diff --git a/ssl/manifests/init.pp b/ssl/manifests/init.pp
index 0268e7f..0ff0863 100644
--- a/ssl/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/ssl/manifests/init.pp
@@ -1,3 +1,26 @@
+
+# Helper class which defines cert and private directories.
+#
+class ssl {
+
+    case $operatingsystem {
+        "centos","fedora": {
+            $certs = "/etc/pki/tls/certs"
+            $private = "/etc/pki/tls/private"
+        }
+        "openbsd": {
+            $certs = "/etc/ssl"
+            $private = "/etc/ssl/private"
+        }
+        default: {
+            $certs = "/etc/ssl/certs"
+            $private = "/etc/ssl/private"
+        }
+    }
+
+}
+
+
 # Install OpenSSL.
 #
 class ssl::openssl {