diff --git a/roles/ceph-dashboard/tasks/configure_dashboard.yml b/roles/ceph-dashboard/tasks/configure_dashboard.yml
index 4bf368c0a..b6ad8045f 100644
--- a/roles/ceph-dashboard/tasks/configure_dashboard.yml
+++ b/roles/ceph-dashboard/tasks/configure_dashboard.yml
@@ -36,11 +36,36 @@
         mode: 0440
       when: dashboard_key | length > 0
 
-    - name: generate a Self Signed OpenSSL certificate for dashboard
-      shell: |
-        test -f /etc/ceph/ceph-dashboard.key -a -f /etc/ceph/ceph-dashboard.crt || \
-        openssl req -new -nodes -x509 -subj '/O=IT/CN=ceph-dashboard' -days 3650 -keyout /etc/ceph/ceph-dashboard.key -out /etc/ceph/ceph-dashboard.crt -extensions v3_ca
+    - name: generate and copy self-signed certificate
       when: dashboard_key | length == 0 or dashboard_crt | length == 0
+      block:
+        - name: generate a Self Signed OpenSSL certificate for dashboard
+          shell: |
+            test -f /etc/ceph/ceph-dashboard.key -a -f /etc/ceph/ceph-dashboard.crt || \
+            openssl req -new -nodes -x509 -subj '/O=IT/CN=ceph-dashboard' -days 3650 -keyout /etc/ceph/ceph-dashboard.key -out /etc/ceph/ceph-dashboard.crt -extensions v3_ca
+          run_once: True
+
+        - name: slurp self-signed generated certificate for dashboard
+          slurp:
+            src: "/etc/ceph/{{ item }}"
+          run_once: True
+          with_items:
+            - 'ceph-dashboard.key'
+            - 'ceph-dashboard.crt'
+          register: slurp_self_signed_crt
+
+        - name: copy self-signed generated certificate on mons
+          copy:
+            dest: "{{ item.0.source }}"
+            content: "{{ item.0.content | b64decode }}"
+            owner: "{{ ceph_uid }}"
+            group: "{{ ceph_uid }}"
+            mode: "{{ '0600' if item.0.source.split('.')[-1] == 'key' else '0664' }}"
+          delegate_to: "{{ item.1 }}"
+          run_once: True
+          with_nested:
+            - "{{ slurp_self_signed_crt.results }}"
+            - "{{ groups[mon_group_name] }}"
 
     - name: import dashboard certificate file
       command: "{{ container_exec_cmd }} ceph --cluster {{ cluster }} config-key set mgr/dashboard/crt -i /etc/ceph/ceph-dashboard.crt"