# Run playbook in --check mode from the target **URL:** \ **Category:** Ansible Project\ **Created:** [July 17, 2017, 11:21am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/run-playbook-in-check-mode-from-the-target/25004 "2017-07-17T11:21:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![gforster](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/gforster/32/535_2.png) [@gforster](https://forum.ansible.com/u/gforster)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2017, 11:21am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/run-playbook-in-check-mode-from-the-target/25004/1 "2017-07-17T11:21:11Z")
Is there any way from the target machine to run it’s playbook(s) in --check mode and display output on the target machine? I’m hoping for something smoother than ssh’ing to the control machine, running intended playbook(s), outputting to a file and rsync’ing it back to the target. The goal is to script it so that application owners can check if their “stuff” is compliant from the target machine itself. ---
**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:** [July 22, 2017, 1:40pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/run-playbook-in-check-mode-from-the-target/25004/2 "2017-07-22T13:40:34Z")
> Is there any way from the target machine to run it's playbook(s) in --check > mode and display output on the target machine? A host does not have any knowledge of Ansible and playbooks unless you install Ansible on them. > I'm hoping for something > smoother than ssh'ing to the control machine, running intended playbook(s), > outputting to a file and rsync'ing it back to the target. The goal is to > script it so that application owners can check if their "stuff" is > compliant from the target machine itself. The alternative is to install Ansible on all host so you can run Ansible locally.