diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2afc7a32c67d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+*.pyc
+*.DS_Store
+local_settings.py
+CA/index.txt
+CA/serial
+keeper
+instances
+keys
+build/*
+build-stamp
+nova.egg-info
+.nova-venv
diff --git a/CA/.gitignore b/CA/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..fae0922bf949
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CA/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+index.txt
+index.txt.old
+index.txt.attr
+index.txt.attr.old
+cacert.pem
+serial
+serial.old
+openssl.cnf
+private/*
+newcerts/*
+
diff --git a/CA/INTER/.gitignore b/CA/INTER/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..72e8ffc0db8a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CA/INTER/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+*
diff --git a/CA/reqs/.gitignore b/CA/reqs/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..72e8ffc0db8a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CA/reqs/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+*