# Ansible stops if unreachable, can it be ignored to continue the playbook?

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-stops-if-unreachable-can-it-be-ignored-to-continue-the-playbook/32858>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [May 6, 2020, 5:24am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-stops-if-unreachable-can-it-be-ignored-to-continue-the-playbook/32858 "2020-05-06T05:24:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jimmy1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ea666f/32.png) [@Jimmy1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Jimmy1)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2020, 5:24am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-stops-if-unreachable-can-it-be-ignored-to-continue-the-playbook/32858/1 "2020-05-06T05:24:25Z")

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Ansible stops if unreachable, can it be ignored to continue the playbook?

Thanks–

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**Author:** ![Neha\_Pithadiya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Neha\_Pithadiya](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Neha_Pithadiya)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2020, 11:52am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-stops-if-unreachable-can-it-be-ignored-to-continue-the-playbook/32858/2 "2020-05-06T11:52:13Z")

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When u say "ansible stops if unreachable ", can you describe in detail what is the problem or paste some screenshots ?

Neha

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/original/1X/1882d9a01da5d8996a862359b0913cc568a39b84.svg) [@system](https://forum.ansible.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2020, 2:25pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-stops-if-unreachable-can-it-be-ignored-to-continue-the-playbook/32858/3 "2020-05-06T14:25:02Z")

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see ignore\_unreachable  
[https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/reference\_appendices/playbooks\_keywords.html](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/reference_appendices/playbooks_keywords.html)

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**Author:** ![Jimmy1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ea666f/32.png) [@Jimmy1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Jimmy1)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2020, 4:12pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-stops-if-unreachable-can-it-be-ignored-to-continue-the-playbook/32858/4 "2020-05-06T16:12:34Z")

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Great! worked out thanks