diff --git a/handlers/main.yml b/handlers/main.yml
index 0ec98ae..8aa6b51 100644
--- a/handlers/main.yml
+++ b/handlers/main.yml
@@ -14,6 +14,13 @@
   loop: "{{ range(1, (openqa_worker_count | int + 1)) | list }}"
   ignore_errors: "{{ ansible_check_mode }}"
 
+- name: Restart httpd
+  ansible.builtin.service:
+    name: httpd
+    state: restarted
+    enabled: true
+  ignore_errors: "{{ ansible_check_mode }}"
+
 - name: Restart openqa services
   ansible.builtin.systemd:
     name: "{{ item }}"
diff --git a/tasks/openqa.yml b/tasks/openqa.yml
index f449fc1..c3cbf72 100644
--- a/tasks/openqa.yml
+++ b/tasks/openqa.yml
@@ -11,15 +11,16 @@
     remote_src: true
     src: /etc/httpd/conf.d/{{ item }}.template
     dest: /etc/httpd/conf.d/{{ item }}
-    mode: '0644'
+    mode: "0644"
     owner: root
     group: root
   loop:
     - openqa.conf
     - openqa-ssl.conf
-  notify: restart_httpd
+  notify: Restart httpd
   tags:
     - configure
+  ignore_errors: "{{ ansible_check_mode }}"
 
 - name: Template OpenQA configuration files
   ansible.builtin.template:
@@ -33,9 +34,11 @@
     - client.conf
   tags:
     - configure
+  notify: Restart openQA workers
 
 - name: Get service facts
   ansible.builtin.service_facts:
+  check_mode: false
 
 - name: Check for non-empty postgres data directory
   ansible.builtin.stat:
@@ -47,6 +50,7 @@
   when: not ( ansible_facts.services["postgresql.service"]["state"] == "running" )
         and not postgres_data_dir.stat.exists
   changed_when: true
+  ignore_errors: "{{ ansible_check_mode }}"
 
 - name: Enable and start postgresql service
   ansible.builtin.systemd:
@@ -55,6 +59,7 @@
     enabled: true
   when: not ( ansible_facts.services["postgresql.service"]["state"] == "running" )
         and not postgres_data_dir.stat.exists
+  ignore_errors: "{{ ansible_check_mode }}"
 
 - name: Configure SELinux to allow httpd connection to network
   ansible.posix.seboolean:
@@ -72,6 +77,7 @@
   loop: "{{ openqa_services }}"
   tags:
     - configure
+  ignore_errors: "{{ ansible_check_mode }}"
 
 - name: Create openqa-vnc firewalld service
   ansible.builtin.template:
@@ -82,13 +88,11 @@
     mode: "0644"
   tags:
     - configure
+  notify: Reload firewalld
 
-- name: Load openqa-vnc firewalld service
+- name: Systemctl daemon-reload
   ansible.builtin.systemd:
-    name: firewalld
-    state: reloaded
-  tags:
-    - configure
+    daemon_reload: true
 
 - name: Permit traffic for http and openqa-vnc services
   ansible.posix.firewalld:
@@ -100,13 +104,7 @@
     - openqa-vnc
   tags:
     - configure
-
-- name: Reload FirewallD
-  ansible.builtin.systemd:
-    name: firewalld
-    state: reloaded
-  tags:
-    - configure
+  notify: Reload firewalld
 
 - name: Check for existing repository
   ansible.builtin.stat:
@@ -131,63 +129,18 @@
     recurse: true
     owner: "{{ openqa_user }}"
     group: "{{ openqa_group }}"
-    mode: "u+rwX,g+rwX,o+rX,o-w"
+    mode: "0775"
   tags:
     - configure
 
-# fifloader.py will fail if the Demo user is not logged in
-- name: Authenticate to web UI the first time
-  ansible.builtin.uri:
-    url: "http://{{ openqa_host }}/login"
-
-- name: Run fifloader.py
-  ansible.builtin.command: ./fifloader.py -l -c templates.fif.json templates-updates.fif.json
-  changed_when: "1 != 1"
-  args:
-    chdir: "{{ openqa_homedir }}/share/tests/rocky"
-
-- name: Create ISO directory
+- name: Create asset directories
   ansible.builtin.file:
-    path: "{{ openqa_homedir }}/share/factory/iso/fixed"
+    path: "{{ openqa_homedir }}/share/factory/{{ item }}/fixed"
     state: directory
     owner: "{{ openqa_user }}"
     group: "{{ openqa_group }}"
     mode: "0775"
-  tags:
-    - download_isos
-
-- name: Download ISOs
-  ansible.builtin.get_url:
-    dest: "{{ openqa_homedir }}/share/factory/iso/fixed/{{ item.name }}"
-    url: "{{ rocky_iso_download_url }}/{{ item.name }}"
-    checksum: "{{ item.checksum }}"
-    owner: "{{ openqa_user }}"
-    group: "{{ openqa_group }}"
-    tmp_dest: "/var/tmp"
-    mode: "0644"
-  loop: "{{ openqa_isos }}"
-  tags:
-    - download_isos
-
-- name: Start OpenQA workers
-  ansible.builtin.systemd:
-    name: "openqa-worker@{{ item }}"
-    state: started
-    enabled: true
-  # range 'end' parameter is exclusive, so add 1
-  loop: "{{ range(1, (openqa_worker_count | int + 1)) | list }}"
-  tags:
-    - start_workers
-    - configure
-
-- name: POST a job
-  ansible.builtin.command: |
-    openqa-cli api -X POST isos \
-      ISO=Rocky-{{ rocky_version }}-{{ rocky_arch }}-minimal.iso \
-      ARCH={{ rocky_arch }} \
-      DISTRI=rocky \
-      FLAVOR=minimal-iso \
-      VERSION={{ rocky_version }} \
-      BUILD="{{ '%Y%m%d.%H%M%S' | strftime }}.0"
-  changed_when: "1 != 1"
+  loop:
+    - iso
+    - hdd
 ...