local_playbook.yaml

- name: Install Jmeter on host machine
  hosts: localhost
  vars_files:
    - vars_file.yaml
    - default_vars.yaml

  tasks:

    - name: Get latest JMeter version
      ansible.builtin.shell: |
        JMETER_VERSION=$(curl -s {{ jmeter_url }} | grep -o 'apache-jmeter-[0-9]\+\.[0-9]\+\.[0-9]' | sort -V | tail -n 1 | cut -d '-' -f 3)
        echo $JMETER_VERSION
      register: latest_jmeter_version
      when: jmeter_version is not defined

    - name: Setting Jmeter version to {{ latest_jmeter_version.stdout }}
      ansible.builtin.set_fact:
        jmeter_version: "{{ latest_jmeter_version.stdout }}"
      when: jmeter_version is not defined

    - name: Creates Jmeter directory
      ansible.builtin.file:
        path: "{{ jmeter_dir }}"
        state: directory
        mode: 0755

    - name: Download and extract Jmeter {{ jmeter_version }}
      ansible.builtin.unarchive:
        src: "{{jmeter_url }}/apache-jmeter-{{ jmeter_version }}.tgz"
        dest: "{{ jmeter_dir }}"
        remote_src: yes
        extra_opts: "--strip-components=1"

    - name: Create final report
      ansible.builtin.shell: "rm -rf {{ final_report_dir }}; {{ jmeter_dir }}/bin/jmeter -g {{ combined_csv_report }} -o {{ final_report_dir }}"