Ansible, Is there a way to run the curl command on the Control Node rather than the Managed Node?

Question

Modules such as shell, uri, and command use the curl command in the managed node.

I want to run curl commands on the Control Node, not the Managed Node.

Is it possible in Ansible?

Answer 1

Sure, you may have a look into Controlling where tasks run: delegation and local actions and

• use delegate_to for Delegating tasks
• or hosts: localhost for running the Playbook local at all.

Further Q&A

• Difference between hosts: localhost and connection: local