diff --git a/ansible/infrastructure.yml b/ansible/infrastructure.yml
index 382ffd5..83e185f 100644
--- a/ansible/infrastructure.yml
+++ b/ansible/infrastructure.yml
@@ -21,3 +21,5 @@
     - docker
   tasks:
     - import_tasks: roles/certificates/tasks/upload_root_ca.yml
+      vars:
+        certificates_local_dir: certs
diff --git a/ansible/roles/application-install/tasks/install.yml b/ansible/roles/application-install/tasks/install.yml
index c0be12e..d2134d3 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/application-install/tasks/install.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/application-install/tasks/install.yml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 
 - name: Register root certificate
   slurp:
-    src: '/certs/rootCA.crt'
+    src: "{{ playbook_dir }}/certs/rootCA.crt"
   register: root_cert
   delegate_to: localhost
 
diff --git a/ansible/roles/certificates/defaults/main.yml b/ansible/roles/certificates/defaults/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..260ba96
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ansible/roles/certificates/defaults/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+# Generate certs to local current dir where ansible in run (= playbook_dir)
+# After ansible run, dir can be deleted but idempotence is lost and certs are re-generated in next run
+certificates_local_dir: certs
diff --git a/ansible/roles/certificates/tasks/generate-certificates.yml b/ansible/roles/certificates/tasks/generate-certificates.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ac8fe1e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ansible/roles/certificates/tasks/generate-certificates.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+---
+- name: Create certificates directory certs to current dir
+  file:
+    path: "{{ certificates_local_dir }}"
+    state: directory
+
+# Some of task are delegated to Ansible container because unavailable
+# version of python-pyOpenSSL
+- name: Generate root CA private key
+  openssl_privatekey:
+    path: "{{ certificates_local_dir }}/rootCA.key"
+    size: 4096
+
+- name: Generate an OpenSSL CSR.
+  openssl_csr:
+    path: "{{ certificates_local_dir }}/rootCA.csr"
+    privatekey_path: "{{ certificates_local_dir }}/rootCA.key"
+    organization_name: "{{ certificates.organization_name }}"
+    state_or_province_name: "{{ certificates.state_or_province_name }}"
+    country_name: "{{ certificates.country_name }}"
+    locality_name: "{{ certificates.locality_name }}"
+    basic_constraints:
+      - CA:true
+    basic_constraints_critical: true
+    key_usage:
+      - critical
+      - digitalSignature
+      - cRLSign
+      - keyCertSign
+
+- name: Generate root CA certificate
+  openssl_certificate:
+    provider: selfsigned
+    path: "{{ certificates_local_dir }}/rootCA.crt"
+    csr_path: "{{ certificates_local_dir }}/rootCA.csr"
+    privatekey_path: "{{ certificates_local_dir }}/rootCA.key"
+    key_usage:
+      - critical
+      - digitalSignature
+      - cRLSign
+      - keyCertSign
+    force: true
+  notify: Restart Docker
+
+- name: Generate private Nexus key
+  openssl_privatekey:
+    path: "{{ certificates_local_dir }}/nexus_server.key"
+    size: 4096
+    force: false
+
+- name: Generate Nexus CSR (certificate signing request)
+  openssl_csr:
+    path: "{{ certificates_local_dir }}/nexus_server.csr"
+    privatekey_path: "{{ certificates_local_dir }}/nexus_server.key"
+    organization_name: "{{ certificates.organization_name }}"
+    state_or_province_name: "{{ certificates.state_or_province_name }}"
+    country_name: "{{ certificates.country_name }}"
+    locality_name: "{{ certificates.locality_name }}"
+    common_name: registry-1.docker.io
+    key_usage:
+      - keyAgreement
+      - nonRepudiation
+      - digitalSignature
+      - keyEncipherment
+      - dataEncipherment
+    extended_key_usage:
+      - serverAuth
+    subject_alt_name:
+      "{{ simulated_hosts | map('regex_replace', '(.*)', 'DNS:\\1') | list }}"
+
+- name: Generate v3 extension config file
+  template:
+    src: v3.ext.j2
+    dest: "{{ certificates_local_dir }}/v3.ext"
+
+# Signing certificate is added to Ansible in version 2.7 (release date 04.10.2018)
+# Currently using 2.6.3
+- name: Sign Nexus certificate
+  command: >
+    openssl
+    x509
+    -req
+    -in "{{ certificates_local_dir }}/nexus_server.csr"
+    -extfile "{{ certificates_local_dir }}/v3.ext"
+    -CA "{{ certificates_local_dir }}/rootCA.crt"
+    -CAkey "{{ certificates_local_dir }}/rootCA.key"
+    -CAcreateserial
+    -out "{{ certificates_local_dir }}/nexus_server.crt"
+    -days 3650
+    -sha256
diff --git a/ansible/roles/certificates/tasks/main.yml b/ansible/roles/certificates/tasks/main.yml
index 2e7dd88..7aaeac1 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/certificates/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/certificates/tasks/main.yml
@@ -1,100 +1,12 @@
 ---
-# Some of task are delegated to Ansible container because unavailable
-# version of python-pyOpenSSL
-- name: Generate root CA private key
-  openssl_privatekey:
-    path: /certs/rootCA.key
-    size: 4096
-  delegate_to: localhost
-
-- name: Generate an OpenSSL CSR.
-  openssl_csr:
-    path: /certs/rootCA.csr
-    privatekey_path: /certs/rootCA.key
-    organization_name: "{{ certificates.organization_name }}"
-    state_or_province_name: "{{ certificates.state_or_province_name }}"
-    country_name: "{{ certificates.country_name }}"
-    locality_name: "{{ certificates.locality_name }}"
-    basic_constraints:
-      - CA:true
-    basic_constraints_critical: yes
-    key_usage:
-      - critical
-      - digitalSignature
-      - cRLSign
-      - keyCertSign
-  delegate_to: localhost
-
-- name: Generate root CA certificate
-  openssl_certificate:
-    provider: selfsigned
-    path: /certs/rootCA.crt
-    csr_path: /certs/rootCA.csr
-    privatekey_path: /certs/rootCA.key
-    key_usage:
-      - critical
-      - digitalSignature
-      - cRLSign
-      - keyCertSign
-    force: yes
-  delegate_to: localhost
-  notify: Restart Docker
-
-- name: Generate private Nexus key
-  openssl_privatekey:
-    path: /certs/nexus_server.key
-    size: 4096
-    force: False
-  delegate_to: localhost
-
-- name: Generate Nexus CSR (certificate signing request)
-  openssl_csr:
-    path: /certs/nexus_server.csr
-    privatekey_path: /certs/nexus_server.key
-    organization_name: "{{ certificates.organization_name }}"
-    state_or_province_name: "{{ certificates.state_or_province_name }}"
-    country_name: "{{ certificates.country_name }}"
-    locality_name: "{{ certificates.locality_name }}"
-    common_name: registry-1.docker.io
-    key_usage:
-      - keyAgreement
-      - nonRepudiation
-      - digitalSignature
-      - keyEncipherment
-      - dataEncipherment
-    extended_key_usage:
-      - serverAuth
-    subject_alt_name:
-      "{{ simulated_hosts | map('regex_replace', '(.*)', 'DNS:\\1') | list }}"
-  delegate_to: localhost
-
-- name: Generate v3 extension config file
-  template:
-    src: v3.ext.j2
-    dest: /certs/v3.ext
-  delegate_to: localhost
-
-# Signing certificate is added to Ansible in version 2.7 (release date 04.10.2018)
-# Currently using 2.6.3
-- name: Sign Nexus certificate
-  command: >
-    openssl
-    x509
-    -req
-    -in /certs/nexus_server.csr
-    -extfile /certs/v3.ext
-    -CA /certs/rootCA.crt
-    -CAkey /certs/rootCA.key
-    -CAcreateserial
-    -out /certs/nexus_server.crt
-    -days 3650
-    -sha256
+- name: Generate certs
+  import_tasks: generate-certificates.yml
   delegate_to: localhost
 
