diff --git a/proxmox/terraform/admin/admin.tf b/proxmox/terraform/admin/admin.tf
--- a/proxmox/terraform/admin/admin.tf
+++ b/proxmox/terraform/admin/admin.tf
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
   memory      = "8192"
   balloon     = 1024
   full_clone  = true
-  cpu         = "kvm64"
   networks = [{
     id      = 0
     ip      = "192.168.50.10"
@@ -49,7 +48,6 @@
   memory      = "4096"
   balloon     = 1024
   full_clone  = true
-  cpu         = "kvm64"
   networks = [{
     id      = 0
     ip      = "192.168.50.20"
diff --git a/proxmox/terraform/modules/node/variables.tf b/proxmox/terraform/modules/node/variables.tf
--- a/proxmox/terraform/modules/node/variables.tf
+++ b/proxmox/terraform/modules/node/variables.tf
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@
 variable "cpu" {
   description = "CPU type possible values (not exhaustive): kvm64, host, ... The default is kvm64 and must be specified to avoid issues on refresh"
   type        = string
-  default     = "host"
+  default     = "kvm64"
 }
 
 variable "onboot" {
diff --git a/proxmox/terraform/production/terraform.tfstate b/proxmox/terraform/production/terraform.tfstate
--- a/proxmox/terraform/production/terraform.tfstate
+++ b/proxmox/terraform/production/terraform.tfstate
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
             "clone_wait": 0,
             "cloudinit_cdrom_storage": null,
             "cores": 4,
-            "cpu": "host",
+            "cpu": "kvm64",
             "default_ipv4_address": null,
             "define_connection_info": true,
             "desc": "swh-counters node",
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@
             "clone_wait": 0,
             "cloudinit_cdrom_storage": null,
             "cores": 4,
-            "cpu": "host",
+            "cpu": "kvm64",
             "default_ipv4_address": null,
             "define_connection_info": true,
             "desc": "Keycloak server",
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@
             "clone_wait": 0,
             "cloudinit_cdrom_storage": null,
             "cores": 4,
-            "cpu": "host",
+            "cpu": "kvm64",
             "default_ipv4_address": null,
             "define_connection_info": true,
             "desc": "swh-search node",
@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@
             "clone_wait": 0,
             "cloudinit_cdrom_storage": null,
             "cores": 2,
-            "cpu": "host",
+            "cpu": "kvm64",
             "default_ipv4_address": null,
             "define_connection_info": true,
             "desc": "Webapp for swh-search tests",
@@ -550,7 +550,7 @@
             "clone_wait": 0,
             "cloudinit_cdrom_storage": null,
             "cores": 10,
-            "cpu": "host",
+            "cpu": "kvm64",
             "default_ipv4_address": null,
             "define_connection_info": true,
             "desc": "swh-worker node (temporary)",
@@ -680,7 +680,7 @@
             "clone_wait": 0,
             "cloudinit_cdrom_storage": null,
             "cores": 5,
-            "cpu": "host",
+            "cpu": "kvm64",
             "default_ipv4_address": null,
             "define_connection_info": true,
             "desc": "swh-worker node (temporary)",
diff --git a/proxmox/terraform/staging/terraform.tfstate b/proxmox/terraform/staging/terraform.tfstate
--- a/proxmox/terraform/staging/terraform.tfstate
+++ b/proxmox/terraform/staging/terraform.tfstate
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "version": 4,
   "terraform_version": "1.1.0",
-  "serial": 185,
+  "serial": 189,
   "lineage": "e2912de8-415d-4c35-8ee5-757008306227",
   "outputs": {
     "counters0_summary": {
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
             "clone_wait": 0,
             "cloudinit_cdrom_storage": null,
             "cores": 4,
-            "cpu": "host",
+            "cpu": "kvm64",
             "default_ipv4_address": null,
             "define_connection_info": true,
             "desc": "Counters server",
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@
             "clone_wait": 0,
             "cloudinit_cdrom_storage": null,
             "cores": 4,
