diff --git a/base/server/python/pki/server/__init__.py b/base/server/python/pki/server/__init__.py
index 265933ee823..c870b808dcd 100644
--- a/base/server/python/pki/server/__init__.py
+++ b/base/server/python/pki/server/__init__.py
@@ -666,9 +666,13 @@ def symlink(self, source, dest, exist_ok=False):
             gid=self.gid,
             exist_ok=exist_ok)
 
-    def copy(self, source, dest, force=False):
+    def copy(self, source, dest, exist_ok=False, force=False):
 
-        logger.info('Creating %s', dest)
+        if os.path.exists(dest) and exist_ok:
+            logger.info('Reusing %s', dest)
+            return
+
+        logger.info('Copying %s to %s', source, dest)
 
         pki.util.copy(
             source,
@@ -727,7 +731,11 @@ def create(self, force=False):
         self.makedirs(self.certs_dir, exist_ok=True)
 
         catalina_policy = os.path.join(Tomcat.CONF_DIR, 'catalina.policy')
-        self.copy(catalina_policy, self.catalina_policy, force=force)
+        self.copy(
+            catalina_policy,
+            self.catalina_policy,
+            exist_ok=True,
+            force=force)
 
         catalina_properties = os.path.join(
             PKIServer.SHARE_DIR, 'server', 'conf', 'catalina.properties')
@@ -740,7 +748,11 @@ def create(self, force=False):
         self.create_server_xml()
 
         # copy /etc/tomcat/tomcat.conf
-        self.copy(Tomcat.TOMCAT_CONF, self.tomcat_conf, force=force)
+        self.copy(
+            Tomcat.TOMCAT_CONF,
+            self.tomcat_conf,
+            exist_ok=True,
+            force=force)
 
         tomcat_conf = pki.PropertyFile(self.tomcat_conf, quote='"')
         tomcat_conf.read()
@@ -780,7 +792,11 @@ def create(self, force=False):
                 self.symlink(target, link, exist_ok=True)
 
         service_conf = os.path.join(SYSCONFIG_DIR, 'tomcat')
-        self.copy(service_conf, self.service_conf, force=force)
+        self.copy(
+            service_conf,
+            self.service_conf,
+            exist_ok=True,
+            force=force)
 
         with open(self.service_conf, 'a', encoding='utf-8') as f:
             print('CATALINA_BASE="%s"' % self.base_dir, file=f)
@@ -818,17 +834,18 @@ def create_logs_dir(self, exist_ok=False):
     def create_logging_properties(self, force=False):
 
         logging_properties = os.path.join(Tomcat.CONF_DIR, 'logging.properties')
-        self.copy(logging_properties, self.logging_properties, force=force)
+        self.copy(
+            logging_properties,
+            self.logging_properties,
+            exist_ok=True,
+            force=force)
 
     def create_server_xml(self):
 
-        if os.path.exists(self.server_xml):
-            logger.info('Updating %s', self.server_xml)
-        else:
-            logger.info('Creating %s', self.server_xml)
-            self.copy(
-                pki.server.Tomcat.SERVER_XML,
-                self.server_xml)
+        self.copy(
+            pki.server.Tomcat.SERVER_XML,
+            self.server_xml,
+            exist_ok=True)
 
         server_config = self.get_server_config()
 
diff --git a/base/server/python/pki/server/cli/acme.py b/base/server/python/pki/server/cli/acme.py
index 3e9aa4dbbaf..a082df73e3f 100644
--- a/base/server/python/pki/server/cli/acme.py
+++ b/base/server/python/pki/server/cli/acme.py
@@ -137,15 +137,27 @@ def execute(self, argv):
 
         database_template = os.path.join(acme_share_dir, 'conf', 'database.conf')
         database_conf = os.path.join(acme_conf_dir, 'database.conf')
-        instance.copy(database_template, database_conf, force=force)
+        instance.copy(
+            database_template,
+            database_conf,
+            exist_ok=True,
+            force=force)
 
         issuer_template = os.path.join(acme_share_dir, 'conf', 'issuer.conf')
         issuer_conf = os.path.join(acme_conf_dir, 'issuer.conf')
-        instance.copy(issuer_template, issuer_conf, force=force)
+        instance.copy(
+            issuer_template,
+            issuer_conf,
+            exist_ok=True,
+            force=force)
 
         realm_template = os.path.join(acme_share_dir, 'conf', 'realm.conf')
         realm_conf = os.path.join(acme_conf_dir, 'realm.conf')
-        instance.copy(realm_template, realm_conf, force=force)
+        instance.copy(
+            realm_template,
+            realm_conf,
+            exist_ok=True,
+            force=force)
 
 
 class ACMERemoveCLI(pki.cli.CLI):
diff --git a/base/server/python/pki/server/deployment/__init__.py b/base/server/python/pki/server/deployment/__init__.py
index ab4b36275cb..9428bca1989 100644
--- a/base/server/python/pki/server/deployment/__init__.py
+++ b/base/server/python/pki/server/deployment/__init__.py
@@ -261,13 +261,10 @@ def flatten_master_dict(self):
 
     def configure_server_xml(self):
 
-        if os.path.exists(self.instance.server_xml):
-            logger.info('Updating %s', self.instance.server_xml)
-        else:
-            logger.info('Creating %s', self.instance.server_xml)
-            self.instance.copy(
-                pki.server.Tomcat.SERVER_XML,
-                self.instance.server_xml)
+        self.instance.copy(
+            pki.server.Tomcat.SERVER_XML,
+            self.instance.server_xml,
+            exist_ok=True)
 
         server_config = self.instance.get_server_config()
 
diff --git a/base/server/python/pki/server/deployment/scriptlets/subsystem_layout.py b/base/server/python/pki/server/deployment/scriptlets/subsystem_layout.py
index 8165352aa40..5d9570b90dd 100644
--- a/base/server/python/pki/server/deployment/scriptlets/subsystem_layout.py
+++ b/base/server/python/pki/server/deployment/scriptlets/subsystem_layout.py
@@ -91,7 +91,8 @@ def spawn(self, deployer):
 
         instance.copy(
             pki_source_registry_cfg,
-            pki_target_registry_cfg)
+            pki_target_registry_cfg,
+            exist_ok=True)
 
         if deployer.subsystem_type == "CA":
 
@@ -103,9 +104,12 @@ def spawn(self, deployer):
                 subsystem_name,
                 'emails')
 
+            pki_dest_emails = os.path.join(subsystem.conf_dir, 'emails')
+
             instance.copy(
                 pki_source_emails,
-                subsystem.conf_dir + '/emails')
+                pki_dest_emails,
+                exist_ok=True)
 
             # Link /var/lib/pki/<instance>/ca/emails
             # to /var/lib/pki/<instance>/conf/ca/emails
@@ -122,9 +126,12 @@ def spawn(self, deployer):
                 subsystem_name,
                 'profiles')
 
+            pki_dest_profiles = os.path.join(subsystem.conf_dir, 'profiles')
+
             instance.copy(
                 pki_source_profiles,
-                subsystem.conf_dir + '/profiles')
+                pki_dest_profiles,
+                exist_ok=True)
 
             # Link /var/lib/pki/<instance>/ca/profiles
             # to /var/lib/pki/<instance>/conf/ca/profiles
@@ -147,7 +154,8 @@ def spawn(self, deployer):
 
             instance.copy(
                 pki_source_flatfile_txt,
-                pki_target_flatfile_txt)
+                pki_target_flatfile_txt,
+                exist_ok=True)
 
             # Copy /usr/share/pki/<subsystem>/conf/<type>AdminCert.profile
             # to /var/lib/pki/<instance>/conf/<subsystem>/adminCert.profile
@@ -166,7 +174,8 @@ def spawn(self, deployer):
 
             instance.copy(
                 pki_source_admincert_profile,
-                pki_target_admincert_profile)
+                pki_target_admincert_profile,
+                exist_ok=True)
 
             # Copy /usr/share/pki/<subsystem>/conf/caAuditSigningCert.profile
             # to /var/lib/pki/<instance>/conf/<subsystem>/caAuditSigningCert.profile
@@ -183,7 +192,8 @@ def spawn(self, deployer):
 
             instance.copy(
                 pki_source_caauditsigningcert_profile,
-                pki_target_caauditsigningcert_profile)
+                pki_target_caauditsigningcert_profile,
+                exist_ok=True)
 
             # Copy /usr/share/pki/<subsystem>/conf/caCert.profile
             # to /var/lib/pki/<instance>/conf/<subsystem>/caCert.profile
@@ -200,7 +210,8 @@ def spawn(self, deployer):
 
             instance.copy(
                 pki_source_cacert_profile,
-                pki_target_cacert_profile)
+                pki_target_cacert_profile,
+                exist_ok=True)
 
             # Copy /usr/share/pki/<subsystem>/conf/caOCSPCert.profile
             # to /var/lib/pki/<instance>/conf/<subsystem>/caOCSPCert.profile
@@ -217,7 +228,8 @@ def spawn(self, deployer):
 
             instance.copy(
                 pki_source_caocspcert_profile,
-                pki_target_caocspcert_profile)
+                pki_target_caocspcert_profile,
+                exist_ok=True)
 
             # Copy /usr/share/pki/<subsystem>/conf/<type>ServerCert.profile
             # to /var/lib/pki/<instance>/conf/<subsystem>/serverCert.profile
@@ -236,7 +248,8 @@ def spawn(self, deployer):
 
             instance.copy(
                 pki_source_servercert_profile,
-                pki_target_servercert_profile)
+                pki_target_servercert_profile,
+                exist_ok=True)
 
             # Copy /usr/share/pki/<subsystem>/conf/<type>SubsystemCert.profile
             # to /var/lib/pki/<instance>/conf/<subsystem>/subsystemCert.profile
@@ -255,7 +268,8 @@ def spawn(self, deployer):
 
             instance.copy(
                 pki_source_subsystemcert_profile,
-                pki_target_subsystemcert_profile)
+                pki_target_subsystemcert_profile,
+                exist_ok=True)
 
             # Copy /usr/share/pki/<subsystem>/conf/proxy.conf
             # to /var/lib/pki/<instance>/conf/<subsystem>/proxy.conf
diff --git a/base/server/python/pki/server/instance.py b/base/server/python/pki/server/instance.py
index 721a3d7ec4b..528a452e1a5 100644
--- a/base/server/python/pki/server/instance.py
+++ b/base/server/python/pki/server/instance.py
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ def create_libs(self, force=False):
                 dest = os.path.join(self.common_lib_dir, filename)
 
             logger.info('Copying %s to %s', source, dest)
-            self.copy(source, dest, force=force)
+            self.copy(source, dest, exist_ok=True, force=force)
 
         common_lib_dir = os.path.join(pki.server.PKIServer.SHARE_DIR, 'server', 'common', 'lib')
 
diff --git a/base/server/python/pki/server/subsystem.py b/base/server/python/pki/server/subsystem.py
index a1841155171..7784ca4e5b5 100644
--- a/base/server/python/pki/server/subsystem.py
+++ b/base/server/python/pki/server/subsystem.py
@@ -209,7 +209,10 @@ def create_conf(self, exist_ok=False):
             'conf',
             'registry.cfg')
 
-        self.instance.copy(registry_conf, self.registry_conf)
+        self.instance.copy(
+            registry_conf,
+            self.registry_conf,
+            exist_ok=True)
 
     def create_logs(self, exist_ok=False):
 
@@ -247,7 +250,10 @@ def create_registry(self, exist_ok=False):
             'etc',
             'default.cfg')
 
-        self.instance.copy(default_cfg, self.default_cfg)
+        self.instance.copy(
+            default_cfg,
+            self.default_cfg,
+            exist_ok=True)
 
     def load(self):