diff --git a/group_vars/pas/production.yml b/group_vars/pas/production.yml
index e0b2480a29..d7ab97d5c8 100644
--- a/group_vars/pas/production.yml
+++ b/group_vars/pas/production.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
-php_version: "8.1"
-php_unwanted_version: "7.4"
+php_version: "8.3"
+php_unwanted_version: "8.1"
 pas_db_name: "pas_prod"
 pas_db_user: "pas"
 pas_password: '{{ vault_pas_db_password }}'
diff --git a/group_vars/pas/staging.yml b/group_vars/pas/staging.yml
index 611f4b658a..b37d83d0bf 100644
--- a/group_vars/pas/staging.yml
+++ b/group_vars/pas/staging.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
-php_version: "8.1"
-php_unwanted_version: "7.4"
+php_version: "8.3"
+php_unwanted_version: "8.1"
 pas_db_driver: 'mysql'
 pas_db_name: "pas_staging"
 pas_db_user: "pas"
diff --git a/group_vars/video_reserves/production.yml b/group_vars/video_reserves/production.yml
index 2553d49cfd..7cd86078cf 100644
--- a/group_vars/video_reserves/production.yml
+++ b/group_vars/video_reserves/production.yml
@@ -1,23 +1,3 @@
 ---
-mysql_server: false
-
-mysql_host: "mysql-db-prod1.princeton.edu"
-
-mysql_root_password: "{{ vault_mysql_root_password }}"
-mysql_databases:
-  - name: "{{ video_reserves_db_name }}"
-    encoding: utf8mb4
-    collation: utf8mb4_general_ci
-
-mysql_users:
-  - name: "{{ video_reserves_db_user }}"
-    host: "%"
-    password: "{{ vault_video_reserves_prod_user_password }}"
-    priv: "video_reserves_prod_db.*:ALL"
-
-video_reserves_db_name: "video_reserves_prod_db"
-video_reserves_db_user: "video_reserves_prod_db_user"
-video_reserves_db_password: "{{ vault_video_reserves_prod_user_password }}"
-db_host: "{{ mysql_host }}"
 video_reserves_cert_path: "/etc/apache2/ssl/certs/{{ inventory_hostname }}_chained.pem"
 video_reserves_domain_name: "videoreserves-prod.princeton.edu"
diff --git a/group_vars/video_reserves/staging.yml b/group_vars/video_reserves/staging.yml
index 314157fb1f..a825611bbf 100644
--- a/group_vars/video_reserves/staging.yml
+++ b/group_vars/video_reserves/staging.yml
@@ -1,24 +1,5 @@
 ---
 php_version: "8.1"
-mysql_server: false
 
-mysql_host: "mysql-db-staging1.princeton.edu"
-
-mysql_root_password: "{{ vault_mysql_root_password }}"
-mysql_databases:
-  - name: "{{ video_reserves_db_name }}"
-    encoding: utf8mb4
-    collation: utf8mb4_general_ci
-
-mysql_users:
-  - name: "{{ video_reserves_db_user }}"
-    host: "%"
-    password: "{{ vault_video_reserves_staging_user_password }}"
-    priv: "video_reserves_staging_db.*:ALL"
-
-video_reserves_db_name: "video_reserves_staging_db"
-video_reserves_db_user: "video_reserves_staging_db_user"
-video_reserves_db_password: "{{ vault_video_reserves_staging_user_password }}"
-db_host: "{{ mysql_host }}"
 video_reserves_cert_path: "/etc/apache2/ssl/certs/{{ inventory_hostname }}_chained.pem"
 video_reserves_domain_name: "videoreserves-staging.princeton.edu"
diff --git a/group_vars/video_reserves/vault.yml b/group_vars/video_reserves/vault.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 136a0270cf..0000000000
--- a/group_vars/video_reserves/vault.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-$ANSIBLE_VAULT;1.1;AES256
-32646561663935623635386265316335343566393939656562613139346263393964623239656336
-3035383634343138646639616637303935663762653538390a326365336166613364643930326161
-34383563303935353262333133373531306166336337316465356165653038383532343630396438
-6234356665623661660a663862366564356534396639643533623165626361313136346632373337
-39333362666637326662626130363662626433623965623565303264626261303937343537666138
-65386232333835653534303863323062343363333135616335353466376564373765316330376537
-35333933636265316566373538666565616233386139643536653036313730316562306230316330
-35636132663930653466323731636430343932633339323236623137316164616638353236633738
-61363662633537616665363333346635356436663865366566316562313766333861336635373161
-62316234656166666133353931343065663138326230633731646161353866383534633831616431
-356636316537353661393466393934366462
diff --git a/playbooks/video_reserves.yml b/playbooks/video_reserves.yml
index 57169a07be..bd07170d9e 100644
--- a/playbooks/video_reserves.yml
+++ b/playbooks/video_reserves.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
         - run a cap for video_reserves
   vars_files:
     - ../group_vars/video_reserves/{{ runtime_env | default('staging') }}.yml
-    - ../group_vars/video_reserves/vault.yml
   pre_tasks:
     - set_fact:
         deploy_id_rsa_private_key: "{{  lookup('file', '../roles/video_reserves/files/id_rsa')  }}\n"
diff --git a/roles/nginxplus/files/conf/http/dss-prod.conf b/roles/nginxplus/files/conf/http/dss-prod.conf
index 805155d3cf..06227d76ea 100644
--- a/roles/nginxplus/files/conf/http/dss-prod.conf
+++ b/roles/nginxplus/files/conf/http/dss-prod.conf
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ server {
         proxy_connect_timeout      2h;
         proxy_send_timeout         2h;
         proxy_read_timeout         2h;
-        health_check uri=/catalog interval=10 fails=3 passes=2;
+        health_check uri=/health.json?providers[]=database&providers[]=solr interval=10 fails=3 passes=2;
         proxy_intercept_errors on;
         #to allow springshare libwizard tutorial embeds
         add_header Content-Security-Policy "frame-ancestors 'self' https://princeton.libwizard.com;";
diff --git a/roles/nginxplus/files/conf/http/dss-staging.conf b/roles/nginxplus/files/conf/http/dss-staging.conf
index da52cc8c85..2a5b14348c 100644
--- a/roles/nginxplus/files/conf/http/dss-staging.conf
+++ b/roles/nginxplus/files/conf/http/dss-staging.conf
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ server {
         proxy_connect_timeout      2h;
         proxy_send_timeout         2h;
         proxy_read_timeout         2h;
-        health_check uri=/catalog interval=10 fails=3 passes=2;
+        health_check uri=/health.json?providers[]=database&providers[]=solr interval=10 fails=3 passes=2;
         proxy_intercept_errors on;
         #to allow springshare libwizard tutorial embeds
         # add_header Content-Security-Policy "frame-ancestors 'self' https://princeton.libwizard.com;";
diff --git a/roles/php/tasks/main.yml b/roles/php/tasks/main.yml
index ec4793cf6c..79d1a4a032 100644
--- a/roles/php/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/php/tasks/main.yml
@@ -27,6 +27,12 @@
       - apt-transport-https
       - dirmngr
 
