# Not working together - connection: local and delegate\_to **URL:** \ **Category:** Ansible Project\ **Created:** [September 30, 2022, 5:40pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/not-working-together-connection-local-and-delegate-to/37160 "2022-09-30T17:40:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Vichu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/13edae/32.png) [@Vichu](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Vichu)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2022, 5:40pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/not-working-together-connection-local-and-delegate-to/37160/1 "2022-09-30T17:40:11Z")
Hi Team, Good Day!! Am not able to use **Connection: local and Delegate\_to** together in my playbooks. **Actual Result** - Both debug outputs give me the same hostname. **Expected Result:** First debug should have given me the localhost hostname and second debug should have given me the “pocansibletest” as per the playbook. But doesnt work as expected. **Playbook:** - hosts: pocansibletest connection: local become: false remote\_user: admin tasks: - name: Set VM\_Name as fact set\_fact: vm\_name: “{{ inventory\_hostname }}” - name: Test host name without delegation shell: hostname register: name\_without\_del - name: Debug host name without delegation debug: msg: “Debug host name without delegation - {{ name\_without\_del.stdout }}” - name: Test host name with delegation delegate\_to: “{{vm\_name}}” shell: hostname register: name\_with\_del - name: Debug host name with delegation debug: msg: “Debug host name with delegation - {{ name\_with\_del.stdout }}” Thanks & Regards, Vichu ---
**Author:** ![Vichu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/13edae/32.png) [@Vichu](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Vichu)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2022, 7:15pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/not-working-together-connection-local-and-delegate-to/37160/2 "2022-09-30T19:15:37Z")
Below is the ansible version am using and giving out issue ansible [core 2.13.4] config file = /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg configured module search path = [‘/home/rundeck/.ansible/plugins/modules’, ‘/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules’] ansible python module location = /usr/local/lib/python3.8/dist-packages/ansible ansible collection location = /home/rundeck/.ansible/collections:/usr/share/ansible/collections executable location = /usr/local/bin/ansible python version = 3.8.10 (default, Jun 22 2022, 20:18:18) [GCC 9.4.0] jinja version = 3.1.2 libyaml = True Also to confirm the playbook gives appropriate hostnames on **ansible v2.7** ansible 2.7.18.post0 config file = /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg configured module search path = [u’/root/.ansible/plugins/modules’, u’/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules’] ansible python module location = /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ansible executable location = /usr/bin/ansible python version = 2.7.5 (default, Nov 16 2020, 22:23:17) [GCC 4.8.5 20150623 (Red Hat 4.8.5-44)] Thanks & Regards, Vichu ---
**Author:** ![Walter\_Rowe](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/walter_rowe/32/4506_2.png) [@Walter\_Rowe](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Walter_Rowe)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2022, 7:19pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/not-working-together-connection-local-and-delegate-to/37160/3 "2022-09-30T19:19:46Z")
> > - hosts: pocansibletest This absolutely IS your inventory host. delegate\_to and connection: local only tell ansible where to run. They do not affect the “inventory”. Walter ---
**Author:** ![Vichu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/13edae/32.png) [@Vichu](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Vichu)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2022, 7:34pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/not-working-together-connection-local-and-delegate-to/37160/4 "2022-09-30T19:34:10Z")
Yes your are right but the below task does not give the hostname of “pocansibletest” and gives the hostname of the localhost itself in ansible v6. But the same works perfectly on ansible v2.7 without any changes to playbook. - name: Test host name with delegation delegate\_to: “{{vm\_name}}” shell: hostname register: name\_with\_del The requirement for me is to run many tasks on localhost and delegate some tasks to remote hosts using delegate\_to directive. But with ansible v6 its always executing on localhost and I see inappropriate behaviour and failures. ---
**Author:** ![Walter\_Rowe](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/walter_rowe/32/4506_2.png) [@Walter\_Rowe](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Walter_Rowe)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2022, 7:42pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/not-working-together-connection-local-and-delegate-to/37160/5 "2022-09-30T19:42:30Z")
You set\_fact vm\_name to inventory\_hostname in the first task. This assigns “pocansibletest” to vm\_name. If you then delegate\_to vm\_name you are delegating to “pocansibletest”. The connection: local doesn’t factor into this. All tasks are still operating on the inventory “pocansibletest”. Walter ---
**Author:** ![Vichu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/13edae/32.png) [@Vichu](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Vichu)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2022, 8:01pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/not-working-together-connection-local-and-delegate-to/37160/6 "2022-09-30T20:01:20Z")
Yes you are right, thats my understanding, but what output I get is the hostname where the ansible playbook has triggered. So its not working as expected with Ansible V6 ---
**Author:** ![Walter\_Rowe](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/walter_rowe/32/4506_2.png) [@Walter\_Rowe](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Walter_Rowe)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2022, 11:23am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/not-working-together-connection-local-and-delegate-to/37160/7 "2022-10-03T11:23:03Z")
Please provide the playbook AND the actual output from running the playbook so we can see which task produces which output. Walter