How To Run A Docker Container Using Ansible On localhost

d-play.yml

---
- hosts: all
  tasks:
    - name: Create a data container
      docker_container:
        name: my-test-container
        image: python:2.7
        command: /bin/sleep 600

inventory.yml

---
all:
  hosts:
    127.0.0.1:
       ansible_connection: local
       ansible_python_interpreter: /home/sudheer/workspace/pvenvs/ansibleenv/bin/python
# /home/sudheer/workspace/pvenvs/ansibleenv/bin/python is the python virtualenv where docker-py is installed
# docker-py==1.10.6

shell

ansible-playbook -i inventory.yml d-play.yml 

PLAY [all] ********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************

TASK [Gathering Facts] ********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
ok: [127.0.0.1]

TASK [Create a data container] ************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
ok: [127.0.0.1]

PLAY RECAP ********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
127.0.0.1                  : ok=2    changed=0    unreachable=0    failed=0