# Same playbook executed locally and remotely

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/same-playbook-executed-locally-and-remotely/33658>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [August 22, 2020, 5:44pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/same-playbook-executed-locally-and-remotely/33658 "2020-08-22T17:44:27Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 22, 2020, 5:44pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/same-playbook-executed-locally-and-remotely/33658/1 "2020-08-22T17:44:27Z")

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Hi fellows!

I’m trying to build a playbook for my infrastructure but I would like to be able to do something like this:  
ansible-playbook -i hosts site.yml  
This playbook is quite simple, just some lines like this:

- import\_playbook: glados.yml
- import\_playbook: skynet.yml
- import\_playbook: brainiac.yml  
No big deal until now. The problem is: I also want to use ansible-pull so the machines (glados, skynet, brainiac, and so on) also be able to git clone and execute their respective playbook by themselves.

The problem is all around what I should put on “hosts:” line. If I just put “localhost” or “127.0.0.1” just the ansible-pull will work. and if put the hostname just the ansible-playbook with the site.yml will work (because I have entries on the inventory file).

I quite resolved that creating a script to automate the installation (just execute the script into the machine and the magic happens) which generates a for-locally-use-only inventory:  
echo “glados ansible\_host=127.0.0.1 ansible\_connection=local ansible\_python\_interpreter=/usr/bin/python3” | sudo tee /etc/ansible/hosts

This allows me to use this host-only inventory to execute the ansible-pull and a broder inventory with the correct IPs to execute site.yml.

THere is a better, more elegant solution available?