diff --git a/ansible/group_vars/all/globals b/ansible/group_vars/all/globals
index 3f318cbb0..a71e2839f 100644
--- a/ansible/group_vars/all/globals
+++ b/ansible/group_vars/all/globals
@@ -2,16 +2,22 @@
 # Kayobe global configuration.
 
 ###############################################################################
-# Miscellaneous configuration.
+# Path configuration.
 
 # Path to Kayobe configuration directory.
 kayobe_config_path: "{{ lookup('env', 'KAYOBE_CONFIG_PATH') | default('/etc/kayobe') }}"
 
+# Path in which to store data locally.
+base_path: "/opt/kayobe"
+
 # Path in which to cache downloaded images.
-image_cache_path: "{{ ansible_user_dir ~ '/kayobe-image-cache' }}"
+image_cache_path: "{{ base_path ~ '/images' }}"
 
 # Path on which to checkout source code repositories.
-source_checkout_path: "{{ ansible_user_dir ~ '/kayobe-source' }}"
+source_checkout_path: "{{ base_path ~ '/src' }}"
+
+###############################################################################
+# User configuration.
 
 # User with which to access seed and controller nodes. This user will be
 # created if it does not exist.
diff --git a/etc/kayobe/globals.yml b/etc/kayobe/globals.yml
index 57aea0052..9c6f0dc13 100644
--- a/etc/kayobe/globals.yml
+++ b/etc/kayobe/globals.yml
@@ -2,17 +2,23 @@
 # Kayobe global configuration.
 
 ###############################################################################
-# Miscellaneous configuration.
+# Path configuration.
 
 # Path to Kayobe configuration.
 #kayobe_config_path:
 
+# Path in which to store data locally.
+#base_path:
+
 # Path in which to cache downloaded images.
 #image_cache_path:
 
 # Path on which to checkout source code repositories.
 #source_checkout_path:
 
+###############################################################################
+# User configuration.
+
 # User with which to access seed and controller nodes. This user will be
 # created if it does not exist.
 #kayobe_ansible_user: