diff --git a/ol/block.yml b/ol/block.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..98eaf3e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ol/block.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+---
+# Copyright (c) 2024 Oracle and/or its affiliates.
+# This software is made available to you under the terms of the Universal Permissive License (UPL), Version 1.0.
+# The Universal Permissive License (UPL), Version 1.0 (see COPYING or https://oss.oracle.com/licenses/upl)
+# See LICENSE.TXT for details.
+
+- name: Add block volumes to the instance
+  when:
+    - add_block_storage
+  block:
+    - name: Create block volume
+      oracle.oci.oci_blockstorage_volume:
+        compartment_id: "{{ my_compartment_id }}"
+        availability_domain: "{{ my_availability_domain }}"
+        display_name: "blockvolume-{{ item.value.instance_name | default('instance-'~timestamp) }}"
+        size_in_gbs: "{{ block_volume_size_in_gbs }}"
+      register: result
+      vars:
+        timestamp: "{{ now().strftime('%Y%m%d-%H%M%S') }}"
+      retries: 10
+      delay: 30
+      until: result is not failed
+
+    - name: Set the block volume id
+      ansible.builtin.set_fact:
+        volume_id: "{{ result.volume.id }}"
+
+    - name: Attach the block volume
+      oracle.oci.oci_compute_volume_attachment:
+        instance_id: "{{ instance_id }}"
+        type: paravirtualized
+        volume_id: "{{ volume_id }}"
+        compartment_id: "{{ my_compartment_id }}"
+        is_read_only: false
+        is_shareable: false
+      retries: 10
+      delay: 30
+      until: result is not failed
diff --git a/ol/build.yml b/ol/build.yml
index b25b92f..74eb009 100644
--- a/ol/build.yml
+++ b/ol/build.yml
@@ -75,39 +75,9 @@
   ansible.builtin.set_fact:
     instance_public_ip: "{{ result.vnic.public_ip }}"
 
-# - name: Add block volume to worker nodes for ceph storage
-#   when:
-#     - item.value.type == "worker"
-#     - add_ceph_block_storage
-#   block:
-#     - name: Create block volume for ceph storage
-#       oracle.oci.oci_blockstorage_volume:
-#         compartment_id: "{{ my_compartment_id }}"
-#         availability_domain: "{{ my_availability_domain }}"
-#         display_name: "blockvolume-{{ item.value.instance_name | default('instance-'~timestamp) }}"
-#         size_in_gbs: "{{ ceph_volume_size_in_gbs }}"
-#       register: result
-#       vars:
-#         timestamp: "{{ now().strftime('%Y%m%d-%H%M%S') }}"
-#       retries: 10
-#       delay: 30
-#       until: result is not failed
-
-#     - name: Set the ceph storage block volume id
-#       ansible.builtin.set_fact:
-#         volume_id: "{{ result.volume.id }}"
-
-#     - name: Attach ceph storage block volume
-#       oracle.oci.oci_compute_volume_attachment:
-#         instance_id: "{{ instance_id }}"
-#         type: paravirtualized
-#         volume_id: "{{ volume_id }}"
-#         compartment_id: "{{ my_compartment_id }}"
-#         is_read_only: false
-#         is_shareable: false
-#       retries: 10
-#       delay: 30
-#       until: result is not failed
+- name: Add block storage to an instance
+  ansible.builtin.include_tasks: "block.yml"
+  loop: "{{ query('sequence', 'start=1 end='+(block_count)|string) }}"
 
 - name: Print the public and private ip of the newly created instance
   ansible.builtin.debug:
diff --git a/ol/default_vars.yml b/ol/default_vars.yml
index 1468687..a9d61ba 100644
--- a/ol/default_vars.yml
+++ b/ol/default_vars.yml
@@ -13,8 +13,9 @@ username: "oracle"
 usergroup: "{{ username }}" 
 user_default_password: "oracle"
 debug_enabled: false
-#ceph_volume_size_in_gbs: 50
-#add_ceph_deployments: false
+add_block_storage: false
+block_volume_size_in_gbs: 50
+block_count: 1
 
 use_vnc: false
 vnc_port: "1"