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local – execute on controller

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Synopsis

This connection plugin allows ansible to execute tasks on the Ansible ‘controller’ instead of on a remote host.

Notes

Note

The remote user is ignored, the user with which the ansible CLI was executed is used instead.

Status

This connection is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]
This connection is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]

Authors

ansible (@core)

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© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
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Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.9/plugins/connection/local.html