As basic as can be install/deploy. Used ovirt-node-ng-installer-latest-el8.iso. Followed steps exactly. Took all defaults possible. After step 23 (Specify the hostname of the deployment host:) the deployment starts. It goes for quite a long time until it fails here, never getting to step 25 and asking me for storage: 2023-11-19 22:19:45,568+0000 DEBUG var changed: host "localhost" var "module_setup" type "<class 'bool'>" value: "true" 1888 2023-11-19 22:19:45,568+0000 DEBUG var changed: host "localhost" var "discovered_interpreter_python" type "<class 'ansible.utils.unsafe_proxy.AnsibleUnsafeText'>" value: ""/usr/libexec/platform-python"" 1889 2023-11-19 22:19:45,568+0000 INFO ansible ok {'status': 'OK', 'ansible_type': 'task', 'ansible_playbook': '/usr/share/ovirt-hosted-engine-setup/he_ansible/trigger_role.yml', 'ansible_host': 'localhost', 'ansible_task': 'For ce facts gathering', 'task_duration': 1} 1890 2023-11-19 22:19:45,568+0000 DEBUG ansible on_any args <ansible.executor.task_result.TaskResult object at 0x7f2028102220> kwargs 1891 2023-11-19 22:19:45,664+0000 INFO ansible task start {'status': 'OK', 'ansible_type': 'task', 'ansible_playbook': '/usr/share/ovirt-hosted-engine-setup/he_ansible/trigger_role.yml', 'ansible_task': 'ovirt.ovirt.hosted_engin e_setup : Set the name for add_host'} 1892 2023-11-19 22:19:45,664+0000 DEBUG ansible on_any args TASK: ovirt.ovirt.hosted_engine_setup : Set the name for add_host kwargs is_conditional:False 1893 2023-11-19 22:19:45,664+0000 DEBUG ansible on_any args localhost TASK: ovirt.ovirt.hosted_engine_setup : Set the name for add_host kwargs 1894 2023-11-19 22:19:45,759+0000 ERROR ansible failed { 1895 "ansible_host": "localhost", 1896 "ansible_playbook": "/usr/share/ovirt-hosted-engine-setup/he_ansible/trigger_role.yml", 1897 "ansible_result": { 1898 "_ansible_no_log": false, 1899 "msg": "The task includes an option with an undefined variable. The error was: 'local_vm_ip' is undefined\n\nThe error appears to be in '/usr/share/ansible/collections/ansible_collections/ovirt/ovirt/roles/hosted_en gine_setup/tasks/sync_on_engine_machine.yml': line 2, column 3, but may\nbe elsewhere in the file depending on the exact syntax problem.\n\nThe offending line appears to be:\n\n---\n- name: Set the name for add_host\n ^ he re\n" 1900 }, 1901 "ansible_task": "Set the name for add_host", 1902 "ansible_type": "task", 1903 "status": "FAILED", 1904 "task_duration": 0 1905 } Summary is: 2197 2023-11-19 22:20:02,141+0000 INFO SUMMARY: 2198 Duration Task Name 2199 -------- -------- 2200 [ < 1 sec ] Execute just a specific set of steps 2201 [ 00:01 ] Force facts gathering 2202 [ FAILED ] Set the name for add_host 2203 [ < 1 sec ] Fetch the value of HOST_KEY_CHECKING 2204 [ < 1 sec ] Get the username running the deploy 2205 [ FAILED ] Register the engine FQDN as a host 2206 [ FAILED ] Sync on engine machine 2207 [ < 1 sec ] Fetch logs from the engine VM 2208 [ < 1 sec ] Set destination directory path 2209 [ < 1 sec ] Create destination directory 2210 [ < 1 sec ] Find the local appliance image 2211 [ 00:10 ] Give the vm time to flush dirty buffers 2212 [ < 1 sec ] Change ownership of copied engine logs 2213 [ < 1 sec ] Remove local vm dir 2214 [ < 1 sec ] Remove temporary entry in /etc/hosts for the local VM 2215 [ < 1 sec ] Clean local storage pools 2216 [ FAILED ] Destroy local storage-pool localvmk0rv3u2g 2217 [ FAILED ] Undefine local storage-pool localvmk0rv3u2g 2218 [ FAILED ] Destroy local storage-pool {{ local_vm_disk_path.split('/')[5] }} 2219 [ FAILED ] Undefine local storage-pool {{ local_vm_disk_path.split('/')[5] }} I am using a viable FQDN and IP for my engine which is on the same network as the host. I've been at this for more than a week with different options/OSs. Figured this was the most basic possible configuration and yet it still doesn't work. Incredibly frustrating product.