diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 17494aa..0f0dfba 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 inventory/*
 host_vars
-ansible.cfg
 collections/ansible_collections/
diff --git a/ansible.cfg b/ansible.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..587e102
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ansible.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+[defaults]
+inventory               = inventory/hosts
+roles_path              = roles
+collections_path        = collections
+remote_tmp              = /tmp/.ansible-${USER}/tmp
+gathering               = smart
+gather_timeout          = 600
+fact_caching            = jsonfile
+fact_caching_connection = /tmp/.ansible_facts
+fact_caching_timeout    = 300
+retry_files_enabled     = False
+forks                   = 40
+timeout                 = 30
+host_key_checking       = False
+display_skipped_hosts   = False
+bin_ansible_callbacks   = True
+callback_whitelist      = ansible.posix.profile_tasks, ansible.posix.timer
+deprecation_warnings    = False
+command_warnings        = False
+
+
+[ssh_connection]
+pipelining = True
+ssh_args = -o ControlMaster=auto -o ControlPersist=60s -o PreferredAuthentications=publickey
+