diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index de937f2..782fca6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -426,6 +426,7 @@ nginx_status_port: 8080
 # Requires NGINX Plus.
 # Default is false.
 nginx_rest_api_enable: false
+nginx_rest_api_src: api.conf.j2
 nginx_rest_api_location: /etc/nginx/conf.d/api.conf
 nginx_rest_api_port: 8080
 nginx_rest_api_write: false
diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 6cf5aa1..919e29f 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -265,6 +265,7 @@ nginx_status_port: 8080
 # Requires NGINX Plus.
 # Default is false.
 nginx_rest_api_enable: false
+nginx_rest_api_src: api.conf.j2
 nginx_rest_api_location: /etc/nginx/conf.d/api.conf
 nginx_rest_api_port: 8080
 nginx_rest_api_write: false
diff --git a/tasks/conf/setup-rest-api.yml b/tasks/conf/setup-rest-api.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 4b6a63f..0000000
--- a/tasks/conf/setup-rest-api.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
----
-- name: "(Setup: NGINX Plus) Setup NGINX Plus API"
-  blockinfile:
-    path: "{{ nginx_rest_api_location }}"
-    create: yes
-    block: |
-      server {
-          listen {{ nginx_rest_api_port }};
-          location /api {
-      {% if nginx_rest_api_write %}
-              api write=on;
-      {% else %}
-              api;
-      {% endif %}
-          }
-      {% if nginx_rest_api_dashboard %}
-          location = /dashboard.html {
-              root /usr/share/nginx/html;
-          }
-      {% endif %}
-      }
-  notify: "(Handler: All OSs) Reload NGINX"
diff --git a/tasks/conf/template-config.yml b/tasks/conf/template-config.yml
index c6b06a4..5e97eef 100644
--- a/tasks/conf/template-config.yml
+++ b/tasks/conf/template-config.yml
@@ -64,3 +64,11 @@
   with_dict: "{{ nginx_stream_template }}"
   when: nginx_stream_template_enable
   notify: "(Handler: All OSs) Reload NGINX"
+
+- name: "(Setup: All NGINX) Dynamically Generate NGINX API Configuration File"
+  template:
+    src: "{{ nginx_rest_api_src }}"
+    dest: "{{ nginx_rest_api_location }}"
+    backup: yes
+  notify: "(Handler: All OSs) Reload NGINX"
+  when: nginx_rest_api_enable
diff --git a/tasks/main.yml b/tasks/main.yml
index 4251a75..436a8ba 100644
--- a/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tasks/main.yml
@@ -44,13 +44,11 @@
       when: nginx_main_template_enable
             or nginx_http_template_enable
             or nginx_stream_template_enable
+            or nginx_rest_api_enable
 
     - import_tasks: conf/setup-status.yml
       when: nginx_status_enable
 
-    - import_tasks: conf/setup-rest-api.yml
-      when: nginx_rest_api_enable
-
     - import_tasks: conf/debug-output.yml
       when: nginx_debug_output
 
diff --git a/templates/api.conf.j2 b/templates/api.conf.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5fc4ffa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/api.conf.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{{ ansible_managed | comment }}
+
+server {
+    listen {{ nginx_rest_api_port }};
+    location /api {
+{% if nginx_rest_api_write %}
+        api write=on;
+{% else %}
+        api;
+{% endif %}
+    }
+{% if nginx_rest_api_dashboard %}
+    location = /dashboard.html {
+        root /usr/share/nginx/html;
+    }
+{% endif %}
+}
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