diff --git a/apache/server/proxy/openstack/heat.yml b/apache/server/proxy/openstack/heat.yml
index d8f222a..86f9d54 100644
--- a/apache/server/proxy/openstack/heat.yml
+++ b/apache/server/proxy/openstack/heat.yml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
             address: ${_param:apache_proxy_openstack_api_address}
           ssl: ${_param:apache_proxy_ssl}
         apache_proxy_openstack_api_heat_cloudwatch:
-          enabled: true
+          enabled: ${_param:openstack_heat_cloudwatch_api_enabled}
           type: proxy
           name: openstack_api_heat_cloudwatch
           check: false
diff --git a/defaults/init.yml b/defaults/init.yml
index dec31b6..3ce4818 100644
--- a/defaults/init.yml
+++ b/defaults/init.yml
@@ -43,3 +43,8 @@
     # Make sure this global variable is defined everywhere, where used it is already set on cluster level
     cluster_public_host: '127.0.0.1'
     single_address: '127.0.0.1'
+    # Stub parameter, to render target local_registry_mirror_image_list
+    local_docker_client_registry_target_registry: "apt:5000"
+    # Cloudwatch api removed from Queens
+    openstack_heat_cloudwatch_api_enabled: True
+
diff --git a/haproxy/proxy/listen/openstack/heat.yml b/haproxy/proxy/listen/openstack/heat.yml
index cb24614..649ce99 100644
--- a/haproxy/proxy/listen/openstack/heat.yml
+++ b/haproxy/proxy/listen/openstack/heat.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
         heat_cloudwatch_api:
           type: openstack-service
           service_name: heat
+          enabled: ${_param:openstack_heat_cloudwatch_api_enabled}
           binds:
           - address: ${_param:cluster_vip_address}
             port: 8003
diff --git a/haproxy/proxy/listen/openstack/heat_large.yml b/haproxy/proxy/listen/openstack/heat_large.yml
index 2272c3e..899a691 100644
--- a/haproxy/proxy/listen/openstack/heat_large.yml
+++ b/haproxy/proxy/listen/openstack/heat_large.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
         heat_cloudwatch_api:
           type: openstack-service
           service_name: heat
+          enabled: ${_param:openstack_heat_cloudwatch_api_enabled}
           binds:
           - address: ${_param:cluster_vip_address}
             port: 8003
diff --git a/nginx/server/proxy/openstack/heat_cloudwatch.yml b/nginx/server/proxy/openstack/heat_cloudwatch.yml
index 3b2dad6..bea6715 100644
--- a/nginx/server/proxy/openstack/heat_cloudwatch.yml
+++ b/nginx/server/proxy/openstack/heat_cloudwatch.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
       enabled: true
       site:
         nginx_proxy_openstack_api_heat_cloudwatch:
-          enabled: true
+          enabled: ${_param:openstack_heat_cloudwatch_api_enabled}
           type: nginx_proxy
           name: openstack_api_heat_cloudwatch
           proxy: