diff --git a/.ansible-lint b/.ansible-lint
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..767e23f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.ansible-lint
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+skip_list:
+  - '106'  # Role name {} does not match ``^[a-z][a-z0-9_]+$`` pattern'
+  - '208'  # File permissions not mentioned
+
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a5e9414..6b61d25 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-# All dot-files
-.*
 # Ansible retry files
 *.retry
 # Tenks state file
@@ -112,3 +110,6 @@ venv.bak/
 
 # mypy
 .mypy_cache/
+
+# tests
+.stestr/