Thanks Strahil, I think I we found the relevent error in logs: [ 00:03 ] Make the engine aware that the external VM is stopped [ 00:01 ] Wait for the local bootstrap VM to be down at engine eyes [ 00:02 ] Remove bootstrap external VM from the engine [ 00:04 ] Remove ovirt-engine-appliance rpm [ < 1 sec ] Include custom tasks for after setup customization [ < 1 sec ] Include Host vars [ FAILED ] Set Engine public key as authorized key without validating the TLS/SSL certificates 2021-05-11 11:15:34,420+0200 DEBUG ansible on_any args <ansible.executor.stats.AggregateStats object at 0x7fd4c0e6e9b0> kwargs [root@hej1 ~]# cat /var/log/ovirt-hosted-engine-setup/ovirt-hosted-engine-setup-ansible-create_target_vm-20210511110328-fcgvwi.log Can you recognize an issue you know from all the info I have provided, do I need to dig further?