# Is a callback plugin executed on the control node or execution node?

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/is-a-callback-plugin-executed-on-the-control-node-or-execution-node/37670>\
**Category:** AWX Project\
**Created:** [February 17, 2023, 6:44pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/is-a-callback-plugin-executed-on-the-control-node-or-execution-node/37670 "2023-02-17T18:44:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![Stefan\_Coussens](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/stefan_coussens/32/8432_2.png) [@Stefan\_Coussens](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Stefan_Coussens)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2023, 6:44pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/is-a-callback-plugin-executed-on-the-control-node-or-execution-node/37670/1 "2023-02-17T18:44:37Z")

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Hi,

I wrote a small callback plugin that dums the output to an internal api. I was wondering if the callback plugin is executed on the contol node or the execution node.

One execution has no access to the internal api so oit would be nice of it is the control node :-).

Kind regards,

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**Author:** ![AWX\_Project](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eada6e/32.png) [@AWX\_Project](https://forum.ansible.com/u/AWX_Project)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2023, 7:38pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/is-a-callback-plugin-executed-on-the-control-node-or-execution-node/37670/2 "2023-02-22T19:38:14Z")

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Hi!

the callback plugin will run where the playbook is running, so the execution node

AWX Team