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How to run an Ansible playbook locally

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    using Ansible command line:
ansible-playbook --connection=local 127.0.0.1 playbook.yml
using inventory:
127.0.0.1 ansible_connection=local
using Ansible configuration file:
[defaults]
transport = local
using playbook header:
- hosts: 127.0.0.1
  connection: local

  

lihongjie0209 commented Jul 22, 2020

ansible-playbook -c local -i localhost, ini.yaml

Subbaraman-Sowmya commented May 3, 2023

ubuntu@ip-172-31-28-5:$ ansible-playbook -c local -i localhost, sample-play.yaml
ERROR! the playbook: sample-play.yaml could not be found
ubuntu@ip-172-31-28-5:$ ansible-playbook -c local -i localhost, sample-play.yml
ERROR! the playbook: sample-play.yml could not be found
ubuntu@ip-172-31-28-5:$ vi sample-play.yml
ubuntu@ip-172-31-28-5:$ ansible-playbook -c local -i localhost, sample-play.yml
[WARNING]: Could not match supplied host pattern, ignoring: host1

PLAY [Installing apache2 on host1] *********************************************************************************************************************************************
skipping: no hosts matched
[WARNING]: Could not match supplied host pattern, ignoring: host2

PLAY [Installing nginx on host2] ***********************************************************************************************************************************************
skipping: no hosts matched

PLAY RECAP *********************************************************************************************************************************************************************

GregOriol commented May 24, 2023

Thanks a lot, this is so annoying to figure out!