diff --git a/tools/scripts/request_tower_configuration.ps1 b/tools/scripts/request_tower_configuration.ps1
index 17f1e91012..db18bfa6bd 100644
--- a/tools/scripts/request_tower_configuration.ps1
+++ b/tools/scripts/request_tower_configuration.ps1
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 Param(
     [string]$tower_url,
     [string]$host_config_key,
-    [string]$job_template_id
+    [string]$job_template_id,
+    [string]$extra_vars
 )
 
 Set-StrictMode -Version 2
@@ -10,24 +11,36 @@ $ErrorActionPreference = "Stop"
 If(-not $tower_url -or -not $host_config_key -or -not $job_template_id)
 {
     Write-Host "Requests server configuration from Ansible Tower"
-    Write-Host "Usage: $($MyInvocation.MyCommand.Name) <server address>[:server port] <host config key> <job template id>"
-    Write-Host "Example: $($MyInvocation.MyCommand.Name) example.towerhost.net 44d7507f2ead49af5fca80aa18fd24bc 38"
+    Write-Host "Usage: $($MyInvocation.MyCommand.Name) https://<server address>[:server port] <host config key> <job template id>"
+    Write-Host "Example: $($MyInvocation.MyCommand.Name) https://example.towerhost.net 44d7507f2ead49af5fca80aa18fd24bc 38"
+    Write-Host "Example with extra_vars: $($MyInvocation.MyCommand.Name) https://example.towerhost.net 44d7507f2ead49af5fca80aa18fd24bc 38 '{ key: value, dict: { key: value }}'"
     Exit 1
 }
 
 $retry_attempts = 10
 $attempt = 0
 
-$data = @{
-    host_config_key=$host_config_key
+If(-not $extra_vars)
+{
+    $data = @{
+        host_config_key=$host_config_key
+    }
+} Else {
+    $data = @{
+        host_config_key=$host_config_key
+        extra_vars=$extra_vars
+    }
 }
 
 While ($attempt -lt $retry_attempts) {
     Try {
-        $resp = Invoke-WebRequest -Method POST -Body $data -Uri http://$tower_url/api/v1/job_templates/$job_template_id/callback/ -UseBasicParsing
+        $resp = Invoke-WebRequest -ContentType application/json -Method POST -Body (ConvertTo-Json $data) -Uri $tower_url/api/v2/job_templates/$job_template_id/callback/
 
-        If($resp.StatusCode -eq 202) {
+        If ($resp.StatusCode -match '^2[0-9]+$') {
             Exit 0
+        } ElseIf ($resp.StatusCode -eq 404) {
+            Write-Host "$resp.StatusCode received... encountered problem, halting"
+            Exit 1
         }
     }
     Catch {
@@ -37,4 +50,4 @@ While ($attempt -lt $retry_attempts) {
     }
     Start-Sleep -Seconds 60
 }
-Exit 1
\ No newline at end of file
+Exit 1
diff --git a/tools/scripts/request_tower_configuration.sh b/tools/scripts/request_tower_configuration.sh
index 05d75a69dd..1c0718ef49 100755
--- a/tools/scripts/request_tower_configuration.sh
+++ b/tools/scripts/request_tower_configuration.sh
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 fatal() {
-    if [ -n "${2}" ]; then
-        echo -e "Error: ${2}"
-    fi
-    exit ${1}
+  if [ -n "${2}" ]; then
+    echo -e "Error: ${2}"
+  fi
+  exit ${1}
 }
 
 usage() {
@@ -29,31 +29,31 @@ INSECURE=""
 # Parse arguments
 while getopts “hks:c:t:s:e:” OPTION
 do
-     case ${OPTION} in
-         h)
-             usage
-             exit 1
-             ;;
-         s)
-             TOWER_SERVER=${OPTARG}
-             ;;
-         k)
-             INSECURE="-k"
-             ;;
-         c)
-             HOST_CFG_KEY=${OPTARG}
-             ;;
-         t)
-             TEMPLATE_ID=${OPTARG}
-             ;;
-         e)
-             EXTRA_VARS=${OPTARG}
-             ;;
-         ?)
-             usage
-             exit
-             ;;
-     esac
+  case ${OPTION} in
+    h)
+      usage
+      exit 1
+      ;;
+    s)
+      TOWER_SERVER=${OPTARG}
+      ;;
+    k)
+      INSECURE="-k"
+      ;;
+    c)
+      HOST_CFG_KEY=${OPTARG}
+      ;;
+    t)
+      TEMPLATE_ID=${OPTARG}
+      ;;
+    e)
+      EXTRA_VARS=${OPTARG}
+      ;;
+    ?)
+      usage
+      exit
+      ;;
+  esac
 done
 
 # Validate required arguments
@@ -65,21 +65,32 @@ test -z ${TEMPLATE_ID} && fatal 1 "Missing required -t argument"
 
 # Generate curl --data parameter
 if [ -n "${EXTRA_VARS}" ]; then
-    CURL_DATA="{\"host_config_key\": \"${HOST_CFG_KEY}\", \"extra_vars\": \"${EXTRA_VARS}\"}"
+  CURL_DATA="{\"host_config_key\": \"${HOST_CFG_KEY}\", \"extra_vars\": \"${EXTRA_VARS}\"}"
 else
-    CURL_DATA="{\"host_config_key\": \"${HOST_CFG_KEY}\"}"
+  CURL_DATA="{\"host_config_key\": \"${HOST_CFG_KEY}\"}"
 fi
 
-set -o pipefail
-HTTP_STATUS=$(curl ${INSECURE} -s -i -X POST -H 'Content-Type:application/json' --data "$CURL_DATA" ${TOWER_SERVER}/api/v1/job_templates/${TEMPLATE_ID}/callback/ 2>&1 | head -n1 | awk '{print $2}')
-CURL_RC=$?
-if [ ${CURL_RC} -ne 0 ]; then
+# Success on any 2xx status received, failure on only 404 status received, retry any other status every min for up to 10 min
+RETRY_ATTEMPTS=10
+ATTEMPT=0
+while [[ $ATTEMPT -lt $RETRY_ATTEMPTS ]]
+do
+  set -o pipefail
+  HTTP_STATUS=$(curl ${INSECURE} -s -i -X POST -H 'Content-Type:application/json' --data "$CURL_DATA" ${TOWER_SERVER}/api/v2/job_templates/${TEMPLATE_ID}/callback/ 2>&1 | head -n1 | awk '{print $2}')
+  CURL_RC=$?
+  if [ ${CURL_RC} -ne 0 ]; then
     fatal ${CURL_RC} "curl exited with ${CURL_RC}, halting."
-fi
+  fi
 
-# Extract http status code
-if [[ ${HTTP_STATUS} -ge 300 ]]; then
-    fatal 1 "${HTTP_STATUS} received, encountered problem, halting."
-else
+  # Extract http status code
+  if [[ ${HTTP_STATUS} =~ ^2[0-9]+$ ]]; then
     echo "Success: ${HTTP_STATUS} received."
-fi
+    break
+  elif [[ ${HTTP_STATUS} =~ ^404$ ]]; then
+    fatal 1 "Failed: ${HTTP_STATUS} received, encountered problem, halting."
+  else
+    ATTEMPT=$((ATTEMPT + 1))
+    echo "Failed: ${HTTP_STATUS} received, executing retry #${ATTEMPT} in 1 minute."
+    sleep 60
+  fi
+done