_molecule.yml.j2
@@ -20,15 +20,15 @@ spec:
     kubernetes.io/ingress.class: nginx
   web_resource_requirements:
     requests:
-      cpu: 50m
+      cpu: 20m
       memory: 32M
   task_resource_requirements:
     requests:
-      cpu: 50m
+      cpu: 20m
       memory: 32M
   ee_resource_requirements:
     requests:
-      cpu: 50m
+      cpu: 20m
       memory: 16M
   no_log: false
   postgres_resource_requirements: {}
@@ -37,3 +37,6 @@ spec:
   additional_labels:
   - my/team
   - my/service
+{% if additional_fields is defined %}
+  {{ additional_fields | to_nice_yaml | indent(2) }}
+{% endif %}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/molecule/default/verify.yml b/molecule/default/verify.yml
index f4bfc93e..852a9fcb 100644
--- a/molecule/default/verify.yml
+++ b/molecule/default/verify.yml
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
           include_tasks: '{{ item }}'
           with_fileglob:
             - tasks/*_test.yml
+          tags:
+            - always
       rescue:
         - name: Retrieve relevant resources
           k8s_info:
@@ -31,6 +33,8 @@
             - api_version: v1
               kind: ConfigMap
           register: debug_resources
+          tags:
+            - always
 
         - name: Retrieve Pod logs
           k8s_log:
@@ -39,15 +43,21 @@
             container: awx-manager
           loop: "{{ q('k8s', api_version='v1', kind='Pod', namespace=namespace, label_selector=ctrl_label) }}"
           register: debug_logs
+          tags:
+            - always
 
         - name: Output gathered resources
           debug:
             var: debug_resources
+          tags:
+            - always
 
         - name: Output gathered logs
           debug:
             var: item.log_lines
           loop: '{{ debug_logs.results }}'
+          tags:
+            - always
 
         - name: Re-emit failure
           vars:
@@ -55,3 +65,5 @@
               result: '{{ ansible_failed_result }}'
           fail:
             msg: '{{ failed_task }}'
+          tags:
+            - always
diff --git a/molecule/kind/converge.yml b/molecule/kind/converge.yml
index 0a0e172d..4e2f6cf8 100644
--- a/molecule/kind/converge.yml
+++ b/molecule/kind/converge.yml
@@ -17,11 +17,16 @@
         push: no
         source: build
         force_source: yes
+      tags:
+        - always
 
     - name: Load operator image into kind cluster
       command: kind load docker-image --name osdk-test '{{ operator_image }}'
       register: result
       changed_when: '"not yet present" in result.stdout'
+      tags:
+        - always
+
 
     - name: Load awx image into kind cluster
       command: kind load docker-image --name osdk-test '{{ awx_image }}:{{ awx_version }}'
@@ -30,5 +35,7 @@
       when:
         - awx_image is defined
         - awx_image != ''
+      tags:
+        - always
 
 - import_playbook: ../default/converge.yml
diff --git a/molecule/kind/destroy.yml b/molecule/kind/destroy.yml
index 2f51540e..6fe3abfd 100644
--- a/molecule/kind/destroy.yml
+++ b/molecule/kind/destroy.yml
@@ -9,8 +9,12 @@
   tasks:
     - name: Destroy test kind cluster
       command: kind delete cluster --name osdk-test --kubeconfig {{ kubeconfig }}
+      tags:
+        - always
 
     - name: Unset pull policy
       command: '{{ kustomize }} edit remove patch --path pull_policy/{{ operator_pull_policy }}.yaml'
       args:
         chdir: '{{ config_dir }}/testing'
+      tags:
+        - always
diff --git a/molecule/kind/prepare.yml b/molecule/kind/prepare.yml
index c4184ba7..4c8f6a1f 100644
--- a/molecule/kind/prepare.yml
+++ b/molecule/kind/prepare.yml
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
       k8s:
         definition: |
           {{ lookup('url', nginx_ingress_definition, split_lines=False) | from_yaml_all }}
+      tags:
+        - always
 
