When using delegation, local_action should always use the local connection type.

docsite/rst/who_uses_ansible.rst

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ The following is an opt-in list of just some of the folks using Ansible -- to ge
     * `Scientific Computing Center, Aristotle Univ. of Thessaloniki <http://www.grid.auth.gr/en/>`_ - Grid/Cloud-Based Scientific Computing
     * `Skylines.io <http://skylines.io>`_ - Real time photo search engine
     * `Steelhouse <http://steelhouse.com>`_ - Behavioral commerce
-    * `Tommorrow Focus Technologies GmbH <http://www.t-f-t.net/>`_ - Running some of the biggest web sites in Europe
+    * `Tomorrow Focus Technologies GmbH <http://www.t-f-t.net/>`_ - Running some of the biggest web sites in Europe
     * `123i.com.br <http://123i.com.br>`_ - Find real estate in Brazil
     * `Ginsys <http://ginsys.eu/>`_ - Linux infrastructure consulting from Belgium
 

lib/ansible/runner/__init__.py

@@ -399,11 +399,14 @@ class Runner(object):
                 actual_host = delegate_to
 
         try:
-            # connect
-            conn = self.connector.connect(actual_host, int(actual_port))
+            transport = None # use Runner setting
+            if delegate_to and actual_host in [ '127.0.0.1', 'localhost' ]:
+                transport = 'local'
+            conn = self.connector.connect(actual_host, int(actual_port), transport=transport)
             if delegate_to:
                 conn.delegate = host
 
+
         except errors.AnsibleConnectionFailed, e:
             result = dict(failed=True, msg="FAILED: %s" % str(e))
             return ReturnData(host=host, comm_ok=False, result=result)

lib/ansible/runner/connection.py

@@ -40,11 +40,12 @@ class Connection(object):
         self.runner = runner
         self.modules = None
 
-    def connect(self, host, port):
+    def connect(self, host, port, transport=None):
         if self.modules is None:
             self.modules = modules.copy()
             self.modules.update(utils.import_plugins(os.path.join(self.runner.basedir, 'connection_plugins')))
         conn = None
+        if transport is None:
             transport = self.runner.transport
         module = self.modules.get(transport, None)
         if module is None: