diff --git a/scripts/ansible b/scripts/ansible
index 0aa812e25..d1f049cd8 100755
--- a/scripts/ansible
+++ b/scripts/ansible
@@ -92,10 +92,12 @@ if [ ! -f /etc/debian_version ]; then    # e.g. RaspiOS, Ubuntu, Mint & Debian
     exit 1
 fi
 
-echo -e "\napt update; install dirmngr; PPA to /etc/apt/sources.list.d/iiab-ansible.list\n"
-$APT_PATH/apt update
-$APT_PATH/apt -y install dirmngr
-echo "deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/ansible/ansible/ubuntu $CODENAME main" \
+# JV just manually use the key from this repo 2021-04-22
+echo -e "\napt update; use local keys for PPA in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/iiab-ansible.list\n"
+#$APT_PATH/apt update
+#$APT_PATH/apt -y install dirmngr
+
+echo "deb [signed-by=/opt/iiab/iiab/scripts/iiab-ansible.gpg] http://ppa.launchpad.net/ansible/ansible/ubuntu $CODENAME main" \
      > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/iiab-ansible.list
 # In future we might instead consider 'add-apt-repository ppa:ansible/ansible'
 # or 'apt-add-repository ppa:ansible/bionic/ansible' etc, e.g. for streamlined
@@ -110,8 +112,9 @@ echo "deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/ansible/ansible/ubuntu $CODENAME main" \
 #echo "deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/ansible/ansible/ubuntu disco main" \
     #    > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/iiab-ansible.list
 
-echo -e '\nIF YOU FACE ERROR "signatures couldn'"'"'t be verified because the public key is not available" THEN REPEATEDLY RE-RUN "sudo apt-key adv --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 --recv-keys 93C4A3FD7BB9C367"\n'
-apt-key adv --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 --recv-keys 93C4A3FD7BB9C367
+# JV 2021-04-22
+#echo -e '\nIF YOU FACE ERROR "signatures couldn'"'"'t be verified because the public key is not available" THEN REPEATEDLY RE-RUN "sudo apt-key adv --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 --recv-keys 93C4A3FD7BB9C367"\n'
+#apt-key adv --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 --recv-keys 93C4A3FD7BB9C367
 echo -e 'PPA source "deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/ansible/ansible/ubuntu '$CODENAME' main"'
 echo -e "successfully saved to /etc/apt/sources.list.d/iiab-ansible.list\n"
 echo -e "IF *OTHER* ANSIBLE SOURCES APPEAR BELOW, PLEASE MANUALLY REMOVE THEM TO"
diff --git a/scripts/iiab-ansible.gpg b/scripts/iiab-ansible.gpg
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d6f75bbc5
Binary files /dev/null and b/scripts/iiab-ansible.gpg differ