     - name: Wait for NGINX ingress to become available
       k8s_info:
@@ -25,5 +27,7 @@
           type: Ready
       register: result  # For some reason, this task always fails on the first try...
       until: result is not failed
+      tags:
+        - always
 
 - import_playbook: ../default/prepare.yml
diff --git a/roles/installer/tasks/install.yml b/roles/installer/tasks/install.yml
index ecf945d5..c4ab221c 100644
--- a/roles/installer/tasks/install.yml
+++ b/roles/installer/tasks/install.yml
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@
     command: >-
       bash -c "awx-manage showmigrations | grep -v '[X]' | grep '[ ]' | wc -l"
   changed_when: false
+  when: awx_task_pod_name != ''
   register: database_check
 
 - name: Migrate the database if the K8s resources were updated.  # noqa 305
@@ -99,11 +100,13 @@
       bash -c "awx-manage migrate --noinput"
   register: migrate_result
   when:
+  - awx_task_pod_name != ''
   - database_check is defined
   - (database_check.stdout|trim) != '0'
 
 - name: Initialize Django
   include_tasks: initialize_django.yml
+  when: awx_task_pod_name != ''
 
 - name: Update status variables
   include_tasks: update_status.yml
diff --git a/roles/installer/tasks/resources_configuration.yml b/roles/installer/tasks/resources_configuration.yml
index d385891f..c811aeeb 100644
--- a/roles/installer/tasks/resources_configuration.yml
+++ b/roles/installer/tasks/resources_configuration.yml
@@ -285,5 +285,7 @@
 
 - name: Verify the resource pod name is populated.
   assert:
-    that: awx_task_pod_name != ''
+    that:
+      - awx_task_pod_name != ''
     fail_msg: "Could not find the tower pod's name."
+  when: task_replicas | int > 0 or (task_replicas == '' and replicas > 0)
diff --git a/roles/installer/tasks/update_status.yml b/roles/installer/tasks/update_status.yml
index e6641e77..9f59b364 100644
--- a/roles/installer/tasks/update_status.yml
+++ b/roles/installer/tasks/update_status.yml
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@
       bash -c "awx-manage --version"
   register: instance_version
   changed_when: false
+  when: awx_task_pod_name != ''
 
 - name: Update version status
   operator_sdk.util.k8s_status:
@@ -62,6 +63,7 @@
     namespace: "{{ ansible_operator_meta.namespace }}"
     status:
       version: "{{ instance_version.stdout | trim }}"
+  when: instance_version is not skipped
 
 - name: Update image status
   operator_sdk.util.k8s_status:
diff --git a/roles/installer/templates/deployments/task.yaml.j2 b/roles/installer/templates/deployments/task.yaml.j2
index fcd1ac48..8cb8ffe4 100644
--- a/roles/installer/templates/deployments/task.yaml.j2
+++ b/roles/installer/templates/deployments/task.yaml.j2
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ metadata:
     {{ lookup("template", "../common/templates/labels/common.yaml.j2")  | indent(width=4) | trim }}
     {{ lookup("template", "../common/templates/labels/version.yaml.j2") | indent(width=4) | trim }}
 spec:
-{% if task_replicas %}
+{% if task_replicas != '' %}
   replicas: {{ task_replicas }}
-{% elif replicas %}
+{% elif replicas != '' %}
   replicas: {{ replicas }}
 {% endif %}
   selector:
diff --git a/roles/installer/templates/deployments/web.yaml.j2 b/roles/installer/templates/deployments/web.yaml.j2
index 03efbe55..5fb27700 100644
--- a/roles/installer/templates/deployments/web.yaml.j2
+++ b/roles/installer/templates/deployments/web.yaml.j2
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ metadata:
     {{ lookup("template", "../common/templates/labels/common.yaml.j2")  | indent(width=4) | trim }}
     {{ lookup("template", "../common/templates/labels/version.yaml.j2") | indent(width=4) | trim }}
 spec:
-{% if web_replicas %}
+{% if web_replicas != '' %}
   replicas: {{ web_replicas }}
-{% elif replicas %}
+{% elif replicas != '' %}
   replicas: {{ replicas }}
 {% endif %}
   selector: