diff --git a/roles/kubernetes-apps/ansible/templates/dns-autoscaler-clusterrole.yml.j2 b/roles/kubernetes-apps/ansible/dns-autoscaler-clusterrole.yml
similarity index 100%
rename from roles/kubernetes-apps/ansible/templates/dns-autoscaler-clusterrole.yml.j2
rename to roles/kubernetes-apps/ansible/dns-autoscaler-clusterrole.yml
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes-apps/ansible/templates/dns-autoscaler-clusterrolebinding.yml.j2 b/roles/kubernetes-apps/ansible/dns-autoscaler-clusterrolebinding.yml
similarity index 100%
rename from roles/kubernetes-apps/ansible/templates/dns-autoscaler-clusterrolebinding.yml.j2
rename to roles/kubernetes-apps/ansible/dns-autoscaler-clusterrolebinding.yml
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes-apps/ansible/files/coredns-clusterrole.yml b/roles/kubernetes-apps/ansible/files/coredns-clusterrole.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ea8142a54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/kubernetes-apps/ansible/files/coredns-clusterrole.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+---
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
+kind: ClusterRole
+metadata:
+  labels:
+    kubernetes.io/bootstrapping: rbac-defaults
+    addonmanager.kubernetes.io/mode: Reconcile
+  name: system:coredns
+rules:
+  - apiGroups:
+      - ""
+    resources:
+      - endpoints
+      - services
+      - pods
+      - namespaces
+    verbs:
+      - list
+      - watch
+  - apiGroups:
+      - ""
+    resources:
+      - nodes
+    verbs:
+      - get
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes-apps/ansible/templates/coredns-clusterrolebinding.yml.j2 b/roles/kubernetes-apps/ansible/files/coredns-clusterrolebinding.yml
similarity index 84%
rename from roles/kubernetes-apps/ansible/templates/coredns-clusterrolebinding.yml.j2
rename to roles/kubernetes-apps/ansible/files/coredns-clusterrolebinding.yml
index 7c79ccfde..af7f684ee 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes-apps/ansible/templates/coredns-clusterrolebinding.yml.j2
+++ b/roles/kubernetes-apps/ansible/files/coredns-clusterrolebinding.yml
@@ -13,6 +13,6 @@ roleRef:
   kind: ClusterRole
   name: system:coredns
 subjects:
-- kind: ServiceAccount
-  name: coredns
-  namespace: kube-system
+  - kind: ServiceAccount
+    name: coredns
+    namespace: kube-system
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes-apps/ansible/templates/coredns-sa.yml.j2 b/roles/kubernetes-apps/ansible/files/coredns-sa.yml
similarity index 52%
rename from roles/kubernetes-apps/ansible/templates/coredns-sa.yml.j2
rename to roles/kubernetes-apps/ansible/files/coredns-sa.yml
index 8b661936e..64d9c4dae 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes-apps/ansible/templates/coredns-sa.yml.j2
+++ b/roles/kubernetes-apps/ansible/files/coredns-sa.yml
@@ -5,5 +5,5 @@ metadata:
   name: coredns
   namespace: kube-system
   labels:
-      kubernetes.io/cluster-service: "true"
-      addonmanager.kubernetes.io/mode: Reconcile
+    kubernetes.io/cluster-service: "true"
+    addonmanager.kubernetes.io/mode: Reconcile
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes-apps/ansible/templates/dns-autoscaler-sa.yml.j2 b/roles/kubernetes-apps/ansible/files/dns-autoscaler-sa.yml
similarity index 100%
rename from roles/kubernetes-apps/ansible/templates/dns-autoscaler-sa.yml.j2
rename to roles/kubernetes-apps/ansible/files/dns-autoscaler-sa.yml
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes-apps/ansible/tasks/coredns.yml b/roles/kubernetes-apps/ansible/tasks/coredns.yml
index ba1cb31d6..bb959966b 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes-apps/ansible/tasks/coredns.yml
+++ b/roles/kubernetes-apps/ansible/tasks/coredns.yml
@@ -1,19 +1,20 @@
 ---
 - name: Kubernetes Apps | Lay Down CoreDNS Template
-  template:
-    src: "{{ item.file }}.j2"
+  action: "{{ item.module }}"
+  args:
+    src: "{{ item.file }}{% if item.module == 'template' %}.j2{% endif %}"
     dest: "{{ kube_config_dir }}/{{ item.file }}"
   with_items:
-    - { name: coredns, file: coredns-config.yml, type: configmap }
-    - { name: coredns, file: coredns-sa.yml, type: sa }
-    - { name: coredns, file: coredns-deployment.yml, type: deployment }
-    - { name: coredns, file: coredns-svc.yml, type: svc }
-    - { name: coredns, file: coredns-clusterrole.yml, type: clusterrole }
-    - { name: coredns, file: coredns-clusterrolebinding.yml, type: clusterrolebinding }
-    - { name: dns-autoscaler, file: dns-autoscaler-sa.yml, type: sa }
-    - { name: dns-autoscaler, file: dns-autoscaler-clusterrole.yml, type: clusterrole }
-    - { name: dns-autoscaler, file: dns-autoscaler-clusterrolebinding.yml, type: clusterrolebinding }
-    - { name: dns-autoscaler, file: dns-autoscaler.yml, type: deployment }
+    - { name: coredns, module: template, file: coredns-config.yml, type: configmap }
+    - { name: coredns, module: copy, file: coredns-sa.yml, type: sa }
+    - { name: coredns, module: template, file: coredns-deployment.yml, type: deployment }
+    - { name: coredns, module: template, file: coredns-svc.yml, type: svc }
+    - { name: coredns, module: copy, file: coredns-clusterrole.yml, type: clusterrole }
+    - { name: coredns, module: copy, file: coredns-clusterrolebinding.yml, type: clusterrolebinding }
+    - { name: dns-autoscaler, module: copy, file: dns-autoscaler-sa.yml, type: sa }
+    - { name: dns-autoscaler, module: copy, file: dns-autoscaler-clusterrole.yml, type: clusterrole }
+    - { name: dns-autoscaler, module: copy, file: dns-autoscaler-clusterrolebinding.yml, type: clusterrolebinding }
+    - { name: dns-autoscaler, module: template, file: dns-autoscaler.yml, type: deployment }
   register: coredns_manifests
   vars:
     clusterIP: "{{ skydns_server }}"
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes-apps/ansible/templates/coredns-clusterrole.yml.j2 b/roles/kubernetes-apps/ansible/templates/coredns-clusterrole.yml.j2
deleted file mode 100644
index 248cd8cb2..000000000
--- a/roles/kubernetes-apps/ansible/templates/coredns-clusterrole.yml.j2
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
----
-apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
-kind: ClusterRole
-metadata:
-  labels:
-    kubernetes.io/bootstrapping: rbac-defaults
-    addonmanager.kubernetes.io/mode: Reconcile
-  name: system:coredns
-rules:
-- apiGroups:
-  - ""
-  resources:
-  - endpoints
-  - services
-  - pods
-  - namespaces
-  verbs:
-  - list
-  - watch
-- apiGroups:
-  - ""
-  resources:
-  - nodes
-  verbs:
-  - get