# How to handle host unreachable error in a playbook

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-handle-host-unreachable-error-in-a-playbook/29607>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [February 4, 2019, 3:10am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-handle-host-unreachable-error-in-a-playbook/29607 "2019-02-04T03:10:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![Saravanan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Saravanan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Saravanan)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2019, 3:10am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-handle-host-unreachable-error-in-a-playbook/29607/1 "2019-02-04T03:10:42Z")

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Hi Ansible Experts,  
We would need to check the fail-over check of remote servers in the beginning of the play and delegate them during the play execution when its reachable.

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