This is going to sound really stupid, but am I installing ansible locally and then it’s installing it remotely on my server?

EDIT: Answered my own question: Installing Ansible This page describes how to install Ansible on different platforms. Ansible is an agentless automation tool that by default manages machines over the SSH protocol. Once installed, Ansible does not add a database, and there will be no daemons to start or keep running. You only need to install it on one machine (which could easily be a laptop) and it can manage an entire fleet of remote machines from that central point. When Ansible manages remote machines, it does not leave software installed or running on them, so there’s no real question about how to upgrade Ansible when moving to a new version.

Everything worked in ansible except the certbot:
TASK [request initial letsencrypt certificate] ********************************* fatal: [u@isp.org]: FAILED! => {“changed”: true, “cmd”: [“certbot”, “certonly”, “–nginx”, “–agree-tos”, “-d”, “isp.org”, “-m”, “me@gmail.com”], “delta”: “0:00:08.736581”, “end”: “2020-06-03 21:46:23.351590”, “msg”: “non-zero return code”, “rc”: 1, “start”: “2020-06-03 21:46:14.615009”, “stderr”: “Saving debug log to /var/log/letsencrypt/letsencrypt.log\nPlugins selected: Authenticator nginx, Installer nginx\nSkipped user interaction because Certbot doesn’t appear to be running in a terminal. You should probably include --non-interactive or --force-interactive on the command line.\nObtaining a new certificate\nPerforming the following challenges:\nhttp-01 challenge for isp.org\nnginx: [error] invalid PID number "" in "/run/nginx.pid"\nWaiting for verification…\nCleaning up challenges\nlive directory exists for isp.org”, “stderr_lines”: [“Saving debug log to /var/log/letsencrypt/letsencrypt.log”, “Plugins selected: Authenticator nginx, Installer nginx”, “Skipped user interaction because Certbot doesn’t appear to be running in a terminal. You should probably include --non-interactive or --force-interactive on the command line.”, “Obtaining a new certificate”, “Performing the following challenges:”, “http-01 challenge for isp.org”, “nginx: [error] invalid PID number "" in "/run/nginx.pid"”, “Waiting for verification…”, “Cleaning up challenges”, “live directory exists for isp.org”], “stdout”: “IMPORTANT NOTES:\n - Your account credentials have been saved in your Certbot\n configuration directory at /etc/letsencrypt. You should make a\n secure backup of this folder now. This configuration directory will\n also contain certificates and private keys obtained by Certbot so\n making regular backups of this folder is ideal.”, “stdout_lines”: [“IMPORTANT NOTES:”, " - Your account credentials have been saved in your Certbot", " configuration directory at /etc/letsencrypt. You should make a", " secure backup of this folder now. This configuration directory will", " also contain certificates and private keys obtained by Certbot so", " making regular backups of this folder is ideal."]}