diff --git a/salt/salt/cloud/cloud.profiles.d/socloud.conf.jinja b/salt/salt/cloud/cloud.profiles.d/socloud.conf.jinja
index 23fd15983..f8e5d5555 100644
--- a/salt/salt/cloud/cloud.profiles.d/socloud.conf.jinja
+++ b/salt/salt/cloud/cloud.profiles.d/socloud.conf.jinja
@@ -29,7 +29,11 @@ sool9_{{host}}:
     hypervisor_host: {{host ~ "_" ~ role}}
   preflight_cmds:
     - |
-      tee -a /etc/hosts <<< "{{ MANAGERIP }}    {{ MANAGERHOSTNAME }}"
+      {%- set hostnames = [MANAGERHOSTNAME] %}
+      {%- if not (URL_BASE | ipaddr) and URL_BASE != MANAGERHOSTNAME %}
+      {%-   do hostnames.append(URL_BASE) %}
+      {%- endif %}
+      tee -a /etc/hosts <<< "{{ MANAGERIP }}    {{ hostnames | join('  ') }}"
     - |
       timeout 600 bash -c 'trap "echo \"Preflight Check: Failed to establish repo connectivity\"; exit 1" TERM; \
         while ! dnf makecache --repoid=securityonion >/dev/null 2>&1; do echo "Preflight Check: Waiting for repo connectivity..."; \
diff --git a/salt/salt/cloud/config.sls b/salt/salt/cloud/config.sls
index dce0e873a..cefd6ec78 100644
--- a/salt/salt/cloud/config.sls
+++ b/salt/salt/cloud/config.sls
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 {%   if 'vrt' in salt['pillar.get']('features', []) %}
 {%     set HYPERVISORS = salt['pillar.get']('hypervisor:nodes', {} ) %}
 {%     from 'salt/map.jinja' import SALTVERSION %}
+{%     from 'vars/globals.map.jinja' import GLOBALS %}
 
 {%     if HYPERVISORS %}
 cloud_providers:
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@ cloud_profiles:
         MANAGERHOSTNAME: {{ grains.host }}
         MANAGERIP: {{ pillar.host.mainip }}
         SALTVERSION: {{ SALTVERSION }}
+        URL_BASE: {{ GLOBALS.url_base }}
     - template: jinja
     - makedirs: True
 {%     else %}