diff --git a/.zuul.yaml b/.zuul.yaml
index 74ce39cdfa..6cf79f5f03 100644
--- a/.zuul.yaml
+++ b/.zuul.yaml
@@ -311,6 +311,36 @@
           - compute1
           - compute2
 
+- nodeset:
+    name: devstack-two-node-debian-bookworm
+    nodes:
+      - name: controller
+        label: debian-bookworm
+      - name: compute1
+        label: debian-bookworm
+    groups:
+      # Node where tests are executed and test results collected
+      - name: tempest
+        nodes:
+          - controller
+      # Nodes running the compute service
+      - name: compute
+        nodes:
+          - controller
+          - compute1
+      # Nodes that are not the controller
+      - name: subnode
+        nodes:
+          - compute1
+      # Switch node for multinode networking setup
+      - name: switch
+        nodes:
+          - controller
+      # Peer nodes for multinode networking setup
+      - name: peers
+        nodes:
+          - compute1
+
 - job:
     name: devstack-base
     parent: openstack-multinode-fips
diff --git a/lib/nova b/lib/nova
index 95ed4d035c..810a3d9554 100644
--- a/lib/nova
+++ b/lib/nova
@@ -127,6 +127,9 @@ QEMU_CONF=/etc/libvirt/qemu.conf
 # ``NOVA_VNC_ENABLED`` can be used to forcibly enable VNC configuration.
 # In multi-node setups allows compute hosts to not run ``n-novnc``.
 NOVA_VNC_ENABLED=$(trueorfalse False NOVA_VNC_ENABLED)
+# same as ``NOVA_VNC_ENABLED`` but for Spice and serial console respectively.
+NOVA_SPICE_ENABLED=$(trueorfalse False NOVA_SPICE_ENABLED)
+NOVA_SERIAL_ENABLED=$(trueorfalse False NOVA_SERIAL_ENABLED)
 
 # Get hypervisor configuration
 # ----------------------------
@@ -464,7 +467,7 @@ function create_nova_conf {
     # only setup database connections and cache backend if there are services
     # that require them running on the host. The ensures that n-cpu doesn't
     # leak a need to use the db in a multinode scenario.
-    if is_service_enabled n-api n-cond n-sched; then
+    if is_service_enabled n-api n-cond n-sched n-spice n-novnc n-sproxy; then
         # If we're in multi-tier cells mode, we want our control services pointing
         # at cell0 instead of cell1 to ensure isolation. If not, we point everything
         # at the main database like normal.
@@ -716,7 +719,7 @@ function configure_console_compute {
         iniset $NOVA_CPU_CONF vnc enabled false
     fi
 
-    if is_service_enabled n-spice; then
+    if is_service_enabled n-spice || [ "$NOVA_SPICE_ENABLED" != False ]; then
         # Address on which instance spiceservers will listen on compute hosts.
         # For multi-host, this should be the management ip of the compute host.
         SPICESERVER_PROXYCLIENT_ADDRESS=${SPICESERVER_PROXYCLIENT_ADDRESS:-$default_proxyclient_addr}
@@ -726,7 +729,7 @@ function configure_console_compute {
         iniset $NOVA_CPU_CONF spice server_proxyclient_address "$SPICESERVER_PROXYCLIENT_ADDRESS"
     fi
 
-    if is_service_enabled n-sproxy; then
+    if is_service_enabled n-sproxy || [ "$NOVA_SERIAL_ENABLED" != False ]; then
         iniset $NOVA_CPU_CONF serial_console enabled True
         iniset $NOVA_CPU_CONF serial_console base_url "ws://$SERVICE_HOST:$((6082 + offset))/"
     fi
diff --git a/lib/tempest b/lib/tempest
index b8f9915a87..29b01f186f 100644
--- a/lib/tempest
+++ b/lib/tempest
@@ -514,9 +514,15 @@ function configure_tempest {
         iniset $TEMPEST_CONFIG compute-feature-enabled volume_multiattach True
     fi
 
-    if is_service_enabled n-novnc; then
+    if is_service_enabled n-novnc || [ "$NOVA_VNC_ENABLED" != False ]; then
         iniset $TEMPEST_CONFIG compute-feature-enabled vnc_console True
     fi
+    if is_service_enabled n-spice || [ "$NOVA_SPICE_ENABLED" != False ]; then
+        iniset $TEMPEST_CONFIG compute-feature-enabled spice_console True
+    fi
+    if is_service_enabled n-sproxy || [ "$NOVA_SERIAL_ENABLED" != False ]; then
+        iniset $TEMPEST_CONFIG compute-feature-enabled serial_console True
+    fi
 
     # Network
     iniset $TEMPEST_CONFIG network project_networks_reachable false