diff --git a/dnet_user_services_perms/tasks/main.yml b/dnet_user_services_perms/tasks/main.yml
index fad7284..cec4b53 100644
--- a/dnet_user_services_perms/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/dnet_user_services_perms/tasks/main.yml
@@ -38,6 +38,18 @@
   with_items: dnet_log_directories
   tags: [ 'tomcat', 'dnet', 'users' ]
 
+- name: Install additional packages, if needed
+  apt: pkg={{ item }} state=installed
+  with_items: dnet_additional_packages
+  when: dnet_additional_packages is defined
+  tags: ['dnet', 'pkgs']
+
+- name: Install additional python modules, if needed
+  pip: name={{ item }} state=present
+  with_items: dnet_additional_python_modules
+  when: dnet_additional_python_modules is defined
+  tags: ['dnet', 'pkgs']
+
 #
 # Acls for the single tomcat instance
 #
@@ -79,16 +91,15 @@
   acl: name={{ item.0.instance_path }}/{{ item.1 }} entity={{ dnet_group }} etype=group permissions=rwx state=present
   when: tomcat_m_instances is defined
   with_nested:
-    - ' {{ tomcat_m_instances }}'
+    - '{{ tomcat_m_instances }}'
     - [ 'webapps', 'common', 'common/classes' ]
   tags: [ 'tomcat', 'dnet', 'users' ]
 
 - name: Set the default read/write permissions on the tomcat webapps and common/classes directories. multiple tomcat instances
   acl: name={{ item.0.instance_path }}/{{ item.1 }} entity={{ dnet_group }} etype=group permissions=rwx state=present default=yes
-  when: tomcat_m_instances is not defined
   when: tomcat_m_instances is defined
   with_nested:
-    - ' {{ tomcat_m_instances }}'
+    - '{{ tomcat_m_instances }}'
     - [ 'webapps', 'common', 'common/classes' ]
   tags: [ 'tomcat', 'dnet', 'users' ]
 
diff --git a/fail2ban/handlers/main.yml b/fail2ban/handlers/main.yml
index cdd2d5e..a6b3c1a 100644
--- a/fail2ban/handlers/main.yml
+++ b/fail2ban/handlers/main.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 ---
 - name: Restart fail2ban
   service: name=fail2ban state=restarted enabled=yes
+  when: ( is_trusty ) or ( is_debian8 )
+
 
diff --git a/iptables/handlers/main.yml b/iptables/handlers/main.yml
index 44293ea..150d2e9 100644
--- a/iptables/handlers/main.yml
+++ b/iptables/handlers/main.yml
@@ -22,5 +22,5 @@
 
 - name: Restart fail2ban
   service: name=fail2ban state=restarted enabled=yes
-  when: is_trusty
+  when: ( is_trusty ) or ( is_debian8 )
 
diff --git a/solr-tomcat-instance/defaults/main.yml b/solr-tomcat-instance/defaults/main.yml
index 0fb5550..a3ec346 100644
--- a/solr-tomcat-instance/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/solr-tomcat-instance/defaults/main.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 ---
 # solr
 solr_http_port: 8983
-tomcat_http_port: '{{ solr_http_port }}'
 tomcat_load_additional_default_conf: True
 tomcat_version: 7
 # solr needs a lot of time to start if it needs to rebuild its indices
@@ -13,7 +12,7 @@ solr_config_name: hindex
 solr_shards: 1
 solr_instance: '{{ solr_service }}'
 solr_log_level: INFO
-solr_http_port_1: '{{ tomcat_http_port }}'
+solr_http_port_1: '{{ solr_http_port }}'
 solr_zoo_port: 9983
 solr_zoo_port_1: 9984
 solr_zoo_port_2: 9985
diff --git a/solr-tomcat-instance/meta/main.yml b/solr-tomcat-instance/meta/main.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index a30f4a7..0000000
--- a/solr-tomcat-instance/meta/main.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
----
-dependencies:
-  - role: '../../library/roles/tomcat-multiple-instances'
diff --git a/tomcat-apache-requirements/meta/main.yml b/tomcat-apache-requirements/meta/main.yml
index f3b1ad1..891b194 100644
--- a/tomcat-apache-requirements/meta/main.yml
+++ b/tomcat-apache-requirements/meta/main.yml
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 ---
-dependencies:
-  - role: '../../library/roles/oracle-jdk'
-  - role: '../../library/roles/apache'
-  - role: '../../library/roles/tomcat'
-    when: tomcat_m_instances is not defined
+#dependencies:
+#  - role: '../../library/roles/oracle-jdk'
+#  - role: '../../library/roles/apache'
+#  - role: '../../library/roles/tomcat'
+#    when: tomcat_m_instances is not defined
 #  - role: '../../library/roles/tomcat-multiple-instances'
 #    when: tomcat_m_instances
diff --git a/tomcat-apache-requirements/tasks/java-requirements.yml b/tomcat-apache-requirements/tasks/java-requirements.yml
index c065d71..5396df2 100644
--- a/tomcat-apache-requirements/tasks/java-requirements.yml
+++ b/tomcat-apache-requirements/tasks/java-requirements.yml
@@ -1,23 +1,8 @@
 ---
-- name: Install the apache proxy modules needed for tomcat
-  file: src=/etc/apache2/mods-available/{{ item }} dest=/etc/apache2/mods-enabled/{{ item }} state=link
-  with_items:
-    - proxy.load
-    - proxy_http.load
-    - proxy_ajp.load
-  notify: apache2 reload
-  tags:
-    - apache
-    - dnet
-
 - name: Ensure that the jre/lib/endorsed exists
   file: dest={{ jdk_java_home }}/jre/lib/endorsed state=directory owner=root group=root mode=0755
-  tags:
-    - apache
-    - dnet
+  tags: apache
 
 - name: Install the xercesImpl.jar needed by the dnet applications
   copy: src=xercesImpl.jar dest={{ jdk_java_home }}/jre/lib/endorsed/xercesImpl.jar owner=root group=root mode=0644
-  tags:
-    - apache
-    - dnet
+  tags: apache
diff --git a/tomcat-multiple-instances/templates/tomcat-server.xml.j2 b/tomcat-multiple-instances/templates/tomcat-server.xml.j2
index 0c8d696..d4f70d3 100644
--- a/tomcat-multiple-instances/templates/tomcat-server.xml.j2
+++ b/tomcat-multiple-instances/templates/tomcat-server.xml.j2
@@ -16,7 +16,11 @@
   limitations under the License.
 -->
 
+{% if item.shutdown_port == '-1' %}
+<Server port="{{ item.shutdown_port }}" shutdown="SHUTDOWN_PORT_DISABLED">
+{% else %}
 <Server port="{{ item.shutdown_port }}" shutdown="{{ tomcat_m_shutdown_pwd }}">
+ {% endif %}
   <Listener className="org.apache.catalina.core.JasperListener" />
   <!-- Prevent memory leaks due to use of particular java/javax APIs-->
   <Listener className="org.apache.catalina.core.JreMemoryLeakPreventionListener" />