diff --git a/docs/ngcpcfg.txt b/docs/ngcpcfg.txt
index 2bc50198..8f2bef6a 100644
--- a/docs/ngcpcfg.txt
+++ b/docs/ngcpcfg.txt
@@ -379,11 +379,19 @@ installed.
 
 Display usage information and exit.
 
-  **initialise**::
+  **initialise [--without_shared]**::
 
 If ngcpcfg was installed but isn't configured yet the 'initialise' option sets
 up ngcpcfg accordingly. Follow the instructions from the <<setup_instructions,
-Setup instructions>> section.
+Setup instructions>> section. Option '--without_shared' allows to skip shared
+repository setup (which is necessary on High Availability setup only).
+
+  **init-shared**::
+
+The ngcpcfg configures shared repository to synchronise configurations between
+all nodes in installation. It is necessary if ngcpcfg was initialised using
+option '--without_shared'. Note: Feature is available in the High Availability
+setup only.
 
   **init-mgmt** <server>::
 
diff --git a/sbin/ngcpcfg b/sbin/ngcpcfg
index 4ad2ae74..985940a2 100755
--- a/sbin/ngcpcfg
+++ b/sbin/ngcpcfg
@@ -145,6 +145,7 @@ case ${1:-} in
   diff|\
   encrypt|\
   init-mgmt|\
+  init-shared|\
   initialise|\
   log|\
   pull|\
diff --git a/scripts/initialise b/scripts/initialise
index 1e465e5f..da3f6f6d 100755
--- a/scripts/initialise
+++ b/scripts/initialise
@@ -18,6 +18,15 @@ fi
 
 # main script
 
+while (( "$#" )); do
+  case "${1}" in
+    --without_shared)
+      WITHOUT_SHARED='true'
+      shift
+      ;;
+  esac
+done
+
 log_debug "cd $NGCPCTL_MAIN"
 cd "$NGCPCTL_MAIN"
 
@@ -60,8 +69,10 @@ if ! is_git_clean ; then
 fi
 
 if type -p init_ha &>/dev/null ; then
-  log_debug "init_ha function"
-  init_ha
+  if ! "${WITHOUT_SHARED:-false}" ; then
+    log_debug "init_ha function"
+    init_ha
+  fi
 fi
 
 if ! [ -r /etc/.gitignore ] ; then