--- - hosts: all remote_user: root gather_facts: no tasks: - name: update hosts connection: local git: repo=~git/public/hosts.git dest=generate-hosts - name: generate hosts file connection: local shell: generate-hosts/generate-hosts.py < generate-hosts/hosts.in > generate-hosts/hosts - name: copy hosts file copy: src=generate-hosts/hosts dest=/etc/hosts backup=yes