diff --git a/confluent_osdeploy/common/profile/scripts/setupssh b/confluent_osdeploy/common/profile/scripts/setupssh
index 63d5e462..83c05fa1 100644
--- a/confluent_osdeploy/common/profile/scripts/setupssh
+++ b/confluent_osdeploy/common/profile/scripts/setupssh
@@ -31,9 +31,11 @@ confluentpython $confapiclient /confluent-public/site/initramfs.tgz -o initramfs
 tar xf initramfs.tgz
 for ca in ssh/*.ca; do
 	LINE=$(cat $ca)
-        if [ -z "$LINE" ]; then continue; fi
-	cp -af /etc/ssh/ssh_known_hosts /etc/ssh/ssh_known_hosts.new
-	grep -v "$LINE" /etc/ssh/ssh_known_hosts > /etc/ssh/ssh_known_hosts.new
+	if [ -z "$LINE" ]; then continue; fi
+	if [ -f /etc/ssh/ssh_known_hosts ]; then
+		cp -af /etc/ssh/ssh_known_hosts /etc/ssh/ssh_known_hosts.new
+		grep -v "$LINE" /etc/ssh/ssh_known_hosts > /etc/ssh/ssh_known_hosts.new
+	fi
 	echo '@cert-authority *' $LINE >> /etc/ssh/ssh_known_hosts.new
 	mv /etc/ssh/ssh_known_hosts.new /etc/ssh/ssh_known_hosts
 done
diff --git a/confluent_osdeploy/el8-diskless/profiles/default/scripts/firstboot.sh b/confluent_osdeploy/el8-diskless/profiles/default/scripts/firstboot.sh
index 2bab4136..922dbcda 100644
--- a/confluent_osdeploy/el8-diskless/profiles/default/scripts/firstboot.sh
+++ b/confluent_osdeploy/el8-diskless/profiles/default/scripts/firstboot.sh
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ if [ ! -f /etc/confluent/firstboot.ran ]; then
     touch /etc/confluent/firstboot.ran
 
     cat /etc/confluent/tls/*.pem >> /etc/pki/tls/certs/ca-bundle.crt
-
+    confluentpython /root/confignet
+    rm /root/confignet
     run_remote firstboot.custom
     # Firstboot scripts may be placed into firstboot.d, e.g. firstboot.d/01-firstaction.sh, firstboot.d/02-secondaction.sh
     run_remote_parts firstboot.d
diff --git a/confluent_osdeploy/el8-diskless/profiles/default/scripts/image2disk.py b/confluent_osdeploy/el8-diskless/profiles/default/scripts/image2disk.py
index 5aeaeefe..a6951379 100644
--- a/confluent_osdeploy/el8-diskless/profiles/default/scripts/image2disk.py
+++ b/confluent_osdeploy/el8-diskless/profiles/default/scripts/image2disk.py
@@ -157,6 +157,15 @@ def fixup(rootdir, vols):
     grubsyscfg = os.path.join(rootdir, 'etc/sysconfig/grub')
     if not os.path.exists(grubsyscfg):
         grubsyscfg = os.path.join(rootdir, 'etc/default/grub')
+    currcmdline = []
+    with open('/proc/cmdline') as cmdlinein:
+        cmdline = cmdlinein.read().strip()
+        for arg in cmdline.split():
+            if arg.startswith('console='):
+                currcmdline.append(arg)
+            elif arg == 'quiet':
+                currcmdline.append(arg)
+    currcmdlinestr = ' '.join(currcmdline)
     if os.path.exists(grubsyscfg):
         with open(grubsyscfg) as defgrubin:
             defgrub = defgrubin.read().split('\n')
@@ -168,13 +177,13 @@ def fixup(rootdir, vols):
         'GRUB_DISABLE_SUBMENU=true',
         'GRUB_TERMINAL=""',
         'GRUB_SERIAL_COMMAND=""',
-        'GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="crashkernel=1G-4G:192M,4G-64G:256M,64G-:512M rd.lvm.lv=vg/root rd.lvm.lv=vg/swap"',
+        'GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="{} crashkernel=1G-4G:192M,4G-64G:256M,64G-:512M rd.lvm.lv=vg/root rd.lvm.lv=vg/swap"'.format(currcmdlinestr),
         'GRUB_DISABLE_RECOVERY="true"',
         'GRUB_ENABLE_BLSCFG=true',
         ]
     if not os.path.exists(os.path.join(rootdir, "etc/kernel/cmdline")):
         with open(os.path.join(rootdir, "etc/kernel/cmdline"), "w") as cmdlineout:
-            cmdlineout.write("root=/dev/mapper/localstorage-root rd.lvm.lv=localstorage/root")
+            cmdlineout.write("{} root=/dev/mapper/localstorage-root rd.lvm.lv=localstorage/root".format(currcmdlinestr))
     with open(grubsyscfg, 'w') as defgrubout:
         for gline in defgrub:
             gline = gline.split()
@@ -468,8 +477,14 @@ def install_to_disk(imgpath):
 