+- name: php | Add ondrej sury repository
+  ansible.builtin.apt_repository:
+    repo: "ppa:ondrej/php"
+    update_cache: true
+    state: present
+
 - name: php | install php
   ansible.builtin.apt:
     name: ["php{{ php_version }}", "php{{ php_version }}-dev", "php{{ php_version }}-curl", "php{{ php_version }}-zip"]
diff --git a/roles/video_reserves/meta/main.yml b/roles/video_reserves/meta/main.yml
index 79d38f2568..b99e9d6394 100644
--- a/roles/video_reserves/meta/main.yml
+++ b/roles/video_reserves/meta/main.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ galaxy_info:
 dependencies:
   - role: "deploy_user"
   - role: "composer"
-  - role: "mysql"
     # It is possible the ruby_s role is not required
     # Added while removing from the capistrano role
   - role: "ruby_s"
diff --git a/roles/video_reserves/molecule/default/converge.yml b/roles/video_reserves/molecule/default/converge.yml
index a58f58c979..ece6f7f53e 100644
--- a/roles/video_reserves/molecule/default/converge.yml
+++ b/roles/video_reserves/molecule/default/converge.yml
@@ -3,12 +3,7 @@
   hosts: all
   vars:
     - running_on_server: false
-    - mysql_server: true
-    - mysql_root_password: 'change_me'
     - deploy_user: deploy
-    - root_db_password: change_me
-    - db_host: localhost
-    - db_password: '{{ mysql_root_password }}'
   become: true
   pre_tasks:
     - name: install iproute
@@ -30,10 +25,6 @@
         update_cache: true
         cache_valid_time: 600
   tasks:
-    - name: "Include mysql role"
-      ansible.builtin.include_role:
-        name: mysql
-
     - name: "Include video reserves role"
       ansible.builtin.include_role:
         name: video_reserves
diff --git a/roles/video_reserves/tasks/main.yml b/roles/video_reserves/tasks/main.yml
index 3ddf3f3576..548146ca57 100644
--- a/roles/video_reserves/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/video_reserves/tasks/main.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
   notify: restart apache2
   loop:
     - libapache2-mod-php{{ php_version }}
-    - php{{ php_version }}-mysql
 
 - name: video_reserves | create directories for shared files
   ansible.builtin.file:
diff --git a/roles/video_reserves/templates/config.tpl.j2 b/roles/video_reserves/templates/config.tpl.j2
index 54ba875915..3084f33ebb 100644
--- a/roles/video_reserves/templates/config.tpl.j2
+++ b/roles/video_reserves/templates/config.tpl.j2
@@ -3,10 +3,6 @@
 // {{ ansible_managed | comment }}
 // mysql info
 //
-define ('HOST', '{{ app_db_host }}');
-define ('USER', '{{ app_db_user }}');
-define ('PASS', '{{ app_db_password }}');
-define ('DB', '{{ video_reserves_db_name }}');
 define ('APP_URL', 'https://{{ video_reserves_domain_name }}/hrc'); // without trailing slash
 define('CAS_DOMAIN', 'https://{{ video_reserves_domain_name }}');
 define('CERT_PATH', '{{ video_reserves_cert_path }}');