diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ee03e681960e82b51eab26a1a36deb7cf78449f5..c6598590d3e6da89000483bfb0d08dc8bfaf9034 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 # Ignore custom files created when following the README.md
-/ansible/group_vars/cluster/settings.yml
-/ansible/inventory.yml
+!ansible/group_vars/cluster/settings.yml.example
+/ansible/group_vars/cluster/settings*
+!/ansible/inventory.yml.example
+/ansible/inventory*
 
 # Ignore files created by ansible-playbook
 *.retry