-            "cpu": "host",
+            "cpu": "kvm64",
             "default_ipv4_address": null,
             "define_connection_info": true,
             "desc": "Deposit service node",
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@
             "clone_wait": 0,
             "cloudinit_cdrom_storage": null,
             "cores": 4,
-            "cpu": "host",
+            "cpu": "kvm64",
             "default_ipv4_address": null,
             "define_connection_info": true,
             "desc": "Sandbox VM to test the mirror environment",
@@ -484,7 +484,7 @@
             "clone_wait": 0,
             "cloudinit_cdrom_storage": null,
             "cores": 2,
-            "cpu": "host",
+            "cpu": "kvm64",
             "default_ipv4_address": null,
             "define_connection_info": true,
             "desc": "Node to host a read-only objstorage for mirrors",
@@ -614,7 +614,7 @@
             "clone_wait": 0,
             "cloudinit_cdrom_storage": null,
             "cores": 2,
-            "cpu": "host",
+            "cpu": "kvm64",
             "default_ipv4_address": null,
             "define_connection_info": true,
             "desc": "Sandbox VM to poc the rancher/kubernetes",
@@ -744,7 +744,7 @@
             "clone_wait": 0,
             "cloudinit_cdrom_storage": null,
             "cores": 4,
-            "cpu": "host",
+            "cpu": "kvm64",
             "default_ipv4_address": null,
             "define_connection_info": true,
             "desc": "Sandbox staging-worker VM to run containers",
@@ -874,7 +874,7 @@
             "clone_wait": 0,
             "cloudinit_cdrom_storage": null,
             "cores": 4,
-            "cpu": "host",
+            "cpu": "kvm64",
             "default_ipv4_address": null,
             "define_connection_info": true,
             "desc": "Sandbox staging-worker VM to run containers",
@@ -954,7 +954,7 @@
             "ssh_port": "22",
             "ssh_private_key": null,
             "ssh_user": "root",
-            "sshkeys": "ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAADAQABAAABAQDVKCfpeIMg7GS3Pk03ZAcBWAeDZ+AvWk2k/pPY0z8MJ3YAbqZkRtSK7yaDgJV6Gro7nn/TxdJLo2jEzzWvlC8d8AEzhZPy5Z/qfVVjqBTBM4H5+e+TItAHFfaY5+0WvIahxcfsfaq70MWfpJhszAah3ThJ4mqzYaw+dkr42+a7Gx3Ygpb/m2dpnFnxvXdcuAJYStmHKU5AWGWWM+Fm50/fdMqUfNd8MbKhkJt5ihXQmZWMOt7ls4N8i5NZWnS9YSWow8X/ENOEqCRN9TyRkc+pPS0w9DNi0BCsWvSRJOkyvQ6caEnKWlNoywCmM1AlIQD3k4RUgRWe0vqg/UKPpH3Z root@terraform\n\n",
+            "sshkeys": "ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAADAQABAAABAQDVKCfpeIMg7GS3Pk03ZAcBWAeDZ+AvWk2k/pPY0z8MJ3YAbqZkRtSK7yaDgJV6Gro7nn/TxdJLo2jEzzWvlC8d8AEzhZPy5Z/qfVVjqBTBM4H5+e+TItAHFfaY5+0WvIahxcfsfaq70MWfpJhszAah3ThJ4mqzYaw+dkr42+a7Gx3Ygpb/m2dpnFnxvXdcuAJYStmHKU5AWGWWM+Fm50/fdMqUfNd8MbKhkJt5ihXQmZWMOt7ls4N8i5NZWnS9YSWow8X/ENOEqCRN9TyRkc+pPS0w9DNi0BCsWvSRJOkyvQ6caEnKWlNoywCmM1AlIQD3k4RUgRWe0vqg/UKPpH3Z root@terraform\n\n\n",
             "storage": "",
             "storage_type": "",
             "tablet": true,
@@ -998,7 +998,7 @@
             "clone_wait": 0,
             "cloudinit_cdrom_storage": null,
             "cores": 2,
-            "cpu": "host",
+            "cpu": "kvm64",
             "default_ipv4_address": null,
             "define_connection_info": true,
             "desc": "Node to host the reverse proxy",
@@ -1128,7 +1128,7 @@
             "clone_wait": 0,
             "cloudinit_cdrom_storage": null,
             "cores": 4,
-            "cpu": "host",
+            "cpu": "kvm64",
             "default_ipv4_address": null,
             "define_connection_info": true,
             "desc": "Scheduler api services",
@@ -1252,7 +1252,7 @@
             "clone_wait": 0,
             "cloudinit_cdrom_storage": null,
             "cores": 4,
-            "cpu": "host",
+            "cpu": "kvm64",
             "default_ipv4_address": null,
             "define_connection_info": true,
             "desc": "Node to host the elasticsearch instance",
@@ -1404,7 +1404,7 @@
             "clone_wait": 0,
             "cloudinit_cdrom_storage": null,
             "cores": 2,
-            "cpu": "host",
+            "cpu": "kvm64",
             "default_ipv4_address": null,
             "define_connection_info": true,
