diff --git a/ansible/roles/ceph/templates/ceph-mon.json.j2 b/ansible/roles/ceph/templates/ceph-mon.json.j2
index 412e778cd5..d3a32b3999 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/ceph/templates/ceph-mon.json.j2
+++ b/ansible/roles/ceph/templates/ceph-mon.json.j2
@@ -12,28 +12,28 @@
             "dest": "/etc/ceph/ceph.client.admin.keyring",
             "owner": "ceph",
             "perm": "0600",
-            "optional": "True"
+            "optional": true
         },
         {
             "source": "{{ container_config_directory }}/ceph.client.mon.keyring",
             "dest": "/etc/ceph/ceph.client.mon.keyring",
             "owner": "ceph",
             "perm": "0600",
-            "optional": "True"
+            "optional": true
         },
         {
             "source": "{{ container_config_directory }}/ceph.client.radosgw.keyring",
             "dest": "/etc/ceph/ceph.client.radosgw.keyring",
             "owner": "ceph",
             "perm": "0600",
-            "optional": "True"
+            "optional": true
         },
         {
             "source": "{{ container_config_directory }}/ceph.monmap",
             "dest": "/etc/ceph/ceph.monmap",
             "owner": "ceph",
             "perm": "0600",
-            "optional": "True"
+            "optional": true
         }
     ]
 }
diff --git a/ansible/roles/ceph/templates/ceph-rgw.json.j2 b/ansible/roles/ceph/templates/ceph-rgw.json.j2
index 5a0b043f4d..7cb0ccdd44 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/ceph/templates/ceph-rgw.json.j2
+++ b/ansible/roles/ceph/templates/ceph-rgw.json.j2
@@ -11,15 +11,13 @@
             "source": "{{ container_config_directory }}/ceph.client.admin.keyring",
             "dest": "/etc/ceph/ceph.client.admin.keyring",
             "owner": "ceph",
-            "perm": "0600",
-            "optional": "True"
+            "perm": "0600"
         },
         {
             "source": "{{ container_config_directory }}/ceph.client.radosgw.keyring",
             "dest": "/etc/ceph/ceph.client.radosgw.keyring",
             "owner": "ceph",
-            "perm": "0600",
-            "optional": "True"
+            "perm": "0600"
         }
     ]
 }
diff --git a/ansible/roles/cinder/templates/cinder-backup.json.j2 b/ansible/roles/cinder/templates/cinder-backup.json.j2
index 2210fbb1c3..3e6c27b6ef 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/cinder/templates/cinder-backup.json.j2
+++ b/ansible/roles/cinder/templates/cinder-backup.json.j2
@@ -12,14 +12,14 @@
             "dest": "/etc/ceph/ceph.client.cinder-backup.keyring",
             "owner": "cinder",
             "perm": "0600",
-            "optional": "true"
+            "optional": {{ (not enable_ceph | bool) | string | lower }}
         },
         {
             "source": "{{ container_config_directory }}/ceph.conf",
             "dest": "/etc/ceph/ceph.conf",
             "owner": "cinder",
             "perm": "0600",
-            "optional": "true"
+            "optional": {{ (not enable_ceph | bool) | string | lower }}
         }
     ]
 }
diff --git a/ansible/roles/cinder/templates/cinder-volume.json.j2 b/ansible/roles/cinder/templates/cinder-volume.json.j2
index 531843b37a..5495284109 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/cinder/templates/cinder-volume.json.j2
+++ b/ansible/roles/cinder/templates/cinder-volume.json.j2
@@ -12,14 +12,14 @@
             "dest": "/etc/ceph/ceph.client.cinder.keyring",
             "owner": "cinder",
             "perm": "0600",
-            "optional": "true"
+            "optional": {{ (not enable_ceph | bool) | string | lower }}
         },
         {
             "source": "{{ container_config_directory }}/ceph.conf",
             "dest": "/etc/ceph/ceph.conf",
             "owner": "cinder",
             "perm": "0600",
-            "optional": "true"
+            "optional": {{ (not enable_ceph | bool) | string | lower }}
         }
     ]
 }
diff --git a/ansible/roles/common/templates/heka.json.j2 b/ansible/roles/common/templates/heka.json.j2
index 857e5185b4..1087c60d0f 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/common/templates/heka.json.j2
+++ b/ansible/roles/common/templates/heka.json.j2
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
             "dest": "/etc/heka/heka-elasticsearch.toml",
             "owner": "heka",
             "perm": "0600",
-            "optional": "True"
+            "optional": {{ (not enable_central_logging | bool) | string | lower }}
         },
         {
             "source": "{{ container_config_directory }}/heka-global.toml",
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
             "dest": "/etc/heka/heka-{{ swift_service }}.toml",
             "owner": "heka",
             "perm": "0600",
-            "optional": "True"
+            "optional": {{ (not enable_swift | bool) | string | lower }}
         }{% if not loop.last %},{% endif %}
 {% endfor %}
 
diff --git a/ansible/roles/haproxy/templates/haproxy.json.j2 b/ansible/roles/haproxy/templates/haproxy.json.j2
index 9672e239b2..d838dad832 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/haproxy/templates/haproxy.json.j2
+++ b/ansible/roles/haproxy/templates/haproxy.json.j2
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
             "dest": "/etc/haproxy/haproxy.pem",
             "owner": "root",
             "perm": "0600",
-            "optional": "true"
+            "optional": {{ (not kolla_enable_tls_external | bool) | string | lower }}
         }
     ]
 }
diff --git a/docker/base/set_configs.py b/docker/base/set_configs.py
index 83b635c309..dc0a7e4a53 100644
--- a/docker/base/set_configs.py
+++ b/docker/base/set_configs.py
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ def validate_source(data):
 
     if not exists:
         if data.get('optional'):
-            LOG.warning("%s does not exist, but is not required", source)
+            LOG.info("%s does not exist, but is not required", source)
             return False
         else:
             LOG.error("The source to copy does not exist: %s", source)