diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index f2f70c6..0000000
--- a/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-l2-setup/out
-l2-setup/hosts.ini
-nitro-bridge-setup/out
-nitro-bridge-setup/bridge-vars.yml
-nitro-nodes-setup/nitro-vars.yml
-nitro-nodes-setup/out
-nitro-contracts-setup/out
-nitro-contracts-setup/contract-vars.yml
-nitro-nodes-setup/out/
-l2-setup/l2-vars.yml
diff --git a/l2-setup/.gitignore b/l2-setup/.gitignore
index bec264f..fb4396e 100644
--- a/l2-setup/.gitignore
+++ b/l2-setup/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 out
-hosts.ini
 l2-vars.yml
+hosts.ini
diff --git a/nitro-bridge-setup/README.md b/nitro-bridge-setup/README.md
index 127eb22..200883a 100644
--- a/nitro-bridge-setup/README.md
+++ b/nitro-bridge-setup/README.md
@@ -4,6 +4,32 @@
 
 To get started, follow the [installation](../README.md#installation) guide to setup ansible on your machine
 
+## Setup Remote Hosts
+
+To run the playbooks on a remote machine, follow these steps:
+
+- In the [`nitro-bridge-setup`](./) directory, create a new file named hosts.ini:
+
+   ```bash
+   cp ../example-hosts.ini hosts.ini
+   ```
+
+- Edit the [`hosts.ini`](./hosts.ini) file to run the playbook on a remote machine
+
+   ```bash
+  [nitro_host]
+  hostname ansible_host= ansible_user= ansible_ssh_common_args='-o ForwardAgent=yes'
+   ```
+
+  - Replace `host_name` with the alias of your choice.
+  - Replace `<TARGET_IP>` with the IP address or hostname of the target machine.
+  - Replace `<SSH_USER>` with the SSH username (e.g., dev, ubuntu).
+
+- Verify that you are able to connect to the host using the following command
+
+  ```bash
+  ansible all -m ping -i hosts.ini
+  ```
 ## Run Nitro Bridge
 
 - Copy the `bridge-vars-example.yml` vars file
diff --git a/nitro-contracts-setup/.gitignore b/nitro-contracts-setup/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ffb4fb9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nitro-contracts-setup/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+out
+contract-vars.yml
+hosts.ini
diff --git a/nitro-nodes-setup/.gitignore b/nitro-nodes-setup/.gitignore
index 8ad0f7d..a537e4d 100644
--- a/nitro-nodes-setup/.gitignore
+++ b/nitro-nodes-setup/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-nitro-vars.yml
 out
+nitro-vars.yml
 hosts.ini