 - name: Upload certificates to infrastructure server
   copy:
-    src: /certs
-    directory_mode: yes
+    src: "{{ certificates_local_dir }}"
+    directory_mode: true
     dest: "{{ app_data_path }}/"
 
 - import_tasks: upload_root_ca.yml
diff --git a/ansible/roles/certificates/tasks/upload_root_ca.yml b/ansible/roles/certificates/tasks/upload_root_ca.yml
index 5a59d27..b2f1f94 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/certificates/tasks/upload_root_ca.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/certificates/tasks/upload_root_ca.yml
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 ---
 - name: Copy root certificate
   copy:
-    src: "/certs/rootCA.crt"
+    src: "{{ certificates_local_dir }}/rootCA.crt"
     dest: /etc/pki/ca-trust/source/anchors/
+  register: copycert
   notify: Restart Docker
 
 - name: Extract root certificate
   command: /usr/bin/update-ca-trust extract
+  when: copycert.changed
   notify: Restart Docker
diff --git a/ansible/run_playbook.sh b/ansible/run_playbook.sh
index 2edbe35..3bc56b3 100755
--- a/ansible/run_playbook.sh
+++ b/ansible/run_playbook.sh
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@
         -v "${HOME}"/.ssh:/root/.ssh:rw \
         -v "$ANSIBLE_DIR:/ansible:ro" \
         -v "$ANSIBLE_DIR/application:/ansible/application:rw" \
-        -v "$ANSIBLE_DIR/certs/:/certs:rw" \
+        -v "$ANSIBLE_DIR/certs/:/ansible/certs:rw" \
         -v "$ANSIBLE_DIR/log/:/ansible/log:rw" \
         -e ANSIBLE_LOG_PATH \
         -it "${ANSIBLE_DOCKER_IMAGE}" "$@"
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@
     --mount ro:"$ANSIBLE_DIR":/ansible \
     --mount rw:"$ANSIBLE_DIR"/application:/ansible/application \
     --mount rw:"$ANSIBLE_DIR"/log:/ansible/log \
-    --mount rw:"$ANSIBLE_DIR"/certs:/certs \
+    --mount rw:"$ANSIBLE_DIR"/certs:/ansible/certs \
     --mount ro:/etc/resolv.conf:/etc/resolv.conf \
     --mount ro:/etc/hosts:/etc/hosts \
     --workdir /ansible \