diff --git a/confluent_osdeploy/ubuntu22.04/profiles/default/scripts/firstboot.sh b/confluent_osdeploy/ubuntu22.04/profiles/default/scripts/firstboot.sh
index 22848fe7..c0ba44ab 100755
--- a/confluent_osdeploy/ubuntu22.04/profiles/default/scripts/firstboot.sh
+++ b/confluent_osdeploy/ubuntu22.04/profiles/default/scripts/firstboot.sh
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ done
 hostnamectl set-hostname $(grep ^NODENAME: /etc/confluent/confluent.info | awk '{print $2}')
 touch /etc/cloud/cloud-init.disabled
 source /etc/confluent/functions
-
+confluent_profile=$(grep ^profile: /etc/confluent/confluent.deploycfg|awk '{print $2}')
+export confluent_mgr confluent_profile
 run_remote_parts firstboot.d
 run_remote_config firstboot.d
 curl --capath /etc/confluent/tls -f -H "CONFLUENT_NODENAME: $nodename" -H "CONFLUENT_APIKEY: $confluent_apikey" -X POST -d "status: complete" https://$confluent_mgr/confluent-api/self/updatestatus
diff --git a/confluent_osdeploy/ubuntu22.04/profiles/default/scripts/post.sh b/confluent_osdeploy/ubuntu22.04/profiles/default/scripts/post.sh
index 5f530262..773bf8ad 100755
--- a/confluent_osdeploy/ubuntu22.04/profiles/default/scripts/post.sh
+++ b/confluent_osdeploy/ubuntu22.04/profiles/default/scripts/post.sh
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ chroot /target bash -c "source /etc/confluent/functions; run_remote_parts post.d
 source /target/etc/confluent/functions
 
 run_remote_config post
+python3 /opt/confluent/bin/apiclient /confluent-api/self/updatestatus  -d 'status: staged'
 
 umount /target/sys /target/dev /target/proc
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