The steps to update the license are here: https://go.documentation.sas.com/doc/en/calcdc/3.5/callicense/n03000saslicensing00000admin.htm#n03004saslicensing00000admin After saving the new license files in sas_viya_playbook/ and updating vars.yaml to reference those new files, you should be able to just run the apply_license.yaml playbook. So I don't know that you needed to perform your steps 5 and 6... The error you're getting in ansible is saying it's trying to use scp to copy the license file for you and this is failing. Does running "ansible -m ping all -i inventory.ini" show you are able to successfully communicate with all the hosts in your inventory.ini file? ... View more