How to run an Ansible playbook locally

ansible_local_playbooks.md

• using Ansible command line:

ansible-playbook --connection=local 127.0.0.1 playbook.yml

• using inventory:

127.0.0.1 ansible_connection=local

• using Ansible configuration file:

[defaults]
transport = local

• using playbook header:

- hosts: 127.0.0.1
  connection: local

ansible-playbook -c local -i localhost, ini.yaml

ubuntu@ip-172-31-28-5:$ ansible-playbook -c local -i localhost, sample-play.yaml
ERROR! the playbook: sample-play.yaml could not be found
ubuntu@ip-172-31-28-5:$ ansible-playbook -c local -i localhost, sample-play.yml
ERROR! the playbook: sample-play.yml could not be found
ubuntu@ip-172-31-28-5:$ vi sample-play.yml
ubuntu@ip-172-31-28-5:$ ansible-playbook -c local -i localhost, sample-play.yml
[WARNING]: Could not match supplied host pattern, ignoring: host1

PLAY [Installing apache2 on host1] *********************************************************************************************************************************************
skipping: no hosts matched
[WARNING]: Could not match supplied host pattern, ignoring: host2

PLAY [Installing nginx on host2] ***********************************************************************************************************************************************
skipping: no hosts matched

PLAY RECAP *********************************************************************************************************************************************************************

Thanks a lot, this is so annoying to figure out!