diff --git a/playbooks/roles/configure-targethosts/tasks/configure-network-ubuntu16.yml b/playbooks/roles/configure-targethosts/tasks/configure-network-Debian.yml
similarity index 98%
rename from playbooks/roles/configure-targethosts/tasks/configure-network-ubuntu16.yml
rename to playbooks/roles/configure-targethosts/tasks/configure-network-Debian.yml
index b47f3b4..ac9a9ff 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/configure-targethosts/tasks/configure-network-ubuntu16.yml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/configure-targethosts/tasks/configure-network-Debian.yml
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
 
 - name: Configure networking for host
   template:
-    src: "{{ distribution }}.interface.j2"
+    src: "{{ ansible_os_family }}.interface.j2"
     dest: "/etc/network/interfaces.d/{{ item.value }}.cfg"
   loop: "{{ if_mac_dict | dict2items }}"
 
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/configure-targethosts/tasks/configure-network-RedHat.yml b/playbooks/roles/configure-targethosts/tasks/configure-network-RedHat.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..729fed8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/playbooks/roles/configure-targethosts/tasks/configure-network-RedHat.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+---
+# ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+#  Copyright (C) 2019 The Nordix Foundation. All rights reserved.
+# ================================================================================
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+# ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+
+- name: Configure modules
+  lineinfile:
+    dest: /etc/modules
+    state: present
+    create: yes
+    line: "8021q"
+
+- name: Add modules
+  modprobe:
+    name: 8021q
+    state: present
+
+- name: Compute mapping dict from mac address to device name
+  set_fact:
+    device_mac_dict: "{{ (device_mac_dict | default({})) | combine({item.macaddress: item.device}) }}"
+  with_items:
+    - "{{ ansible_interfaces | map('regex_replace', '-', '_') | map('regex_replace', '^', 'ansible_') | map('extract', hostvars[inventory_hostname]) |  selectattr('macaddress','defined') | list }}"
+
+- name: Compute mapping dict from mac address to interface name (device name with/without VLAN info)
+  set_fact:
+    if_mac_dict: "{{ ( if_mac_dict | default({}) ) | combine({item.mac_address: (item.vlan == 'native') | ternary(device_mac_dict[item.mac_address], device_mac_dict[item.mac_address] + '.' + item.vlan) }) }}"
+  with_items:
+    - "{{ node.interfaces }}"
+
+- name: Configure networking for host
+  template:
+    src: "{{ ansible_os_family }}.interface.j2"
+    dest: "/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-{{ item.value }}"
+  with_items:
+    - "{{ if_mac_dict | dict2items }}"
+
+- name: Restart network
+  service:
+    name: network
+    state: restarted
+
+# vim: set ts=2 sw=2 expandtab:
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/configure-targethosts/tasks/configure-network-ubuntu18.yml b/playbooks/roles/configure-targethosts/tasks/configure-network-ubuntu18.yml
deleted file mode 120000
index d1ff29d..0000000
--- a/playbooks/roles/configure-targethosts/tasks/configure-network-ubuntu18.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-configure-network-ubuntu16.yml
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/configure-targethosts/tasks/configure-network.yml b/playbooks/roles/configure-targethosts/tasks/configure-network.yml
index 3fb9b99..d5b78f8 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/configure-targethosts/tasks/configure-network.yml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/configure-targethosts/tasks/configure-network.yml
@@ -26,14 +26,13 @@
 - name: Set facts for the node "{{ node_name }}"
   set_fact:
     node: "{{ nodes | selectattr('name', 'equalto', node_name) | first }}"
-    distribution: "{{ ansible_distribution | lower }}{{ ansible_distribution_major_version }}"
 
 - name: Ensure glean rules are removed
   file:
     path: "/etc/udev/rules.d/99-glean.rules"
     state: absent
 
-- name: Configure networking for {{ distribution }}
-  include_tasks: "configure-network-{{ distribution }}.yml"
+- name: Configure networking for {{ ansible_os_family }}
+  include_tasks: "configure-network-{{ ansible_os_family }}.yml"
 
 # vim: set ts=2 sw=2 expandtab:
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/configure-targethosts/tasks/install-packages-ubuntu16.yml b/playbooks/roles/configure-targethosts/tasks/install-packages-Debian.yml
similarity index 100%
rename from playbooks/roles/configure-targethosts/tasks/install-packages-ubuntu16.yml
rename to playbooks/roles/configure-targethosts/tasks/install-packages-Debian.yml
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/configure-targethosts/tasks/install-packages-RedHat.yml b/playbooks/roles/configure-targethosts/tasks/install-packages-RedHat.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..95e9af3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/playbooks/roles/configure-targethosts/tasks/install-packages-RedHat.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+---
+# ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+#  Copyright (C) 2019 The Nordix Foundation. All rights reserved.
+# ================================================================================
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+# ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+- name: Install packages
+  action: >
+    {{ ansible_pkg_mgr }} name={{ item }} state=present update_cache=yes
+  with_items:
+    - "yum-utils"
+    - "device-mapper-persistent-data"
+    - "lvm2"
+    - "ca-certificates"
+    - "curl"
+    - "chrony"
+    - "dbus"
+
+- name: Add docker-ce yum repository
+  command: "yum-config-manager --add-repo https://download.docker.com/linux/centos/docker-ce.repo"
+  register: yumcfg_status
+  become: yes
+
+- name: Install docker
+  action: >
+    {{ ansible_pkg_mgr }} name={{ item }} state=present update_cache=yes
+  with_items:
+    - "docker-ce"
+    - "docker-ce-cli"
+    - "containerd.io"
+
+# vim: set ts=2 sw=2 expandtab:
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/configure-targethosts/tasks/install-packages-ubuntu18.yml b/playbooks/roles/configure-targethosts/tasks/install-packages-ubuntu18.yml
deleted file mode 120000
index 30a7101..0000000
--- a/playbooks/roles/configure-targethosts/tasks/install-packages-ubuntu18.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-install-packages-ubuntu16.yml
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/configure-targethosts/tasks/install-packages.yml b/playbooks/roles/configure-targethosts/tasks/install-packages.yml
index 68b4b1a..2ea2322 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/configure-targethosts/tasks/install-packages.yml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/configure-targethosts/tasks/install-packages.yml
@@ -17,11 +17,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 # ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
 
