diff --git a/cloudman/clusterman/cluster_templates.py b/cloudman/clusterman/cluster_templates.py
index 80069b15..e8aea9dd 100644
--- a/cloudman/clusterman/cluster_templates.py
+++ b/cloudman/clusterman/cluster_templates.py
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@ def rke_registration_token(self):
     def rke_cluster_id(self):
         return self._rke_cluster_id
 
-
     def _find_matching_vm_type(self, zone_model=None, default_vm_type=None,
                                min_vcpus=0, min_ram=0, vm_family=""):
         """
diff --git a/cloudman/clusterman/plugins/rke_kubernetes_app.py b/cloudman/clusterman/plugins/rke_kubernetes_app.py
index ae6b81b2..235e1118 100644
--- a/cloudman/clusterman/plugins/rke_kubernetes_app.py
+++ b/cloudman/clusterman/plugins/rke_kubernetes_app.py
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ def validate_app_config(provider, name, cloud_config, app_config):
             app_config, "config_kube_rke", "RKE configuration data"
             " must be provided. config_kube_rke entry not found in"
             " app_config.")
+        assert 'rke_cluster_id' in rke_config
         assert 'rke_registration_server' in rke_config
         assert 'rke_registration_token' in rke_config
         return app_config
@@ -96,9 +97,21 @@ def _provision_host(self, name, task, app_config, provider_config):
 class RKEKubernetesAnsibleAppConfigurer(AnsibleAppConfigurer):
     """Add CloudMan2 specific vars to playbook."""
 
+    def _cb_provider_id_to_kube_provider_id(self, provider_id):
+        CB_CLOUD_TO_KUBE_CLOUD_MAP = {
+            'aws': 'aws',
+            'openstack': 'openstack',
+            'azure': 'azure',
+            'gcp': 'gce'
+        }
+        return CB_CLOUD_TO_KUBE_CLOUD_MAP.get(provider_id)
+
     def configure(self, app_config, provider_config):
         playbook_vars = {
-            'kube_cloud_provider': provider_config.get('cloud_provider'),
+            'kube_cloud_provider': self._cb_provider_id_to_kube_provider_id(
+                provider_config.get('cloud_provider').PROVIDER_ID),
+            'cluster_hostname': app_config.get('config_kube_rke', {}).get(
+                'rke_cluster_id'),
             'rke_registration_server': app_config.get('config_kube_rke', {}).get(
                 'rke_registration_server'),
             'rke_registration_token': app_config.get('config_kube_rke', {}).get(