diff --git a/roles/ssh_known_hosts/tasks/main.yml b/roles/ssh_known_hosts/tasks/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..49db4e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/ssh_known_hosts/tasks/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+---
+- name: create ssh known_hosts
+  template:
+    dest: /etc/ssh/ssh_known_hosts
+    src: ssh_known_hosts.j2
+    mode: 0644
+    owner: root
+    group: "{{ ansible_wheel }}"
diff --git a/roles/web-logs/templates/ssh_known_hosts.j2 b/roles/ssh_known_hosts/templates/ssh_known_hosts.j2
similarity index 100%
rename from roles/web-logs/templates/ssh_known_hosts.j2
rename to roles/ssh_known_hosts/templates/ssh_known_hosts.j2
diff --git a/roles/web-logs/meta/main.yml b/roles/web-logs/meta/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..61cc3ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/web-logs/meta/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+---
+dependencies:
+  - {role: ssh_known_hosts}
diff --git a/roles/web-logs/tasks/main.yml b/roles/web-logs/tasks/main.yml
index ccbe6ad..dee034b 100644
--- a/roles/web-logs/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/web-logs/tasks/main.yml
@@ -21,14 +21,6 @@
     shell: /sbin/nologin
     system: true
 
-- name: create ssh known_hosts
-  template:
-    dest: /etc/ssh/ssh_known_hosts
-    src: ssh_known_hosts.j2
-    mode: 0644
-    owner: root
-    group: "{{ ansible_wheel }}"
-
 - name: create data directories
   file:
     path: "{{ item }}"