I should also mention that using the example playbook from docs results in same error https://docs.debops.org/en/latest/ansible/roles/ansible-pki/docs/getting-... --  On July 29, 2016 at 9:29:50 AM, russell sherman (russell.t.sherman(a)gmail.com) wrote: i might be doing this wrong..  using a very simple playlist and including only the debops.pki role results in the following error. it appears that the role attempts to write a .gitignore file to /etc/pki before the /etc/pki dir is created. TASK [debops.pki : Ensure that sensitive files are excluded from version control] *** fatal: [data]: FAILED! => {"changed": true, "failed": true, "msg": "Destination directory /etc/pki does not exist"} fatal: [www]: FAILED! => {"changed": true, "failed": true, "msg": "Destination directory /etc/pki does not exist"} hosts: control: OSX 10.11.6 data: ubuntu/trusty64 vagrant www: debian/jessie64 vagrant --