diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index d215bed..5c39f50 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -1,17 +1,25 @@
 ---
 # ansible default variables - most variables live here
-ipa_getcert_key_location: /etc/pki/tls/private
-ipa_getcert_cert_location: /etc/pki/tls/certs
+ipa_getcert_key_default_location: /etc/pki/tls/private
+ipa_getcert_cert_default_location: /etc/pki/tls/certs
+ipa_getcert_owner_default: root
 
 # List of hostnames that should be requested
 ipa_getcert_requested_hostnames:
-  - "{{ ansible_fqdn }}"
+  - name: "{{ ansible_fqdn }}"
+    key_location: /etc/pki/tls/private
+    cert_location: /etc/pki/tls/certs
+
+# If you need a different ownership, you can setup the above sort of like this:
+# ipa_getcert_requested_hostnames:
+#   - name: name
+#     postcmd: "/bin/systemctl restart ejabberd"
+#     owner: ejabberd
+#     key_location: /opt/ejabberd/conf/pki
+#     cert_location: /opt/ejabberd/conf/pki
+
+# This feature coming soon
+#ipa_getcert_fqdn_symlink: true
 
-ipa_getcert_fqdn_symlink: true
 ipa_getcert_chain: false
 ipa_getcert_chain_location: /etc/pki/tls/chains
-
-# If an application user/service account needs to be able to
-# view the certificate, set the group here. This is only needed
-# for when chain is true.
-ipa_getcert_group: root
diff --git a/tasks/main.yml b/tasks/main.yml
index ac153d6..8cdb688 100644
--- a/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tasks/main.yml
@@ -6,34 +6,35 @@
   register: ipacheck
   ignore_errors: true
 
+- name: Check certificate existence
+  stat:
+    path: "{{ item.key_location | default(ipa_getcert_cert_default_location) }}/{{ item.name }}.crt"
+  register: cert_results
+  with_items: "{{ ipa_getcert_requested_hostnames }}"
+  ignore_errors: true
+
+- name: Verify certificate existence
+  assert:
+    that:
+      - not item.stat.exists | mandatory
+    fail_msg: "Certificate already exists!"
+    success_msg: "Certificate doesn't exist, moving on"
+    quiet: true
+  with_items: "{{ cert_results.results }}"
+
 - name: IPA Certificate Operations
   block:
-    - name: Request Certificate
-      command: ipa-getcert request -r -w \
-        -I "{{ item }}" \
-        -N "CN={{ item }}" \
-        -D "{{ item }}" \
-        -k "{{ ipa_getcert_key_location }}" \
-        -f "{{ ipa_getcert_cert_location }}" \
-        -K "host/{{ item }}"
-      args:
-        creates: "{{ ipa_getcert_cert_location }}/{{ item }}.crt"
-      with_items: "{{ ipa_getcert_requested_hostnames }}"
-      register: ipa_cert_request
-
-    - name: Symlink the fqdn certificate as localhost
-      file:
-        state: link
-        force: true
-        src: "{{ item.src }}"
-        path: "{{ item.path }}"
+    - name: Deploy ipa-getcert script
+      template:
+        src: "get_cert.sh.j2"
+        dest: "/root/get_cert.sh"
         owner: root
         group: root
-      with_items:
-        - src: "{{ ipa_getcert_cert_location }}/{{ ipa_getcert_requested_hostnames | first }}.key"
-          path: "{{ ipa_getcert_cert_location }}/localhost.crt"
-        - src: "{{ ipa_getcert_key_location }}/{{ ipa_getcert_requested_hostnames | first }}.key"
-          path: "{{ ipa_getcert_key_location }}/localhost.key"
+        mode: '0750'
+
+    - name: Request Certificate
+      raw: /root/get_cert.sh
+      register: ipa_cert_request
 
     - name: Chain link certificates
       block:
@@ -48,29 +49,31 @@
         - name: Chain link certs
           file:
             state: link
-            src: "{{ ipa_getcert_cert_location }}/{{ item }}.crt"
-            dest: "{{ ipa_getcert_chain_location }}/{{ item }}.crt"
-            owner: root
-            group: root
+            src: "{{ item.cert_location | default(ipa_getcert_cert_default_location) }}/{{ item.name }}.crt"
+            dest: "{{ ipa_getcert_chain_location }}/{{ item.name }}.crt"
+            owner: "{{ item.owner | default(ipa_getcert_owner_default) }}"
+            group: "{{ item.owner | default(ipa_getcert_owner_default) }}"
           with_items: "{{ ipa_getcert_requested_hostnames }}"
 
         - name: Chain link keys
           file:
             state: link
-            src: "{{ ipa_getcert_key_location }}/{{ item }}.key"
-            path: "{{ ipa_getcert_chain_location }}/{{ item }}.key"
-            owner: root
-            group: root
+            src: "{{ item.key_location | default(ipa_getcert_cert_default_location) }}/{{ item.name }}.key"
+            path: "{{ ipa_getcert_chain_location }}/{{ item.name }}.key"
+            owner: "{{ item.owner | default(ipa_getcert_owner_default) }}"
+            group: "{{ item.owner | default(ipa_getcert_owner_default) }}"
           with_items: "{{ ipa_getcert_requested_hostnames }}"
 
         - name: Assemble the chain
           assemble:
             src: "{{ ipa_getcert_chain_location }}"
-            dest: "{{ ipa_getcert_chain_location }}/{{ item }}.pem"
-            regexp: "^{{ item }}.(crt|key)$"
-            owner: root
-            group: "{{ ipa_getcert_group }}"
+            dest: "{{ ipa_getcert_chain_location }}/{{ item.name }}.pem"
+            regexp: "^{{ item.name }}.(crt|key)$"
+            owner: "{{ item.owner | default(ipa_getcert_owner_default) }}"
+            group: "{{ item.owner | default(ipa_getcert_owner_default) }}"
             mode: '0640'
           with_items: "{{ ipa_getcert_requested_hostnames }}"
       when: ipa_getcert_chain
-  when: ipacheck.rc == 0
+  when:
+    - ipacheck.rc == 0
+    - ipa_cert_request.rc == 0
diff --git a/templates/get_cert.sh.j2 b/templates/get_cert.sh.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c146d04
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/get_cert.sh.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# This script will take care of the certificate process for IPA.
+# There may be more than one request done based on the vars of the playbook.
+
+{% for ipahosts in ipa_getcert_requested_hostnames %}
+/usr/bin/ipa-getcert request -r -w \
+  -I "{{ ipahosts.name }}" \
+  -N "CN={{ ipahosts.name }}" \
+  -D "{{ ipahosts.name }}" \
+  -k "{{ ipahosts.key_location | default(ipa_getcert_key_default_location) }}" \
+  -f "{{ ipahosts.cert_location | default(ipa_getcert_cert_default_location) }}" \
+  {% if ipahosts.postcmd %}
+  -C "{{ ipahosts.postcmd }}" \
+  {% endif %}
+  {% if ipahosts.owner %}
+  -O "{{ ipahosts.owner }}" \
+  -o "{{ ipahosts.owner }}" \
+  {% endif %}
+  -K "host/{{ ipahosts.name }}"
+
+{% endfor %}
diff --git a/vars/main.yml b/vars/main.yml
index 0d75ed2..77c8bb1 100644
--- a/vars/main.yml
+++ b/vars/main.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
 ---
 # vars file - Nothing should really go here but dynamic imports
-# and truely static items
\ No newline at end of file