support "delegate_to: localhost"

[gripenk]

ISSUE TYPE

• Feature Idea

COMPONENT NAME

• Installer

SUMMARY

ENVIRONMENT

• AWX version: 1.0.2
• AWX install method: docker on linux
• Ansible version: X.Y.Z
• Operating System: CetnOS 6.9
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Hi, I already use ansible (CLI, host mode) to minimize my admin work. I have some workable vmware related playbook, and also some workable JT in AWX.

I am studying the possibility to have my vmware related playbook working with awx. Yes, I know it is still not possible to use vcenter credential now (#737). But when i read the document, vmware_guest_module (http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/vmware_guest_module.html) requires to use "delegate_to: localhost". But AFAIK, ansible will ssh to localhost, ie, it should ssh into awx_task itself. However, the docker image does not include sshd.

Thus, my question is "how awx support "delegate_to: localhost?"" container mode AWX will be different from host mode AWX.

Btw, I think this issue (#724) is also related.

[cchurch]

delegate_to: localhost should use local instead of ssh connection by default, unless you have explicitly added localhost to your inventory or set ansible_connection for all hosts.

See the comments on ansible/ansible#31420 for some additional things to check and changes between Ansible 2.3 and 2.4 that affect locahost.