# delegate\_to: localhost and gather\_facts: yes playbook still holds previous hosts facts. **URL:** \ **Category:** Ansible Project\ **Tags:** windows\ **Created:** [December 5, 2017, 7:38am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/delegate-to-localhost-and-gather-facts-yes-playbook-still-holds-previous-hosts-facts/26203 "2017-12-05T07:38:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Snehal\_Biche](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba8739/32.png) [@Snehal\_Biche](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Snehal_Biche)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2017, 7:38am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/delegate-to-localhost-and-gather-facts-yes-playbook-still-holds-previous-hosts-facts/26203/1 "2017-12-05T07:38:15Z")
Ansible fixed the bug as misunderstood and also`gather_facts`a play directive, it does not work on tasks. then whats the way to get localhost facts? 1. create role and role YML file with remote hosts defined as 2. create tasks file which actually needs to gather fact of localhost 3. run the role yml file ```auto role file :- ----------------------------- --- - name: My role name hosts: windows gather_facts: yes vars_files: - ./roles/myrole/vars/main.yml roles: - { role: myrole, tags: ["myrole"] } ------------------------------------------------------------ Tasks file :- ------------------------------------------------------------ --- #--------------------------------------------------------------------------- - name: Windows OS User home directory delegate_to: localhost gather_facts: true set_fact: userhomedir: '{{ ansible_user_dir }}\.m2' register: userhomedirwin when: ansible_os_family == "Windows" tags: - winuserhome - name: DEBUG Windows OS User home directory debug: var: userhomedirwin verbosity: 3 when: ansible_os_family == "Windows" - name: Linux OS User home directory delegate_to: localhost gather_facts: true set_fact: userhomedir: "{{ ansible_user_dir }}/.m2" when: ansible_os_family != "Windows" register: userhomedirlin tags: - linuserhome - name: DEBUG Linux OS User home directory debug: var: userhomedirlin verbosity: 3 when: ansible_os_family != "Windows" - name: Creating Maven settting config file from template local_action: template src={{ srcSettingsXml }} dest={{ destSettingsXml }} register: settingxml tags: - settingxml - name: DEBUG Creating Maven Setting xml config file from template debug: var: settingxml verbosity: 3 #--------------------------------------------------------------------------- ``` ` ```auto TASK [cobrowse : Windows OS User home directory] ************************************************************************************ task path: /root/svdevops/roles/myrole/tasks/Pre_Setup.yml:57 ok: [192.168.100.222 -> localhost] => { "ansible_facts": { "userhomedir": "C:\Users\Administrator\.m2" }, "changed": false, "failed": false } Read vars_file './roles/myrole/vars/main.yml' TASK [cobrowse : DEBUG Windows OS User home directory] ****************************************************************************** task path: /root/svdevops/roles/myrole/tasks/Pre_Setup.yml:66 ok: [192.168.100.222] => { "userhomedirwin": { "ansible_facts": { "userhomedir": "C:\Users\Administrator\.m2" }, "ansible_facts_cacheable": false, "changed": false, "failed": false } } Read vars_file './roles/myrole/vars/main.yml' Read vars_file './roles/myrole/vars/main.yml' TASK [cobrowse : Linux OS User home directory] ************************************************************************************** task path: /root/svdevops/roles/myrole/tasks/Pre_Setup.yml:71 skipping: [192.168.100.222] => { "changed": false, "skip_reason": "Conditional result was False", "skipped": true } Read vars_file './roles/myrole/vars/main.yml' TASK [cobrowse : DEBUG Linux OS User home directory] ******************************************************************************** task path: /root/svdevops/roles/myrole/tasks/Pre_Setup.yml:80 skipping: [192.168.100.222] => { "skip_reason": "Conditional result was False" } Read vars_file './roles/myrole/vars/main.yml' Read vars_file './roles/myrole/vars/main.yml' ``` ` ---
**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:** [December 6, 2017, 3:26pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/delegate-to-localhost-and-gather-facts-yes-playbook-still-holds-previous-hosts-facts/26203/2 "2017-12-06T15:26:35Z")
> Ansible fixed the bug as misunderstood and alsogather\_factsa play > directive, it does not work on tasks. > > then whats the way to get localhost facts? > >    1. create role and role YML file with remote hosts defined as >    2. create tasks file which actually needs to gather fact of localhost It looks like you av mixing gather facts versus setting facts. Gather facts is about getting a lot of information about a host, what actually happening is it runs the setup module on the host. Setting facts is setting one or more facts/variables on a host with set\_facts module. >    3. run the role yml file > > role file :- > ----------------------------- > --- > - name: My role name >   hosts: windows >   gather\_facts: yes This is correct use of gather\_facts and only place it's allowed to can be used, on the play. >   vars\_files: >     - ./roles/myrole/vars/main.yml > >   roles: >     - { role: myrole, tags: ["myrole"] } > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > Tasks file :- > ------------------------------------------------------------ > --- > #--------------------------------------------------------------------------- >   - name: Windows OS User home directory >     delegate\_to: localhost >     gather\_facts: true >     set\_fact: >        userhomedir: '{{ ansible\_user\_dir }}\.m2' >     register: userhomedirwin >     when: ansible\_os\_family == "Windows" >     tags: >         - winuserhome As already mention gather\_facts can only be used on plays, not on tasks. >   - name: DEBUG Windows OS User home directory >     debug: >       var: userhomedirwin >       verbosity: 3 >     when: ansible\_os\_family == "Windows" >   - name: Linux OS User home directory >     delegate\_to: localhost >     gather\_facts: true >     set\_fact: >        userhomedir: "{{ ansible\_user\_dir }}/.m2" >     when: ansible\_os\_family != "Windows" >     register: userhomedirlin >     tags: >           - linuserhome >   - name: DEBUG Linux OS User home directory >     debug: >       var: userhomedirlin >       verbosity: 3 >     when: ansible\_os\_family != "Windows" >   - name: Creating Maven settting config file from template >     local\_action: template src={{ srcSettingsXml }} dest={{ destSettingsXml }} >     register: settingxml >     tags: >         - settingxml >   - name: DEBUG Creating Maven Setting xml config file from template >     debug: >       var: settingxml >       verbosity: 3 That said, I'm not sure what it is you are trying to achieve.