I think I finally found the issue, it it was related to tasks/add_hosts_storage_domains.yml where hosts: localhost should be set to hosts: host1.example.other.com As mentioned all worked except for one warning: TASK [ovirt.hosted_engine_setup : Always revoke the SSO token] *************************************************************************************************** fatal: [host1.example.other.com]: FAILED! => {"changed": false, "msg": "You must specify either 'url' or 'hostname'."} ...ignoring host1.example.other.com : ok=418 changed=150 unreachable=0 failed=0 skipped=220 rescued=0 ignored=1 I researched a bit about this error and found https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/53379 but not sure if this is still the case. any feedback is welcome. thank you, Adrian