# os\_server module creates Compute Instance From Openstack but Ansible Playbook is Failed

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/os-server-module-creates-compute-instance-from-openstack-but-ansible-playbook-is-failed/20328>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [January 23, 2016, 1:10pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/os-server-module-creates-compute-instance-from-openstack-but-ansible-playbook-is-failed/20328 "2016-01-23T13:10:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sachin\_Murkute](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c68b51/32.png) [@Sachin\_Murkute](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Sachin_Murkute)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2016, 1:10pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/os-server-module-creates-compute-instance-from-openstack-but-ansible-playbook-is-failed/20328/1 "2016-01-23T13:10:07Z")

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hello,

I have to create compute instance in Openstack. I used os\_server Ansible module.

It creates instance successfully.  
But Playbook failed with error message “msg”: “Timeout waiting for the floating IP to be attached.”

Playbook is:

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**Author:** ![David\_Shrewsbury1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@David\_Shrewsbury1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/David_Shrewsbury1)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2016, 3:35pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/os-server-module-creates-compute-instance-from-openstack-but-ansible-playbook-is-failed/20328/2 "2016-01-25T15:35:48Z")

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You’ve likely hit the bug where the timeout was not being passed correctly. A patch  
for that has been put up recently:

[https://review.openstack.org/270193](https://review.openstack.org/270193)

It should appear in the next shade release.

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**Author:** ![hari\_prasad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/73ab20/32.png) [@hari\_prasad](https://forum.ansible.com/u/hari_prasad)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2018, 5:19am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/os-server-module-creates-compute-instance-from-openstack-but-ansible-playbook-is-failed/20328/3 "2018-04-20T05:19:18Z")

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Hi Sachin,

Did you resolve the error?

Regards  
Hari