diff --git a/ansible/roles/appliance/tasks/dependencies.yml b/ansible/roles/appliance/tasks/dependencies.yml
index 2d9f04f..18b9702 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/appliance/tasks/dependencies.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/appliance/tasks/dependencies.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 - name: Download & install static binaries
   ansible.builtin.get_url:
     url: "{{ item.url }}"
+    url_username: "{{ item.username | default(omit) }}"
+    url_password: "{{ item.password | default(omit) }}"
     dest: /usr/local/bin/{{ item.filename }}
     owner: root
     group: root
diff --git a/ansible/roles/firstboot/files/ansible_payload/roles/metacluster/tasks/main.yml b/ansible/roles/firstboot/files/ansible_payload/roles/metacluster/tasks/main.yml
index 4ec6557..73a994d 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/firstboot/files/ansible_payload/roles/metacluster/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/firstboot/files/ansible_payload/roles/metacluster/tasks/main.yml
@@ -121,15 +121,14 @@
   ansible.builtin.shell:
     cmd: >-
       skopeo copy \
+        --insecure-policy \
         --dest-tls-verify=false \
         --dest-creds admin:{{ vapp['guestinfo.rootpw'] }} \
         docker-archive:./{{ item }} \
         docker://registry.{{ vapp['metacluster.fqdn'] }}/library/$( \
-          k3s ctr run \
-            --rm \
-            --mount type=bind,src=$PWD,dst=/data,options=rbind:ro \
-            quay.io/skopeo/stable:v1.8.0 skopeo \
-            skopeo list-tags docker-archive:/data/{{ item }} | \
+          skopeo list-tags \
+            --insecure-policy \
+            docker-archive:./{{ item }} | \
           jq -r '.Tags[0]')
     chdir: /opt/metacluster/container-images/
   loop: "{{ imagetarballs.files }}"
diff --git a/ansible/roles/metacluster/tasks/components.yml b/ansible/roles/metacluster/tasks/components.yml
index 220f941..dc80345 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/metacluster/tasks/components.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/metacluster/tasks/components.yml
@@ -53,7 +53,8 @@
         docker://{{ item }} \
         docker-archive:./{{ ( item | regex_findall('[^/:]+'))[-2] }}.tar:{{ item }}
     chdir: /opt/metacluster/container-images
-  loop: "{{ (containerimages.results | map(attribute='stdout_lines') | flatten) + dependencies.container_images }}"
+  # loop: "{{ (containerimages.results | map(attribute='stdout_lines') | flatten) + dependencies.container_images }}"
+  loop: "{{ (containerimages.results | map(attribute='stdout_lines') | flatten) }}"
 
 # - name: Inject manifests
 #   ansible.builtin.template:
diff --git a/ansible/vars/metacluster.yml b/ansible/vars/metacluster.yml
index 8ef1a6f..ba290c2 100644
--- a/ansible/vars/metacluster.yml
+++ b/ansible/vars/metacluster.yml
@@ -125,9 +125,10 @@ dependencies:
     - community.crypto
     - community.general
     - kubernetes.core
+    - vmware.vmware_rest
 
-  container_images:
-    - quay.io/skopeo/stable:v1.8.0
+  # container_images:
+  #   - quay.io/skopeo/stable:v1.8.0
 
   static_binaries:
     - filename: tea
@@ -139,11 +140,15 @@ dependencies:
       url: https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.9.0-linux-amd64.tar.gz
       archive: compressed
       extra_opts: --strip-components=1
+    - filename: skopeo
+      url: https://sn.itch.fyi/Repository/rel/skopeo
+      username: "{{ repo_username }}"
+      password: "{{ repo_password }}"
     - filename: yq
       url: http://github.com/mikefarah/yq/releases/download/v4.25.3/yq_linux_amd64
 
   packages:
     - lvm2
+    - python3-dnspython
     - python3-jmespath
     - python3-passlib
-    - skopeo
diff --git a/packer/k8sbootstrap.pkr.hcl b/packer/k8sbootstrap.pkr.hcl
index a60f873..bbc21f4 100644
--- a/packer/k8sbootstrap.pkr.hcl
+++ b/packer/k8sbootstrap.pkr.hcl
@@ -80,7 +80,9 @@ build {
     ]
     use_proxy        = "false"
     extra_arguments  = [
-      "--extra-vars", "ansible_ssh_pass=${var.ssh_password}"
+      "--extra-vars", "ansible_ssh_pass=${var.ssh_password}",
+      "--extra-vars", "repo_username=${var.repo_username}",
+      "--extra-vars", "repo_password=${var.repo_password}"
     ]
   }