# How can I specify the host order

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-can-i-specify-the-host-order/36996>\
**Category:** AWX Project\
**Tags:** awx\
**Created:** [August 17, 2022, 9:41am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-can-i-specify-the-host-order/36996 "2022-08-17T09:41:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Gregory\_Machin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Gregory\_Machin](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Gregory_Machin)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2022, 9:41am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-can-i-specify-the-host-order/36996/1 "2022-08-17T09:41:46Z")

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Hi,

I have a number of groups of servers that need to be handled in a specific order, I was able to achieve this in the Ansible inventory by specifying :

- hosts: windowsDCSunday10amSerial  
serial: 1  
order: inventory

in the playbook.  
But I can’t see how to specify the order via AWX .

Please advise .

Greg

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**Author:** ![Nik\_Tetteh-Lartey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Nik\_Tetteh-Lartey](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Nik_Tetteh-Lartey)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2022, 9:57am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-can-i-specify-the-host-order/36996/2 "2022-08-17T09:57:58Z")

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Why not use awx workflows to order the jobs & inventories?

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**Author:** ![Gregory\_Machin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Gregory\_Machin](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Gregory_Machin)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2022, 8:53pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-can-i-specify-the-host-order/36996/3 "2022-08-17T20:53:43Z")

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Thanks for that I’ll have a look at what can be done via workflows.