diff --git a/roles/assemble_template/meta/argument_specs.yml b/roles/assemble_template/meta/argument_specs.yml
index ed12e794..615ceee6 100644
--- a/roles/assemble_template/meta/argument_specs.yml
+++ b/roles/assemble_template/meta/argument_specs.yml
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ argument_specs:
         Discovers fragment files in a specified directory, loops through fragment files
         rendering them through M(ansible.builtin.template), places them in a temporary directory,
         and then assembles a single, final cluster template.
+        Fragment files must be located on the Ansible controller since M(ansible.builtin.template) only executes on the controller.
+        This ensures that the template processing occurs on the Ansible controller machine.
     author: "Ronald Suplina <rsuplina@cloudera.com>"
     options:
       cluster_template_fragments_directory:
diff --git a/roles/assemble_template/tasks/main.yml b/roles/assemble_template/tasks/main.yml
index 28641881..f1e28183 100644
--- a/roles/assemble_template/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/assemble_template/tasks/main.yml
@@ -21,11 +21,13 @@
     use_regex: yes
     recurse: yes
   register: fragments
+  delegate_to: localhost
 
 - name: Create a temporary directory
   ansible.builtin.tempfile:
     state: directory
   register: fragments_temp_directory
+  delegate_to: localhost
 
 - name: Loop through fragment files and template them
   ansible.builtin.template:
@@ -36,6 +38,7 @@
     loop_var: __fragment
     label: "{{ __fragment.path | basename }}"
   when: fragments.matched > 0
+  delegate_to: localhost
 
 - name: Create cluster template
   cloudera.cluster.assemble_cluster_template: