diff --git a/data/publiccloud/pcw/sshd_config b/data/publiccloud/pcw/sshd_config
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6dc0f7145e8a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data/publiccloud/pcw/sshd_config
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+PubkeyAuthentication yes
+PermitRootLogin yes
+AuthorizedKeysFile .ssh/authorized_keys
diff --git a/lib/network_utils.pm b/lib/network_utils.pm
index c8035893ace0..c760daf40623 100644
--- a/lib/network_utils.pm
+++ b/lib/network_utils.pm
@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@ sub setup_static_network {
     $args{silent} //= 0;
     configure_static_dns(get_host_resolv_conf(), silent => $args{silent});
     assert_script_run('echo default ' . $args{gw} . ' - - > /etc/sysconfig/network/routes');
-    my $iface = iface();
+    $args{iface} //= iface();
+    my $iface = $args{iface};
     assert_script_run qq(echo -e "\\nSTARTMODE='auto'\\nBOOTPROTO='static'\\nIPADDR='$args{ip}'">/etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-$iface);
     assert_script_run 'rcnetwork restart';
     assert_script_run 'ip addr';
diff --git a/tests/publiccloud/ansible_client.pm b/tests/publiccloud/ansible_client.pm
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..78a72dd46d48
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/publiccloud/ansible_client.pm
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+use base "consoletest";
+use serial_terminal 'select_serial_terminal';
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+use testapi;
+use mmapi;
+use utils qw(zypper_call);
+use network_utils qw(setup_static_network);
+use lockapi;
+
+sub run {
+    my ($self, $args) = @_;
+    select_serial_terminal;
+
+    record_info('system', script_output('cat /etc/os-release'));
+    setup_static_network(ip => '10.0.2.15/15', gw => '10.0.2.2', iface => 'eth0');
+    assert_script_run('echo "10.0.2.20  microos" >> /etc/hosts');
+    zypper_call('in -y iputils git');
+
+    assert_script_run('mkdir /root/.ssh');
+    assert_script_run('curl -f -v ' . autoinst_url . '/data/slenkins/ssh/id_rsa > /root/.ssh/id_rsa');
+    assert_script_run('chmod 600 /root/.ssh/id_rsa');
+
+    my $children = get_children();
+    my $child_id = (keys %$children)[0];
+    mutex_wait('target_is_ready', $child_id);
+
+    # Testing target is accessible
+    assert_script_run('ping -c 1 microos');
+    assert_script_run('ssh -v -o StrictHostKeyChecking=accept-new -o KexAlgorithms=ecdh-sha2-nistp521 root@microos hostname');
+
+    mutex_create 'job_completed';
+
+    wait_for_children;
+}
+
+1;
diff --git a/tests/publiccloud/ansible_target.pm b/tests/publiccloud/ansible_target.pm
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1e1b4e7e603d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/publiccloud/ansible_target.pm
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+use base "consoletest";
+use serial_terminal 'select_serial_terminal';
+use transactional qw(process_reboot);
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+use testapi;
+use lockapi;
+use mm_network qw(setup_static_mm_network);
+
+sub run {
+    my ($self, $args) = @_;
+    select_serial_terminal;
+    record_info('system', script_output('cat /etc/os-release'));
+    record_info('device', script_output('nmcli -t device'));
+
+    my $static_ip = '10.0.2.20/15';
+    # my $device = 'ens4';
+
+    # assert_script_run('nmcli con add type ethernet con-name "static-ip" ifname ens4 ipv4.method manual ipv4.addresses 10.0.2.20/15 gw4 10.0.2.2');
+    # assert_script_run('nmcli con mod static-ip ipv4.dns "10.136.53.53,10.136.53.54,10.100.2.10"');
+
+    # configure_static_ip(ip => $static_ip, );
+    # configure_default_gateway(device => $device)
+    setup_static_mm_network(ip => $static_ip);
+
+    assert_script_run('nmcli con up static-ip ifname ens4');
+    record_info('ip', script_output('ip a'));
+    script_run('ping -c 1 10.0.2.15');
+    script_run('ping -c 1 download.suse.de');
+
+    assert_script_run('curl -f -v ' . autoinst_url . '/data/slenkins/ssh/authorized_keys >> /root/.ssh/authorized_keys');
+    assert_script_run('curl -f -v ' . autoinst_url . '/data/publiccloud/pcw/sshd_config >/etc/ssh/sshd_config');
+
+    assert_script_run('zypper ar http://download.suse.de/ibs/SUSE:/CA/openSUSE_Tumbleweed/ SUSE_CA');
+    assert_script_run('zypper --gpg-auto-import-keys ref');
+    assert_script_run('transactional-update -n -c pkg install ca-certificates-suse htop iftop iotop atop telnet nmap jq git rsync wget parted tcpdump screen sqlite3 fortune iputils nginx dehydrated dehydrated-nginx podman podman-cni-config cockpit cockpit-podman toolbox python3-selinux');
+    process_reboot(trigger => 1);
+
+    script_run('systemctl restart sshd');
+    sleep 10;
+    assert_script_run('systemctl status sshd');
+    mutex_create 'target_is_ready';
+
+    assert_script_run('ping -c 1 10.0.2.15');
+    mutex_wait 'job_completed';
+}
+
+1;