# ERROR! the role 'network\_facts' was not found

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/error-the-role-network-facts-was-not-found/31772>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [December 5, 2019, 3:37pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/error-the-role-network-facts-was-not-found/31772 "2019-12-05T15:37:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![James\_Lawrence](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b782af/32.png) [@James\_Lawrence](https://forum.ansible.com/u/James_Lawrence)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2019, 3:37pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/error-the-role-network-facts-was-not-found/31772/1 "2019-12-05T15:37:23Z")

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ansible version

root@DESKTOP-NI19EMN:/etc/ansible# ansible --version  
ansible 2.9.1  
config file = /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg  
configured module search path = [u’/root/.ansible/plugins/modules’, u’/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules’]  
ansible python module location = /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/ansible  
executable location = /usr/bin/ansible  
python version = 2.7.15+ (default, Oct 7 2019, 17:39:04) [GCC 7.4.0]

playbook

**root@DESKTOP-NI19EMN:/etc/ansible# cat facts.yml**

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**Author:** ![Bram\_Mertens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a698b9/32.png) [@Bram\_Mertens](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Bram_Mertens)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2019, 6:00pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/error-the-role-network-facts-was-not-found/31772/2 "2019-12-05T18:00:04Z")

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Where have you stored the role you are using? Is it in any of the directories listed?

HTH

Bram