# how awx support "delegate\_to: localhost"

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-awx-support-delegate-to-localhost/26467>\
**Category:** AWX Project\
**Tags:** vmware, awx\
**Created:** [January 12, 2018, 3:09am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-awx-support-delegate-to-localhost/26467 "2018-01-12T03:09:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![Gripen\_Kwok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9f8e36/32.png) [@Gripen\_Kwok](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Gripen_Kwok)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2018, 3:09am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-awx-support-delegate-to-localhost/26467/1 "2018-01-12T03:09:34Z")

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Hi, I already use ansible (CLI ) 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 ([https://github.com/ansible/awx/issues/737](https://github.com/ansible/awx/issues/737)). But when i read the document, vmware\_guest\_module ([http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/vmware\_guest\_module.html](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 ([https://github.com/ansible/awx/issues/724](https://github.com/ansible/awx/issues/724)) is also related.