 
 
-
-            subprocess.check_call(['umount', '/run/imginst/targ'])
+            while True:
+                try:
+                    subprocess.check_call(['umount', '/run/imginst/targ'])
+                except subprocess.CalledProcessError:
+                    print("Failed to unmount /run/imginst/targ, retrying")
+                    time.sleep(1)
+                else:
+                    break
         for vol in allvols:
             subprocess.check_call(['mount', vol['targetdisk'], '/run/imginst/targ/' + vol['mount']])
         fixup('/run/imginst/targ', allvols)
diff --git a/confluent_osdeploy/el8-diskless/profiles/default/scripts/installimage b/confluent_osdeploy/el8-diskless/profiles/default/scripts/installimage
index a880c3ee..031b1479 100644
--- a/confluent_osdeploy/el8-diskless/profiles/default/scripts/installimage
+++ b/confluent_osdeploy/el8-diskless/profiles/default/scripts/installimage
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 # and existing mounts of image (to take advantage of caching)
 mount -o bind /sys /sysroot/sys
 mount -o bind /dev /sysroot/dev
+mount -o bind /dev/pts /sysroot/dev/pts
 mount -o bind /proc /sysroot/proc
 mount -o bind /run /sysroot/run
 
@@ -21,8 +22,14 @@ else
     done
 fi
 cd /sysroot/run
+cp /run/sshd.pid /tmp/dbgssh.pid
+chroot /sysroot/ bash -c "/usr/sbin/sshd"
 chroot /sysroot/ bash -c "source /etc/confluent/functions; run_remote_python getinstalldisk"
 chroot /sysroot/ bash -c "source /etc/confluent/functions; run_remote_parts pre.d"
+for nameserver in $(sed -n '/^nameservers:/,/^[^-]/p' /etc/confluent/confluent.deploycfg|grep ^- | cut -d ' ' -f 2|sed -e 's/ //'); do
+    echo "nameserver $nameserver" >> /sysroot/etc/resolv.conf
+done
+#chroot /sysroot/ bash -c "source /etc/confluent/functions; run_remote_python confignet"
 if [ ! -f /sysroot/tmp/installdisk ]; then
     echo 'Unable to find a suitable installation target device, ssh to port 2222 to investigate'
     while [ ! -f /sysroot/tmp/installdisk ]; do
@@ -39,7 +46,8 @@ chroot /sysroot bash -c "source /etc/confluent/functions; run_remote_python imag
 echo "Port 22" >> /etc/ssh/sshd_config
 echo 'Match LocalPort 22' >> /etc/ssh/sshd_config
 echo '    ChrootDirectory /sysroot/run/imginst/targ' >> /etc/ssh/sshd_config
-kill -HUP $(cat /run/sshd.pid)
+kill $(cat /sysroot/var/run/sshd.pid)
+kill -HUP $(cat /tmp/dbgssh.pid)
 cp /sysroot/etc/pki/ca-trust/source/anchors/* /sysroot/run/imginst/targ/etc/pki/ca-trust/source/anchors/
 chroot /sysroot/run/imginst/targ update-ca-trust
 
diff --git a/confluent_osdeploy/el8-diskless/profiles/default/scripts/post.sh b/confluent_osdeploy/el8-diskless/profiles/default/scripts/post.sh
index a61bc67b..23e13dfe 100644
--- a/confluent_osdeploy/el8-diskless/profiles/default/scripts/post.sh
+++ b/confluent_osdeploy/el8-diskless/profiles/default/scripts/post.sh
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ run_remote_parts post.d
 # Induce execution of remote configuration, e.g. ansible plays in ansible/post.d/
 run_remote_config post.d
 
+cd /root/
+fetch_remote confignet
 curl -sf -X POST -d 'status: staged' -H "CONFLUENT_NODENAME: $nodename" -H "CONFLUENT_APIKEY: $confluent_apikey" https://$confluent_mgr/confluent-api/self/updatestatus
 
 kill $logshowpid
diff --git a/confluent_osdeploy/el8-diskless/profiles/default/scripts/pre.d/.gitignore b/confluent_osdeploy/el8-diskless/profiles/default/scripts/pre.d/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b