# Run Ansible Playbook Locally

At times, we require an Ansible Playbook to run locally on the host server. Few examples are given below -

### 1. Using Ansible Commandline

```bash
ansible-playbook --connection=local --inventory 127.0.0.1, playbook_name.yml
```

### 2. Using Ansible Inventory File

We can also, add the host in an inventory file such as -

```ini
127.0.0.1 ansible_connection=local
```

### 3. Using Ansible Configuration File

```code
[defaults]
transport = local
```

### 4. Using Playbook Header

```yaml
- hosts: 127.0.0.1
    connection: local
```

***Source:*** [***GitHub Gist - Ansible playbook Locally***](https://gist.github.com/alces/caa3e7e5f46f9595f715f0f55eef65c1)

***Reference(s):***

* [Configuring Ansible - Ansible Documentation](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/installation_guide/intro_configuration.html)
* [Implicit 'localhost' - Ansible Documentation](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/inventory/implicit_localhost.html)


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