diff --git a/.github/workflows/training-e2e.yaml b/.github/workflows/training-e2e.yaml
index 313072485..466ac5c00 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/training-e2e.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/training-e2e.yaml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ env:
   TF_VAR_aws_region: "eu-west-2"
   TF_VAR_aws_ami_owners: '["125523088429"]'
   TF_VAR_aws_ami_name: '["Fedora-Cloud-Base-*"]'
-  TF_VAR_aws_volume_size: 128
+  TF_VAR_aws_volume_size: 500
   TF_VAR_aws_access_key: ${{ secrets.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
   TF_VAR_aws_secret_key: ${{ secrets.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
 
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           echo "id=$(terraform output id | xargs)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
           echo "url=$(terraform output host | xargs)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "ssh_public_key=$(terraform output ssh_public_key | xargs)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
           echo "pem_filename=$(terraform output pem_filename | xargs)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
         working-directory: terraform-test-environment-module
 
@@ -83,16 +84,22 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Provision
         run: |
-          ansible-playbook ./main/training/provision/playbook.yml \
+          ssh_public_key=$(printf '%s\n' "${{ steps.terraform-output.outputs.ssh_public_key }}" | sed -e 's/[\/&]/\\&/g')
+          ansible-playbook ./main/training/provision/playbook.yml -vvv \
             -i terraform-test-environment-module/hosts.ini \
             --private-key=terraform-test-environment-module/${{ steps.terraform-output.outputs.pem_filename }} \
-            --extra-vars "image_name=${{ matrix.image_name }}" 
+            --extra-vars "image_name=${{ matrix.image_name }}" \
+            --extra-vars "ssh_public_key=$ssh_public_key" \
+            --extra-vars "registry_user=${{ secrets.REGISTRY_USER }}" \
+            --extra-vars "registry_password=${{ secrets.REGISTRY_PASSWORD }}"
         env:
           ANSIBLE_HOST_KEY_CHECKING: false
 
-      - name: log some networking information
+      - name: run the e2e tests
         run: |
-          ifconfig
+          ssh -i terraform-test-environment-module/${{ steps.terraform-output.outputs.pem_filename }} \
+          ${{ steps.terraform-output.outputs.url }} \
+          curl -sLO /tmp https://raw.githubusercontent.com/stefwalter/instructlab/container-testing/scripts/basic-workflow-tests.sh
 
       - name: Destroy Test Environment
         id: down
diff --git a/training/Makefile b/training/Makefile
index ae4a7715f..12e1d4258 100644
--- a/training/Makefile
+++ b/training/Makefile
@@ -90,5 +90,6 @@ prune:
 	buildah rm --all
 	podman image prune -f
 
+.PHONY: clean
 clean:
 	rm -rf build
diff --git a/training/provision/playbook.yml b/training/provision/playbook.yml
index 566afc6df..e11c03927 100644
--- a/training/provision/playbook.yml
+++ b/training/provision/playbook.yml
@@ -20,11 +20,29 @@
       name: podman
       state: present
 
+  - name: Login to default registry and create ${XDG_RUNTIME_DIR}/containers/auth.json
+    containers.podman.podman_login:
+      username: "{{ registry_user }}"
+      password: "{{ registry_password }}"
+      registry: quay.io
+
+  - name: Building an image with ssh key
+    containers.podman.podman_container:
+      name: localhost/temp_image
+      image: "quay.io/ai-lab/{{ image_name }}:latest"
+      command:
+      - mkdir /usr/etc-system
+      - test -n "{{ ssh_public_key }}"
+      - echo 'AuthorizedKeysFile /usr/etc-system/%u.keys' >> /etc/ssh/sshd_config.d/30-auth-system.conf
+      - "echo {{ ssh_public_key }} > /usr/etc-system/fedora.keys && chmod 0600 /usr/etc-system/fedora.keys"
+      state: present
+      recreate: true
+
   - name: Bootc install
     ignore_unreachable: true
     containers.podman.podman_container:
       name: "{{ image_name }}"
-      image: "quay.io/ai-lab/{{ image_name }}:latest"
+      image: localhost/temp_image
       state: started
       auto_remove: yes
       cap_add:
@@ -40,4 +58,4 @@
 
   - name: Restart instance
     ansible.builtin.reboot:
-      test_command: pwd
+      test_command: which ilab