# Ansible Roles fails to run in Interactive mode with local\_action module.

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-roles-fails-to-run-in-interactive-mode-with-local-action-module/24215>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [April 13, 2017, 8:15am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-roles-fails-to-run-in-interactive-mode-with-local-action-module/24215 "2017-04-13T08:15:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![Know\_Your\_Tech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a88e4f/32.png) [@Know\_Your\_Tech](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Know_Your_Tech)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2017, 8:15am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-roles-fails-to-run-in-interactive-mode-with-local-action-module/24215/1 "2017-04-13T08:15:18Z")

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Issue Type: user question

Ansible version: 2.1.0.0

Ansible module: local\_action

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**Author:** ![Kai\_Stian\_Olstad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e19adc/32.png) [@Kai\_Stian\_Olstad](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Kai_Stian_Olstad)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2017, 4:51pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-roles-fails-to-run-in-interactive-mode-with-local-action-module/24215/2 "2017-04-18T16:51:34Z")

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Ansible can't be used in a interactive way like this.

What you can do is using the expect module to automatic answer the question.

An alterative is to use vars\_prompt and specify the information on the command line.  
[https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/playbooks\_prompts.html](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/playbooks_prompts.html)