             "desc": "Node to host the swh-search rpc backend service",
@@ -1534,7 +1534,7 @@
             "clone_wait": 0,
             "cloudinit_cdrom_storage": null,
             "cores": 4,
-            "cpu": "host",
+            "cpu": "kvm64",
             "default_ipv4_address": null,
             "define_connection_info": true,
             "desc": "Vault services node",
@@ -1658,7 +1658,7 @@
             "clone_wait": 0,
             "cloudinit_cdrom_storage": null,
             "cores": 4,
-            "cpu": "host",
+            "cpu": "kvm64",
             "default_ipv4_address": null,
             "define_connection_info": true,
             "desc": "Archive/Webapp service node",
@@ -1782,7 +1782,7 @@
             "clone_wait": 0,
             "cloudinit_cdrom_storage": null,
             "cores": 4,
-            "cpu": "host",
+            "cpu": "kvm64",
             "default_ipv4_address": null,
             "define_connection_info": true,
             "desc": "Loader/lister service node",
@@ -1862,7 +1862,7 @@
             "ssh_port": "22",
             "ssh_private_key": null,
             "ssh_user": "root",
-            "sshkeys": "ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAADAQABAAABAQDVKCfpeIMg7GS3Pk03ZAcBWAeDZ+AvWk2k/pPY0z8MJ3YAbqZkRtSK7yaDgJV6Gro7nn/TxdJLo2jEzzWvlC8d8AEzhZPy5Z/qfVVjqBTBM4H5+e+TItAHFfaY5+0WvIahxcfsfaq70MWfpJhszAah3ThJ4mqzYaw+dkr42+a7Gx3Ygpb/m2dpnFnxvXdcuAJYStmHKU5AWGWWM+Fm50/fdMqUfNd8MbKhkJt5ihXQmZWMOt7ls4N8i5NZWnS9YSWow8X/ENOEqCRN9TyRkc+pPS0w9DNi0BCsWvSRJOkyvQ6caEnKWlNoywCmM1AlIQD3k4RUgRWe0vqg/UKPpH3Z root@terraform\n\n\n\n\n",
+            "sshkeys": "ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAADAQABAAABAQDVKCfpeIMg7GS3Pk03ZAcBWAeDZ+AvWk2k/pPY0z8MJ3YAbqZkRtSK7yaDgJV6Gro7nn/TxdJLo2jEzzWvlC8d8AEzhZPy5Z/qfVVjqBTBM4H5+e+TItAHFfaY5+0WvIahxcfsfaq70MWfpJhszAah3ThJ4mqzYaw+dkr42+a7Gx3Ygpb/m2dpnFnxvXdcuAJYStmHKU5AWGWWM+Fm50/fdMqUfNd8MbKhkJt5ihXQmZWMOt7ls4N8i5NZWnS9YSWow8X/ENOEqCRN9TyRkc+pPS0w9DNi0BCsWvSRJOkyvQ6caEnKWlNoywCmM1AlIQD3k4RUgRWe0vqg/UKPpH3Z root@terraform\n\n\n\n\n\n",
             "storage": "",
             "storage_type": "",
             "tablet": true,
@@ -1906,7 +1906,7 @@
             "clone_wait": 0,
             "cloudinit_cdrom_storage": null,
             "cores": 4,
-            "cpu": "host",
+            "cpu": "kvm64",
             "default_ipv4_address": null,
             "define_connection_info": true,
             "desc": "Loader/lister service node",
@@ -1986,7 +1986,7 @@
             "ssh_port": "22",
             "ssh_private_key": null,
             "ssh_user": "root",
-            "sshkeys": "ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAADAQABAAABAQDVKCfpeIMg7GS3Pk03ZAcBWAeDZ+AvWk2k/pPY0z8MJ3YAbqZkRtSK7yaDgJV6Gro7nn/TxdJLo2jEzzWvlC8d8AEzhZPy5Z/qfVVjqBTBM4H5+e+TItAHFfaY5+0WvIahxcfsfaq70MWfpJhszAah3ThJ4mqzYaw+dkr42+a7Gx3Ygpb/m2dpnFnxvXdcuAJYStmHKU5AWGWWM+Fm50/fdMqUfNd8MbKhkJt5ihXQmZWMOt7ls4N8i5NZWnS9YSWow8X/ENOEqCRN9TyRkc+pPS0w9DNi0BCsWvSRJOkyvQ6caEnKWlNoywCmM1AlIQD3k4RUgRWe0vqg/UKPpH3Z root@terraform\n\n\n\n\n",
+            "sshkeys": "ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAADAQABAAABAQDVKCfpeIMg7GS3Pk03ZAcBWAeDZ+AvWk2k/pPY0z8MJ3YAbqZkRtSK7yaDgJV6Gro7nn/TxdJLo2jEzzWvlC8d8AEzhZPy5Z/qfVVjqBTBM4H5+e+TItAHFfaY5+0WvIahxcfsfaq70MWfpJhszAah3ThJ4mqzYaw+dkr42+a7Gx3Ygpb/m2dpnFnxvXdcuAJYStmHKU5AWGWWM+Fm50/fdMqUfNd8MbKhkJt5ihXQmZWMOt7ls4N8i5NZWnS9YSWow8X/ENOEqCRN9TyRkc+pPS0w9DNi0BCsWvSRJOkyvQ6caEnKWlNoywCmM1AlIQD3k4RUgRWe0vqg/UKPpH3Z root@terraform\n\n\n\n\n\n",
             "storage": "",
             "storage_type": "",
             "tablet": true,
@@ -2030,7 +2030,7 @@
             "clone_wait": 0,
             "cloudinit_cdrom_storage": null,
             "cores": 4,
-            "cpu": "host",
+            "cpu": "kvm64",
             "default_ipv4_address": null,
             "define_connection_info": true,
             "desc": "Loader/lister service node",
@@ -2154,7 +2154,7 @@
             "clone_wait": 0,
             "cloudinit_cdrom_storage": null,
             "cores": 4,
-            "cpu": "host",
+            "cpu": "kvm64",
             "default_ipv4_address": null,
             "define_connection_info": true,
             "desc": "Indexer worker",