It seems that it is impossible to run a local task when talking to windows hosts. This is pretty much a show stopper for my current use case of Ansbile.
ansible version: ansible 2.1.1.0 using any of the following, all result in the same error - name: deploy some stuff hosts: somewindowshosts gather_facts: True serial: 1 pre_tasks: - name: disable {{ inventory_hostname }} from LB delegate_to: localhost connection: local command: /usr/bin/magic_lb_removal_script #local_action: command foo #delegate_to: 127.0.0.1 roles: - { role: foo } - { role: bar } <localhost> ESTABLISH WINRM CONNECTION FOR USER: Administrator on PORT 5985 TO localhost fatal: [172.28.18.158]: UNREACHABLE! => {"changed": false, "msg": "plaintext: HTTPConnectionPool(host='localhost', port=5985): Max retries exceeded with url: /wsman (Caused by NewConnectionError('<requests.packages.urllib3.connection.HTTPConnection object at 0x21aa610>: Failed to establish a new connection: [Errno 111] Connection refused',))", "unreachable": true} -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ansible Project" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ansible-project+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to ansible-project@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/2640b177-9b32-40fe-af2e-665d2cc639ad%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.