During Deploy of hosted-engine 4.5.7 under Almalinux 10.1 x86_64_v2: hosted-engine --deploy --4 --restore-from-file=260204-backup.tar.gz --config-append=260204-answers-deploy.conf above other issue there is this "freeze" under Wait for the local VM. root@ovirt-node4:/var/log/ovirt-hosted-engine-setup# rpm -qa | grep ovirt-hosted-engine-setup ovirt-hosted-engine-setup-2.7.3-0.0.master.20251020093656.gitb8855de.el10.noarch I patched a module: diff -c /usr/share/ansible/collections/ansible_collections/ovirt/ovirt/roles/hosted_engine_setup/tasks/bootstrap_local_vm/03_engine_initial_tasks.yml{.orig,} *** /usr/share/ansible/collections/ansible_collections/ovirt/ovirt/roles/hosted_engine_setup/tasks/bootstrap_local_vm/03_engine_initial_tasks.yml.orig 2026-01-06 01:00:00.000000000 +0100 --- /usr/share/ansible/collections/ansible_collections/ovirt/ovirt/roles/hosted_engine_setup/tasks/bootstrap_local_vm/03_engine_initial_tasks.yml 2026-02-04 16:43:23.966315249 +0100 *************** *** 3,10 **** block: - name: Wait for the local VM ansible.builtin.wait_for_connection: ! delay: 5 ! timeout: 3600 - name: Add an entry for this host on /etc/hosts on the local VM ansible.builtin.lineinfile: dest: /etc/hosts --- 3,20 ---- block: - name: Wait for the local VM ansible.builtin.wait_for_connection: ! delay: 30 ! timeout: 600 ! - name: DEBUG - Test manual SSH connection ! ansible.builtin.shell: | ! ssh -v root@{{ hostvars[he_ansible_host_name]['local_vm_ip']['stdout_lines'][0] }} 'echo Connected' ! delegate_to: localhost ! ignore_errors: yes ! ! - name: DEBUG - Print connection variables ! ansible.builtin.debug: ! msg: "Target host: {{ hostvars[he_ansible_host_name]['local_vm_ip']['stdout_lines'][0] }} | FQDN: {{ he_fqdn }} Ansible connection: {{ ansible_connection | default('ssh') }}" ! - name: Add an entry for this host on /etc/hosts on the local VM ansible.builtin.lineinfile: dest: /etc/hosts And after timeout there is the answer (in my case) - while with 5 sec and 3600 seconds the module freezed -: [ INFO ] TASK [ovirt.ovirt.hosted_engine_setup : Register the engine FQDN as a host] [ INFO ] changed: [localhost] [ INFO ] TASK [ovirt.ovirt.hosted_engine_setup : Wait for the local VM] [ ERROR ] fatal: [localhost -> 192.168.222.5]: FAILED! => {"changed": false, "elapsed": 630, "msg": "timed out waiting for ping module test: to use the 'ssh' connection type with passwords or pkcs11_provider, you must install the sshpass program"} [ INFO ] TASK [ovirt.ovirt.hosted_engine_setup : Sync on engine machine] [ ERROR ] fatal: [localhost]: FAILED! => {"msg": "to use the 'ssh' connection type with passwords or pkcs11_provider, you must install the sshpass program"} [ ERROR ] Failed to execute stage 'Closing up': Failed executing ansible-playbook [ INFO ] Stage: Clean up [ INFO ] Cleaning temporary resources There was the lack of "sshpass" which you enable with: dnf install sshpass **** please add ovirt-setup-engine dependacy *****