# Ansible Linux Server - Unreachable

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-linux-server-unreachable/31862>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [December 22, 2019, 7:32am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-linux-server-unreachable/31862 "2019-12-22T07:32:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Parveen\_Datt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/85f322/32.png) [@Parveen\_Datt](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Parveen_Datt)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2019, 7:32am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-linux-server-unreachable/31862/1 "2019-12-22T07:32:05Z")

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Team,

Can someone please help in solution for below requirement. I tried a lot but did not get through yet

- We want ansible playbook to test network reachability of a server followed by Power reset using IPMITOOL if Server is not reachable on network

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**Author:** ![Mauricio\_Tavares](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Mauricio\_Tavares](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Mauricio_Tavares)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2019, 12:40pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-linux-server-unreachable/31862/2 "2019-12-22T12:40:24Z")

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> Team,
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> Can someone please help in solution for below requirement. I tried a lot but did not get through yet
> 
> \* We want ansible playbook to test network reachability of a server followed by Power reset using IPMITOOL if Server is not reachable on network

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;What have you tried?

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**Author:** ![Parveen\_Datt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/85f322/32.png) [@Parveen\_Datt](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Parveen_Datt)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2019, 7:52pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-linux-server-unreachable/31862/3 "2019-12-22T19:52:22Z")

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Used ping module to rest network connectivity and ipmi\_power to power on the server.

Problem is when server is not reachable on network, registering to ping output fail , hence next play do not start on failed server.

Also tried to used meta: clear\_host\_errors but no success

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**Author:** ![Kai\_Stian\_Olstad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e19adc/32.png) [@Kai\_Stian\_Olstad](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Kai_Stian_Olstad)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2019, 7:56pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-linux-server-unreachable/31862/4 "2019-12-22T19:56:52Z")

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The documentation has a page on error handling  
[https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/user\_guide/playbooks\_error\_handling.html](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/user_guide/playbooks_error_handling.html)

just set ignore\_errors: yes on the task