diff --git a/etc/kayobe/ansible.cfg b/etc/kayobe/ansible.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..696ed923a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/etc/kayobe/ansible.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+[defaults]
+forks = 20
+# Use the YAML stdout callback plugin.
+stdout_callback = yaml
+# Use the stdout_callback when running ad-hoc commands.
+bin_ansible_callbacks = True
+# Disable fact variable injection to improve performance.
+inject_facts_as_vars = False
+
+[ssh_connection]
+pipelining = True
diff --git a/etc/kayobe/docker.yml b/etc/kayobe/docker.yml
index fcd7c8eb0..c4ac21c3b 100644
--- a/etc/kayobe/docker.yml
+++ b/etc/kayobe/docker.yml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ docker_registry: "{{ stackhpc_docker_registry }}"
 #docker_registry_mirrors:
 
 # Enable live-restore on docker daemon
-#docker_daemon_live_restore:
+docker_daemon_live_restore: true
 
 ###############################################################################
 # Dummy variable to allow Ansible to accept this file.
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/ansible-tuning-142bbcf4f646e6e0.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/ansible-tuning-142bbcf4f646e6e0.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..13e4144e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/ansible-tuning-142bbcf4f646e6e0.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+features:
+  - |
+    Adds some basic tuning of Ansible, including use of 20 forks, enabling
+    SSH pipelining, YAML-formatted output, and disabling fact variable
+    injection.
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/docker-live-restore-6b6c55455202422c.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/docker-live-restore-6b6c55455202422c.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8c516d3d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/docker-live-restore-6b6c55455202422c.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+upgrade:
+  - |
+    Enables Docker live restore by default. This may be disabled by setting
+    ``docker_daemon_live_restore`` to ``false`` in ``docker.yml``.