local action for cert and key stat before copy

playbooks/roles/nginx/tasks/main.yml

@@ -78,10 +78,14 @@
 # Check to see if the ssl cert/key exists before copying.
 # This extra check is done to prevent failures when
 # ansible-playbook is run locally
-- stat: path={{ NGINX_SSL_CERTIFICATE }}
+- local_action:
+    module: stat
+    path: "{{ NGINX_SSL_CERTIFICATE }}"
   register: ssl_cert
 
-- stat: path={{ NGINX_SSL_KEY }}
+- local_action:
+    module: stat
+    path: "{{ NGINX_SSL_KEY }}"
   register: ssl_key
 
 - name: copy ssl cert