diff --git a/config/defaults.yml b/config/defaults.yml
index 76add3c6..365e9bd6 100644
--- a/config/defaults.yml
+++ b/config/defaults.yml
@@ -20,11 +20,16 @@
 # as part of the Autodeployer https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Meza/Autodeployer
 meza_repository_url: https://github.com/nasa/meza.git
 
+# Should composer install Dev Dependencies
+# Toggle this to 'false' for any development
+# 'true' Disables require-dev packages
+m_disable_composer_dev_dependencies: false
+
 # production mode toggles opcache to NOT validate timestamps
 # so live edits will NOT be seen without restarting the webserver
 # production mode decreases opcache log verbosity to exclude warnings
 # Toggle this to 'false' for any development
-m_opcache_production_mode: true
+m_opcache_production_mode: false
 
 m_httpd_server_admin: "admin@example.com"
 m_timezone: "America/New_York"
@@ -82,7 +87,7 @@ mysql_slow_query_time: "5"
 mysql_performance_schema: "on"
 
 # Netdata is a monitoring and alerting system
-m_install_netdata: true
+m_install_netdata: false
 # netdata runs on 19999 by default. We'll expose it at 20000
 netdata_internal_port: 19999
 netdata_external_port: 20000
diff --git a/src/roles/init-controller-config/templates/public.yml.j2 b/src/roles/init-controller-config/templates/public.yml.j2
index 6ecac162..c346efdf 100644
--- a/src/roles/init-controller-config/templates/public.yml.j2
+++ b/src/roles/init-controller-config/templates/public.yml.j2
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@
 # so live edits will NOT be seen without restarting the webserver
 # production mode decreases opcache log verbosity to exclude warnings
 # Toggle this to 'false' for any development
-m_opcache_production_mode: True
+# The template defaults this to 'true' - including the case where it is ''
+m_opcache_production_mode: {{ m_opcache_production_mode | default(true, true) }}
 
 # Set a default authentication method for all wikis that don't specify one
 # FIXME #763: List types, and descriptions
diff --git a/src/roles/mediawiki/tasks/main.yml b/src/roles/mediawiki/tasks/main.yml
index 1f5c27ab..35c8ef15 100644
--- a/src/roles/mediawiki/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/src/roles/mediawiki/tasks/main.yml
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@
   composer:
     command: update
     working_dir: "{{ m_mediawiki }}"
-    no_dev: true
+    no_dev: "{{ m_disable_composer_dev_dependencies| default(false, true) }}"
   tags:
     - composer-extensions
     - latest
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@
   composer:
     command: update
     working_dir: "{{ m_mediawiki }}"
-    no_dev: true
+    no_dev: "{{ m_disable_composer_dev_dependencies| default(false, true) }}"
   tags:
     - extensions
     - composer-extensions