# AnsibleConnectionFailure: Name or service not known

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansibleconnectionfailure-name-or-service-not-known/32383>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Tags:** ansible-project\
**Created:** [March 4, 2020, 3:13pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansibleconnectionfailure-name-or-service-not-known/32383 "2020-03-04T15:13:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dick\_Visser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d9b06d/32.png) [@Dick\_Visser](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Dick_Visser)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2020, 3:13pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansibleconnectionfailure-name-or-service-not-known/32383/1 "2020-03-04T15:13:36Z")

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You are trying to connect to a host called 'cisco' but that does not  
resolve to something.

So, you should fix your inventory (which you didn't post BTW, so we  
can't tell what's exactly wrong with that).