# local\_action is executing at end but defined at start

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/local-action-is-executing-at-end-but-defined-at-start/19076>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [August 21, 2015, 4:53am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/local-action-is-executing-at-end-but-defined-at-start/19076 "2015-08-21T04:53:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sebastien\_Hadjifotis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ab992/32.png) [@Sebastien\_Hadjifotis](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Sebastien_Hadjifotis)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2015, 4:53am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/local-action-is-executing-at-end-but-defined-at-start/19076/1 "2015-08-21T04:53:25Z")

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**Author:** ![Jeremy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/82dd89/32.png) [@Jeremy](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Jeremy)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2015, 6:04pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/local-action-is-executing-at-end-but-defined-at-start/19076/2 "2015-08-21T18:04:57Z")

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You could put those steps in pre\_tasks instead of tasks.