Running your EE

You can run your EE on the command line against localhost or a remote target using ansible-navigator.

Note

There are other tools besides ansible-navigator you can run EEs with.

Run against localhost

Create a test_localhost.yml playbook.

- name: Gather and print local facts
  hosts: localhost
  gather_facts: true
  tasks:

   - name: Print facts
     ansible.builtin.debug:
      var: ansible_facts

Run the playbook inside the postgresql_ee EE.

ansible-navigator run test_localhost.yml --execution-environment-image postgresql_ee --mode stdout --pull-policy missing

You may notice the facts being gathered are about the container and not the developer machine. This is because the ansible playbook was run inside the container.

Run against a remote target

Before you start, ensure you have the following:

At least one IP address or resolvable hostname for a remote target.
Valid credentials for the remote host.
A user with sudo permissions on the remote host.

Execute a playbook inside the postgresql_ee EE against a remote host machine as in the following example:

Create a directory for inventory files.
```
mkdir inventory
```

Create the hosts.yml inventory file in the inventory directory.

all:
  hosts:
    192.168.0.2  # Replace with the IP of your target host

Create a test_remote.yml playbook.

- name: Gather and print facts
  hosts: all
  become: true
  gather_facts: true
  tasks:

   - name: Print facts
     ansible.builtin.debug:
      var: ansible_facts

Run the playbook inside the postgresql_ee EE.

Replace student with the appropriate username. Some arguments in the command can be optional depending on your target host authentication method.
```
ansible-navigator run test_remote.yml -i inventory --execution-environment-image postgresql_ee:latest --mode stdout --pull-policy missing --enable-prompts -u student -k -K
```