diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 8d76b68..8b13e0e 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -59,10 +59,13 @@ trove_swift_url: "{{ trove_service_publicuri_proto }}://{{ external_lb_vip_addre
 trove_neutron_url: "{{ trove_service_publicuri_proto }}://{{ external_lb_vip_address }}:{{ neutron_service_port }}/"
 trove_profiler_enabled: false
 
-# If ``trove_api_workers`` is unset the system will use half the number of
-# available VCPUS to compute the number of api workers to use.
-# trove_api_workers: 16
-# trove_api_workers: 16
+## Cap the maximum number of threads / workers when a user value is unspecified.
+trove_api_workers_max: 16
+trove_api_workers: "{{ [[ansible_processor_vcpus|default(2) // 2, 1] | max, trove_api_workers_max] | min }}"
+
+## Cap the maximum number of threads / workers when a user value is unspecified.
+trove_conductor_workers_max: 16
+trove_conductor_workers: "{{ [[ansible_processor_vcpus|default(2) // 2, 1] | max, trove_conductor_workers_max] | min }}"
 
 # Name of the virtual env to deploy into
 trove_venv_tag: untagged
@@ -88,7 +91,9 @@ trove_apache_log_level: info
 trove_apache_servertokens: "Prod"
 trove_apache_serversignature: "Off"
 trove_wsgi_threads: 1
-trove_wsgi_processes: "{{ ansible_processor_vcpus | default (1) * 2 }}"
+## Cap the maximum number of processes when a user value is unspecified.
+trove_wsgi_processes_max: 32
+trove_wsgi_processes: "{{ [[ansible_processor_vcpus|default(1), 1] | max * 2, trove_wsgi_processes_max] | min }}"
 
 # set trove_ssl to true to enable SSL configuration on the trove containers
 trove_ssl: false
diff --git a/templates/trove-conductor.conf.j2 b/templates/trove-conductor.conf.j2
index 642c6b6..c5e385e 100644
--- a/templates/trove-conductor.conf.j2
+++ b/templates/trove-conductor.conf.j2
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ debug = {{ debug }}
 trove_auth_url = {{ trove_auth_url }}
 conductor_manager = trove.conductor.manager.Manager
 rpc_backend={{ trove_rpc_backend }}
+trove_conductor_workers={{ trove_conductor_workers }}
 transport_url = rabbit://{% for host in trove_rabbitmq_servers.split(',') %}{{ trove_rabbitmq_userid }}:{{ trove_rabbitmq_password }}@{{ host }}:{{ trove_rabbitmq_port }}{% if not loop.last %},{% else %}/{{ trove_rabbitmq_vhost }}{% endif %}{% endfor %}
 
 {# There must be a blank line above or the following line will be appended to the previous. #}
diff --git a/templates/trove.conf.j2 b/templates/trove.conf.j2
index 6d4827f..334543b 100644
--- a/templates/trove.conf.j2
+++ b/templates/trove.conf.j2
@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
 # {{ ansible_managed }}
-{% set _api_threads = ansible_processor_vcpus|default(2) // 2 %}
-{% set api_threads = _api_threads if _api_threads > 0 else 1 %}
 [DEFAULT]
 debug = {{ debug }}
 bind_host = {{ trove_service_host }}
 bind_port = {{ trove_service_port }}
-trove_api_workers={{ trove_api_workers | default(api_threads) }}
+trove_api_workers={{ trove_api_workers }}
 rpc_backend={{ trove_rpc_backend }}
 transport_url = rabbit://{% for host in trove_rabbitmq_servers.split(',') %}{{ trove_rabbitmq_userid }}:{{ trove_rabbitmq_password }}@{{ host }}:{{ trove_rabbitmq_port }}{% if not loop.last %},{% else %}/{{ trove_rabbitmq_vhost }}{% endif %}{% endfor %}