diff --git a/confluent_osdeploy/common/profile/scripts/confignet b/confluent_osdeploy/common/profile/scripts/confignet
index bb52eed2..18945a3d 100644
--- a/confluent_osdeploy/common/profile/scripts/confignet
+++ b/confluent_osdeploy/common/profile/scripts/confignet
@@ -567,4 +567,13 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
     if havefirewall:
         subprocess.check_call(['systemctl', 'start', 'firewalld'])
     await_tentative()
+    maxwait = 10
+    while maxwait:
+        try:
+            tclient = apiclient.HTTPSClient(checkonly=True)
+            tclient.check_connections()
+            break
+        except Exception:
+            maxwait -= 1
+            time.sleep(1)