diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 5d50ddc..9a3cefb 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -65,7 +65,3 @@ galera_ssl_server: "{{ (galera_cluster_members | default(['localhost']))[0] }}"
 galera_ssl_ca_cert: /etc/ssl/certs/galera-ca.pem
 # The path to Galera CA certificate file on the deployment host
 # galera_user_ssl_ca_cert: /etc/openstack_deploy/self_signed_certs/galera-ca.pem
-
-## Set default mirror for openSUSE repositories
-# NOTE(hwoarang): Ensure that the full path to the 'opensuse' directory is used.
-#galera_client_opensuse_mirror_obs_url: "http://widehat.opensuse.org"
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/drop-opensuse-mirror-url-variable-fa2df9eee6399938.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/drop-opensuse-mirror-url-variable-fa2df9eee6399938.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d78eae8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/drop-opensuse-mirror-url-variable-fa2df9eee6399938.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+deprecations:
+  - |
+    The ``galera_client_opensuse_mirror_obs_url`` variable has been removed
+    since the OBS repository is no longer used to install the MariaDB packages.
diff --git a/tasks/galera_client_install_zypper.yml b/tasks/galera_client_install_zypper.yml
index 3338612..25f2dbe 100644
--- a/tasks/galera_client_install_zypper.yml
+++ b/tasks/galera_client_install_zypper.yml
@@ -13,13 +13,75 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-- name: Add galera client zypper repository
+- name: Stats /etc/my.cnf.d
+  stat:
+    path: /etc/my.cnf.d
+  register: mycnfd_stat
+
+- name: Destroy my.cnf.d dir if is dir
+  file:
+    path: /etc/my.cnf.d
+    state: absent
+    force: true
+  when:
+    - mycnfd_stat.stat.isdir is defined
+    - mycnfd_stat.stat.isdir == True
+
+- name: Update the local file system CRUD
+  file:
+    src: "{{ item.src|default(omit) }}"
+    path: "{{ item.path }}"
+    state: "{{ item.state }}"
+    force: "{{ item.force|default(omit) }}"
+  with_items:
+    - { path: "/etc/mysql", state: "directory" }
+    - { path: "/etc/mysql/conf.d", state: "directory" }
+    - { src: "/etc/mysql/conf.d", path: "/etc/my.cnf.d", state: "link", force: true }
+    - { src: "/etc/mysql/my.cnf", path: "/etc/my.cnf", state: "link", force: true }
+  tags:
+    - galera-config
+
+- name: Add galera gpg-keys
+  block:
+    - name: Add keys (primary keyserver)
+      rpm_key:
+        state: present
+        key: "{{ item.keyserver }}/{{ item.key_name }}"
+      register: add_keys
+      until: add_keys|success
+      retries: 5
+      delay: 2
+      with_items: "{{ galera_client_gpg_keys }}"
+      tags:
+        - galera-gpg-keys
+
+  rescue:
+    - name: Add keys (fallback keyserver)
+      rpm_key:
+        state: present
+        key: "{{ item.fallback_keyserver }}/{{ item.key_name }}"
+      register: add_keys
+      until: add_keys|success
+      retries: 5
+      delay: 2
+      with_items: "{{ galera_client_gpg_keys }}"
+      when: item.fallback_keyserver is defined
+      tags:
+        - galera-gpg-keys
+
+- name: Add galera repo
   zypper_repository:
-      refresh: yes
-      name: "{{ item.name }}"
-      repo: "{{ item.uri }}"
-      auto_import_keys: yes
-  register: zypper_repository_added
-  with_items: "{{ galera_client_repo }}"
+    name: "{{ item.name }}"
+    description: "{{ item.description }}"
+    repo: "{{ item.baseurl }}"
+    autorefresh: yes
+    auto_import_keys: no
+    enabled: yes
+  register: add_repos
+  until: add_repos | success
+  retries: 5
+  delay: 2
+  with_items:
+    - "{{ galera_client_repo }}"
   tags:
     - galera-repos
diff --git a/vars/suse-42.yml b/vars/suse-42.yml
index 58c15b6..4e0dfc8 100644
--- a/vars/suse-42.yml
+++ b/vars/suse-42.yml
@@ -13,10 +13,11 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-_galera_client_repo_url: "{{ galera_client_opensuse_mirror_obs_url | default('http://download.opensuse.org') }}/repositories/server:/database/openSUSE_Leap_{{ ansible_distribution_version }}"
+_galera_client_repo_url: "http://yum.mariadb.org/{{ galera_client_major_version }}/sles/12/x86_64"
 _galera_client_repo:
-  - name: "OBS:server_database"
-    uri: "{{ galera_client_repo_url }}"
+  name: MariaDB
+  description: "MariaDB Repo"
+  baseurl: "{{ galera_client_repo_url }}"
 
 galera_client_distro_packages:
   - libbz2-devel
@@ -25,7 +26,14 @@ galera_client_distro_packages:
   - libaio-devel
   - libstdc++-devel
   - libgcrypt-devel
-  - mariadb-client
-  - libmysqlclient-devel
   - libopenssl-devel
+  - MariaDB-client
+  - MariaDB-devel
+  - MariaDB-shared
   - python-devel
+
+# Galera GPG Keys
+_galera_client_gpg_keys:
+  - key_name: 'RPM-GPG-KEY-MariaDB'
+    keyserver: 'https://yum.mariadb.org'
+    fallback_keyserver: 'http://yum.mariadb.org'