# Ansible deployng VM and transfering and execute shell script on remote host **URL:** \ **Category:** Ansible Project\ **Created:** [March 4, 2020, 6:46pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-deployng-vm-and-transfering-and-execute-shell-script-on-remote-host/32386 "2020-03-04T18:46:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Julio\_Cesar\_Caraca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8c91f0/32.png) [@Julio\_Cesar\_Caraca](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Julio_Cesar_Caraca)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2020, 6:46pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-deployng-vm-and-transfering-and-execute-shell-script-on-remote-host/32386/1 "2020-03-04T18:46:43Z")
Hi Guys, I got a playbook to deploy virtual machines and it´s working very well. And now I´m trying to transfer and execute a shell script during the deploy of virtual machine but I´m getting many issues when changing the playbook. Has anyone been faced this need as well? Cheers, Julio ---
**Author:** ![racke](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/racke/32/4767_2.png) [@racke](https://forum.ansible.com/u/racke)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2020, 7:04pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-deployng-vm-and-transfering-and-execute-shell-script-on-remote-host/32386/2 "2020-03-04T19:04:53Z")
> Hi Guys, > > I got a playbook to deploy virtual machines and it´s working very well. > > And now I´m trying to transfer and execute a shell script during the deploy of virtual machine but I´m getting many > issues when changing the playbook. > > Has anyone been faced this need as well? It might be helpful to detail the changes and the issues your are seeing. Regards            Racke ---
**Author:** ![Julio\_Cesar\_Caraca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8c91f0/32.png) [@Julio\_Cesar\_Caraca](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Julio_Cesar_Caraca)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2020, 1:14pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-deployng-vm-and-transfering-and-execute-shell-script-on-remote-host/32386/3 "2020-03-05T13:14:36Z")
Hi Racke, Thanks for the answer! All configuration that I´ve been trying is based on this documentation: [https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/shell\_module.html](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/shell_module.html) Although I´m getting error the virtual machine is been created but without the copy and execution of shell script: ![Ansible_error_1.PNG](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/original/2X/9/9266e2453ca09d4691dba49ea5811caea7ff6aa7.png) I just added the following lines in the playbook: - name: testing copy copy: src: /root/shell.sh dest: /tmp delegate\_to: localhost - name: testing execute shell: /tmp/shell.sh This is my playbook: ![Ansible_error_2.PNG](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/original/2X/2/254148e5e49892b03f5ba9572e8715a777c2f2c9.png) A simple shell script only for testing: ![Ansible_error_3.PNG](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/original/2X/6/6109aee57d95decad930567a0d6368af783264a5.png) Really appreciate any help. Thanks in advance! Julio ---
**Author:** ![racke](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/racke/32/4767_2.png) [@racke](https://forum.ansible.com/u/racke)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2020, 1:22pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-deployng-vm-and-transfering-and-execute-shell-script-on-remote-host/32386/4 "2020-03-05T13:22:37Z")
> Hi Racke, > > Thanks for the answer! > > All configuration that I´ve been trying is based on this documentation: > [https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/shell\_module.html](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/shell_module.html) > > Although I´m getting error the virtual machine is been created but without the copy and execution of shell script: > > Ansible\_error\_1.PNG > > I just added the following lines in the playbook: > > - name: testing copy > copy: > src: /root/shell.sh > dest: /tmp > delegate\_to: localhost > - name: testing execute > shell: /tmp/shell.sh The error message states clearly "permission denied". Also there is no point the shell module for simple commands as explained in the documentation. Regards         Racke ---
**Author:** ![Julio\_Cesar\_Caraca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8c91f0/32.png) [@Julio\_Cesar\_Caraca](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Julio_Cesar_Caraca)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2020, 6:59pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-deployng-vm-and-transfering-and-execute-shell-script-on-remote-host/32386/5 "2020-03-05T18:59:02Z")
Hi Racke , I moved the script to /tmp directory and also changed permission to 777. In the playbook I just put: - name: testing script: /tmp/shell.sh The virtual machine is created with success and I figured out that the shell script is executed with success but in the localhost (ansible machine) instead of remote vm. ![Ansible_error_1.PNG](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/original/2X/5/5003a9fa0a447b2d43f50de3e1ca97c336d957ca.png) ![Ansible_error_2.PNG](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/original/2X/1/18382f619c1976b4368e6cf86e9b64426465857f.png) Do you know some way to hit the new virtual machine instead of localhost? Kindly Regards, Julio