-- name: Set distribution
-  set_fact:
-    distribution: "{{ ansible_distribution | lower }}{{ ansible_distribution_major_version }}"
-
-- name: Install packages on {{ distribution }}
-  include_tasks: "install-packages-{{ distribution }}.yml"
+- name: Install packages on {{ ansible_os_family }}
+  include_tasks: "install-packages-{{ ansible_os_family }}.yml"
 
 # vim: set ts=2 sw=2 expandtab:
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/configure-targethosts/templates/ubuntu16.interface.j2 b/playbooks/roles/configure-targethosts/templates/Debian.interface.j2
similarity index 100%
rename from playbooks/roles/configure-targethosts/templates/ubuntu16.interface.j2
rename to playbooks/roles/configure-targethosts/templates/Debian.interface.j2
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/configure-targethosts/templates/RedHat.interface.j2 b/playbooks/roles/configure-targethosts/templates/RedHat.interface.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a2f7f0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/playbooks/roles/configure-targethosts/templates/RedHat.interface.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{%- set macaddress = item.key -%}
+{%- set device = item.value -%}
+{%- for selected_net_name, selected_net in idf.net_config.iteritems() if node.interfaces[selected_net.interface].mac_address == macaddress -%}
+{%- set selected_inf = node.interfaces[selected_net.interface] -%}
+TYPE=Ethernet
+DEVICE={{ device }}
+ONBOOT=yes
+HWADDR={{ macaddress }}
+{% if selected_inf.address == "dhcp" %}
+BOOTPROTO=dhcp
+{% elif selected_inf.address != "manual" %}
+BOOTPROTO=none
+IPADDR={{ selected_inf.address | ipaddr('address') }}
+NETMASK={{ (selected_net.network + "/" + (selected_net.mask | string)) | ipaddr('netmask') }}
+{% endif %}
+{% if selected_net.gateway is defined %}
+GATEWAY={{ selected_net.gateway | ipaddr('address') }}
+{% endif %}
+{% if selected_net.dns is defined %}
+{% for dns in selected_net.dns %}
+DNS{{ loop.index0 }}={{ dns }}
+{% endfor %}
+{% endif %}
+
+{%- endfor -%}
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/configure-targethosts/templates/centos7.interface.j2 b/playbooks/roles/configure-targethosts/templates/centos7.interface.j2
deleted file mode 100644
index 48cdce8..0000000
--- a/playbooks/roles/configure-targethosts/templates/centos7.interface.j2
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-placeholder
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/configure-targethosts/templates/ubuntu18.interface.j2 b/playbooks/roles/configure-targethosts/templates/ubuntu18.interface.j2
deleted file mode 120000
index 92d7698..0000000
--- a/playbooks/roles/configure-targethosts/templates/ubuntu18.interface.j2
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-ubuntu16.interface.j2
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/post-deployment/tasks/install-packages-ubuntu16.yml b/playbooks/roles/post-deployment/tasks/install-packages-Debian.yml
similarity index 100%
rename from playbooks/roles/post-deployment/tasks/install-packages-ubuntu16.yml
rename to playbooks/roles/post-deployment/tasks/install-packages-Debian.yml
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/post-deployment/tasks/install-packages-RedHat.yml b/playbooks/roles/post-deployment/tasks/install-packages-RedHat.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9386a89
--- /dev/null
+++ b/playbooks/roles/post-deployment/tasks/install-packages-RedHat.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+---
+# ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+#  Copyright (C) 2019 The Nordix Foundation. All rights reserved.
+# ================================================================================
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+# ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+- name: Add google kubernetes repository
+  yum_repository:
+    name: Kubernetes
+    description: Google Kubernetes yum repository
+    baseurl: https://packages.cloud.google.com/yum/repos/kubernetes-el7-x86_64
+    enabled: yes
+  become: yes
+
+- name: Add google kubernetes yum repository
+  command: "yum-config-manager --add-repo https://packages.cloud.google.com/yum/repos/kubernetes-el7-x86_64 --nogpgcheck"
+  register: yumcfg_status
+  become: yes
+
+- name: Add google kubernetes yum repository
+  command: "yum install -y --nogpgcheck kubectl"
+  register: yumpkg_status
+  become: yes
+
+# vim: set ts=2 sw=2 expandtab:
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/post-deployment/tasks/main.yml b/playbooks/roles/post-deployment/tasks/main.yml
index b7baa42..ce8caf8 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/post-deployment/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/post-deployment/tasks/main.yml
@@ -17,12 +17,8 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 # ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
 
-- name: Set distribution
-  set_fact:
-    distribution: "{{ ansible_distribution | lower }}{{ ansible_distribution_major_version }}"
-
-- name: Install packages on {{ distribution }}
-  include_tasks: "install-packages-{{ distribution }}.yml"
+- name: Install packages on {{ ansible_os_family }}
+  include_tasks: "install-packages-{{ ansible_os_family }}.yml"
 
 - name: Ensure /home/{{ ansible_env.SUDO_USER }}/.kube folder exists and empty
   file: