diff --git a/ops/ansible/aws/aws-apex-start.yml b/ops/ansible/aws/aws-apex-start.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 98ab57c0..00000000
--- a/ops/ansible/aws/aws-apex-start.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-# Start Nexodus agents
-- hosts: nexodusNodes
-  vars_files:
-    - vars.yml
-  roles:
-    - role: start-nexodus-agent
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ops/ansible/aws/aws-apex-stop.yml b/ops/ansible/aws/aws-apex-stop.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 528e830b..00000000
--- a/ops/ansible/aws/aws-apex-stop.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-# Stop Nexodus agents
-- hosts: nexodusNodes
-  vars_files:
-    - vars.yml
-  roles:
-    - role: stop-nexodus-agent
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ops/ansible/aws/deploy-mesh/tasks/main.yml b/ops/ansible/aws/deploy-mesh/tasks/main.yml
index c23326da..c737e8e9 100644
--- a/ops/ansible/aws/deploy-mesh/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/ops/ansible/aws/deploy-mesh/tasks/main.yml
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@
     NEXD_LOGLEVEL=debug nexd \
     --username '{{ nexodus_auth_uid }}' \
     --password '{{ nexodus_auth_password }}' \
+    --insecure-skip-tls-verify \
     {{ nexodus_url }} >> nexodus-logs.txt 2>&1 &
   when: "'nexodusNodes' in group_names"
 
@@ -106,6 +107,7 @@
     NEXD_LOGLEVEL=debug nexd \
     --username '{{ nexodus_auth_uid }}' \
     --password '{{ nexodus_auth_password }}' \
+    --insecure-skip-tls-verify \
     --relay-only \
     {{ nexodus_url }} >> nexodus-logs.txt 2>&1 &
-  when: "'nexodusRelayNodes' in group_names"
\ No newline at end of file
+  when: "'nexodusRelayNodes' in group_names"
diff --git a/ops/ansible/aws/deploy-relay/tasks/main.yml b/ops/ansible/aws/deploy-relay/tasks/main.yml
index 904961d4..3b7f7a7a 100644
--- a/ops/ansible/aws/deploy-relay/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/ops/ansible/aws/deploy-relay/tasks/main.yml
@@ -86,5 +86,6 @@
     NEXD_LOGLEVEL=debug nexd \
     --username '{{ nexodus_auth_uid }}' \
     --password '{{ nexodus_auth_password }}' \
+    --insecure-skip-tls-verify \
     relay \
-    {{ nexodus_url }} >> nexodus-logs.txt 2>&1 &
\ No newline at end of file
+    {{ nexodus_url }} >> nexodus-logs.txt 2>&1 &
diff --git a/ops/ansible/aws/qa/qa-containers-deploy-mesh/tasks/main.yml b/ops/ansible/aws/qa/qa-containers-deploy-mesh/tasks/main.yml
index f84caade..4fc1d244 100644
--- a/ops/ansible/aws/qa/qa-containers-deploy-mesh/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/ops/ansible/aws/qa/qa-containers-deploy-mesh/tasks/main.yml
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@
       NEXD_LOGLEVEL=debug nexd \
       --username '{{ nexodus_auth_uid }}' \
       --password '{{ nexodus_auth_password }}' \
+      --insecure-skip-tls-verify \
       --relay-only \
       {{ nexodus_url }} >> nexodus-logs.txt 2>&1
   when: "'nexodusRelayNodes' in group_names"
@@ -95,6 +96,7 @@
       NEXD_LOGLEVEL=debug nexd \
       --username '{{ nexodus_auth_uid }}' \
       --password '{{ nexodus_auth_password }}' \
+      --insecure-skip-tls-verify \
       {{ nexodus_url }} >> nexodus-logs.txt 2>&1
   when: "'nexodusNodes' in group_names"
 
diff --git a/ops/ansible/aws/qa/qa-deploy-mesh/tasks/main.yml b/ops/ansible/aws/qa/qa-deploy-mesh/tasks/main.yml
index 2e762504..720cd65e 100644
--- a/ops/ansible/aws/qa/qa-deploy-mesh/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/ops/ansible/aws/qa/qa-deploy-mesh/tasks/main.yml
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
     NEXD_LOGLEVEL=debug nexd \
     --username '{{ nexodus_auth_uid }}' \
     --password '{{ nexodus_auth_password }}' \
+    --insecure-skip-tls-verify \
     {{ nexodus_url }} >> nexodus-logs.txt 2>&1 &
   when: "'nexodusNodes' in group_names"
 
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@
     NEXD_LOGLEVEL=debug nexd \
     --username '{{ nexodus_auth_uid }}' \
     --password '{{ nexodus_auth_password }}' \
+    --insecure-skip-tls-verify \
     --relay-only \
     {{ nexodus_url }} >> nexodus-logs.txt 2>&1 &
   when: "'nexodusRelayNodes' in group_names"
diff --git a/ops/ansible/aws/qa/qa-deploy-relay/tasks/main.yml b/ops/ansible/aws/qa/qa-deploy-relay/tasks/main.yml
index 67b5a21c..dbc0276a 100644
--- a/ops/ansible/aws/qa/qa-deploy-relay/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/ops/ansible/aws/qa/qa-deploy-relay/tasks/main.yml
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
     NEXD_LOGLEVEL=debug nexd \
     --username '{{ nexodus_auth_uid }}' \
     --password '{{ nexodus_auth_password }}' \
+    --insecure-skip-tls-verify \
     relay \
     {{ nexodus_url }} >> nexodus-logs.txt 2>&1 &
 
diff --git a/ops/ansible/aws/start-apex-agent/tasks/main.yml b/ops/ansible/aws/start-apex-agent/tasks/main.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 9f7ee6e0..00000000
--- a/ops/ansible/aws/start-apex-agent/tasks/main.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
----
-# tasks file for start-nexodus-agent
-- name: Kill any existing nexd process from previous runs
-  become: yes
-  shell: |
-    sudo killall nexd 2> /dev/null
-  ignore_errors: yes
-
-- name: Attach the Node Agent to the Controller
-  become: yes
-  shell: |
-    nexd \
-    --username '{{ nexodus_auth_uid }}' \
-    --password '{{ nexodus_auth_password }}' \
-    {{ nexodus_url }} > nexodus-logs.txt 2>&1 &
diff --git a/ops/ansible/aws/stop-apex-agent/tasks/main.yml b/ops/ansible/aws/stop-apex-agent/tasks/main.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 773d27cf..00000000
--- a/ops/ansible/aws/stop-apex-agent/tasks/main.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
----
-# tasks file for stop-nexodus-agent
-- name: Kill any existing nexd process from previous runs
-  become: yes
-  shell: |
-    sudo killall nexd 2> /dev/null
-  ignore_errors: yes
-
-- name: Delete wg0
-  become: yes
-  shell: |
-    sudo ip link del wg0
-  ignore_errors: yes