diff --git a/confluent_osdeploy/suse15/profiles/hpc/ansible/firstboot.d/README.txt b/confluent_osdeploy/suse15/profiles/hpc/ansible/firstboot.d/README.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..97e5f506
--- /dev/null
+++ b/confluent_osdeploy/suse15/profiles/hpc/ansible/firstboot.d/README.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+Ansible playbooks ending in .yml or .yaml that are placed into this directory will be executed at the
+appropriate phase of the install process.
+
+The 'hosts' may be omitted, and if included will be ignored, replaced with the host that is specifically
+requesting the playbooks be executed.
+
+Also, the playbooks will be executed on the deployment server. Hence it may be slower in aggregate than
+running content under scripts/ which ask much less of the deployment server
+
+Here is an example of what a playbook would look like broadly:
+
+- name: Example
+  gather_facts: no
+  tasks:
+       - name: Example1
+         lineinfile:
+           path: /etc/hosts
+           line: 1.2.3.4 test1
+           create: yes
+       - name: Example2
+         lineinfile:
+           path: /etc/hosts
+           line: 1.2.3.5 test2
+           create: yes
+
diff --git a/confluent_osdeploy/suse15/profiles/hpc/ansible/post.d/README.txt b/confluent_osdeploy/suse15/profiles/hpc/ansible/post.d/README.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..97e5f506
--- /dev/null
+++ b/confluent_osdeploy/suse15/profiles/hpc/ansible/post.d/README.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+Ansible playbooks ending in .yml or .yaml that are placed into this directory will be executed at the
+appropriate phase of the install process.
+
+The 'hosts' may be omitted, and if included will be ignored, replaced with the host that is specifically
+requesting the playbooks be executed.
+
+Also, the playbooks will be executed on the deployment server. Hence it may be slower in aggregate than
+running content under scripts/ which ask much less of the deployment server
+
+Here is an example of what a playbook would look like broadly:
+
+- name: Example
+  gather_facts: no
+  tasks:
+       - name: Example1
+         lineinfile:
+           path: /etc/hosts
+           line: 1.2.3.4 test1
+           create: yes
+       - name: Example2
+         lineinfile:
+           path: /etc/hosts
+           line: 1.2.3.5 test2
+           create: yes
+
diff --git a/confluent_osdeploy/suse15/profiles/hpc/scripts/firstboot.sh b/confluent_osdeploy/suse15/profiles/hpc/scripts/firstboot.sh
index 333f2e4a..b0297b03 100644
--- a/confluent_osdeploy/suse15/profiles/hpc/scripts/firstboot.sh
+++ b/confluent_osdeploy/suse15/profiles/hpc/scripts/firstboot.sh
@@ -10,4 +10,11 @@ apikey=$(cat /etc/confluent/confluent.apikey)
 . /etc/confluent/functions
 
 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
+
+# Induce execution of remote configuration, e.g. ansible plays in ansible/firstboot.d/
+run_remote_config firstboot
+
 curl --capath /etc/confluent/tls -H "CONFLUENT_NODENAME: $nodename" -H "CONFLUENT_APIKEY: $apikey" -f -X POST -d "status: complete" https://$mgr/confluent-api/self/updatestatus
diff --git a/confluent_osdeploy/suse15/profiles/hpc/scripts/functions b/confluent_osdeploy/suse15/profiles/hpc/scripts/functions
index 42e5c79a..bcbbeed4 100644
--- a/confluent_osdeploy/suse15/profiles/hpc/scripts/functions
+++ b/confluent_osdeploy/suse15/profiles/hpc/scripts/functions
@@ -33,3 +33,20 @@ run_remote_python() {
     cd - > /dev/null
     return $retcode
 }
+
+run_remote_config() {
+    echo
+    set_confluent_vars
+    apiclient=/opt/confluent/bin/apiclient
+    if [ -f /etc/confluent/apiclient ]; then
+        apiclient=/etc/confluent/apiclient
+    fi
+    echo '---------------------------------------------------------------------------'
+    echo Requesting to run remote configuration for "'$*'" from $mgr under profile $profile
+    /usr/libexec/platform-python $apiclient /confluent-api/self/remoteconfig/"$*" -d {}
+    /usr/libexec/platform-python $apiclient /confluent-api/self/remoteconfig/status -w 204
+    echo
+    echo 'Completed remote configuration
+    echo '---------------------------------------------------------------------------'
+    return
+}
diff --git a/confluent_osdeploy/suse15/profiles/hpc/scripts/post.sh b/confluent_osdeploy/suse15/profiles/hpc/scripts/post.sh
index 7111d781..19cc051b 100644
--- a/confluent_osdeploy/suse15/profiles/hpc/scripts/post.sh
+++ b/confluent_osdeploy/suse15/profiles/hpc/scripts/post.sh
@@ -23,5 +23,11 @@ export mgr profile nodename
 
 run_remote post.custom
 
+# Also, scripts may be placed into 'post.d', e.g. post.d/01-runfirst.sh, post.d/02-runsecond.sh
+run_remote_parts post
+
+# Induce execution of remote configuration, e.g. ansible plays in ansible/post.d/
+run_remote_config post
+
 curl -X POST -d 'status: staged' -H "CONFLUENT_NODENAME: $nodename" -H "CONFLUENT_APIKEY: $apikey" https://$mgr/confluent-api/self/updatestatus