testing ansible commands with a simple local playbook

play.yml

---

# Here's a basic example if you want to just test out ansible commands on
# your localhost (without the complexity of ssh). Note: this assumes you
# have a properly installed ansible.
# e.g. install py 3.6.4. with pyenv and pip install ansible

# To run these tasks (you may need to run as sudo):
# ansible-playbook [this_file.yml]
- name: run the playbook tasks on the localhost
  hosts: 127.0.0.1
  connection: local
  become: yes

  tasks:
    - name: touch a file
      file:
        state: touch
        path: "/tmp/testfile"