diff --git a/tasks/configure-Debian.yml b/tasks/configure-Debian.yml
index 2f2b298..e115e61 100644
--- a/tasks/configure-Debian.yml
+++ b/tasks/configure-Debian.yml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
     group: root
     mode: 0644
   notify: restart apache
-  when: apache_create_vhosts
+  when: apache_create_vhosts | bool
 
 - name: Add vhost symlink in sites-enabled.
   file:
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
     dest: "{{ apache_conf_path }}/sites-enabled/{{ apache_vhosts_filename }}"
     state: link
   notify: restart apache
-  when: apache_create_vhosts
+  when: apache_create_vhosts | bool
 
 - name: Remove default vhost in sites-enabled.
   file:
diff --git a/tasks/configure-RedHat.yml b/tasks/configure-RedHat.yml
index 1483e9b..944db2f 100644
--- a/tasks/configure-RedHat.yml
+++ b/tasks/configure-RedHat.yml
@@ -21,4 +21,16 @@
     group: root
     mode: 0644
   notify: restart apache
-  when: apache_create_vhosts
+  when: apache_create_vhosts | bool
+
+- name: Check if localhost cert exists (RHEL 8 and later).
+  stat:
+    path: /etc/pki/tls/certs/localhost.crt
+  register: localhost_cert
+  when: ansible_distribution_major_version >= 8
+
+- name: Ensure httpd certs are installed (RHEL 8 and later).
+  command: /usr/libexec/httpd-ssl-gencerts
+  when:
+    - ansible_distribution_major_version >= 8
+    - not localhost_cert.stat.exists
diff --git a/tasks/configure-Solaris.yml b/tasks/configure-Solaris.yml
index 76d32e6..b6c121b 100644
--- a/tasks/configure-Solaris.yml
+++ b/tasks/configure-Solaris.yml
@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@
     group: root
     mode: 0644
   notify: restart apache
-  when: apache_create_vhosts
+  when: apache_create_vhosts | bool
diff --git a/tasks/configure-Suse.yml b/tasks/configure-Suse.yml
index 77e1111..54d4d1c 100644
--- a/tasks/configure-Suse.yml
+++ b/tasks/configure-Suse.yml
@@ -21,4 +21,4 @@
     group: root
     mode: 0644
   notify: restart apache
-  when: apache_create_vhosts
+  when: apache_create_vhosts | bool