ansible mount a remote nfs share to the localhost server running ansible playbook

Question

When running ansible.posix.mount, an ssh connection is created to the src, then the path directory is created on said server. I want to be able to just mount nfs share from a remote server locally on the box running the ansible playbook.

I understand that the second task in my playbook below is performing said task on any hosts in my inventory under "nfs-server", however I need to include that host as it is the destination ip variable I need to point the mount share at. I do not want to have to add IP address destinations to my settings.yml, would rather iterate via the inventory file if possible.

What am I missing?

Here is my playbook:

- name: Create directory
  hosts: localhost
  gather_facts: False

  tasks:
    - name: Include vars
      include_vars:
          file: settings.yaml
          name: settings

    - name: Create local directory "nfs-ansible"
      file:
        path: ./nfs-ansible
        state: directory
      delegate_to: localhost

- name: Mount nfs share to localhost
  hosts: nfs-server
  gather_facts: False
  become: yes

  tasks:
    - name: Include idrac vars
      include_vars:
          file: settings.yaml
          name: settings

    - name: Mount share from nfs-server
      ansible.posix.mount:
        src: "{{ hostvars[inventory_hostname].ipaddress }}:/nfs-share"
        path: ./nfs-ansible
        state: mounted
        fstype: nfs

Answer 1

As best I can tell from your question, you don't actually want to run against the nfs-server group, you merely want to use its ipaddress hostvar to mount locally. If that understanding is correct:

- name: Create directory
  hosts: localhost
  gather_facts: False
  tasks:
    - name: Include vars
      include_vars:
          file: settings.yaml
          name: settings

    - name: Create local directory "nfs-ansible"
      file:
        path: ./nfs-ansible
        state: directory
      # delegate to is redundant in a playbook targeting "localhost" to begin with
      # delegate_to: localhost

    - name: Mount share from nfs-server
      become: yes
      ansible.posix.mount:
        src: "{{ hostvars[nfs_server0].ipaddress }}:/nfs-share"
        path: ./nfs-ansible
        state: mounted
        fstype: nfs
      vars:
        nfs_server0: '{{ groups["nfs-server"] | first }}'