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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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