diff --git a/playbooks/lxc-hosts-setup.yml b/playbooks/lxc-hosts-setup.yml
index 25baa8e4a9..580a438985 100644
--- a/playbooks/lxc-hosts-setup.yml
+++ b/playbooks/lxc-hosts-setup.yml
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
   max_fail_percentage: 20
   user: root
   pre_tasks:
+    - include: common-tasks/set-upper-constraints.yml
+    - include: common-tasks/set-pip-upstream-url.yml
     - name: Check the state of the default LXC service log directory
       stat:
         path: "/var/log/lxc"
@@ -49,6 +51,8 @@
       rsyslog_client_config_name: "99-lxc-rsyslog-client.conf"
       tags:
         - rsyslog
+  vars_files:
+    - defaults/repo_packages/openstack_services.yml
   environment: "{{ deployment_environment_variables | default({}) }}"
   tags:
     - lxc-hosts