diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ea6e498..6750698 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ nitro-bridge-setup/out
 nitro-bridge-setup/bridge-vars.yml
 nitro-nodes-setup/nitro-vars.yml
 nitro-nodes-setup/out/
+l2-setup/l2-vars.yml
diff --git a/l2-setup/README.md b/l2-setup/README.md
index 1acbf3e..3052ceb 100644
--- a/l2-setup/README.md
+++ b/l2-setup/README.md
@@ -35,6 +35,12 @@ To run the playbooks on a remote machine, follow these steps:
 
 The following commands have to be executed in [`l2-setup`](./) directory
 
+- Copy the `l2-vars-example.yml` vars file
+
+  ```bash
+  cp l2-vars-example.yml l2-vars.yml
+  ```
+
 - Edit [`l2-vars.yml`](./l2-vars.yml) with the required values
 
   ```bash
diff --git a/l2-setup/l2-vars.yml b/l2-setup/l2-vars-example.yml
similarity index 100%
rename from l2-setup/l2-vars.yml
rename to l2-setup/l2-vars-example.yml