# Playbook says successful on a nonexistent host

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/playbook-says-successful-on-a-nonexistent-host/14266>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [January 4, 2014, 5:58pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/playbook-says-successful-on-a-nonexistent-host/14266 "2014-01-04T17:58:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Seth\_Edwards](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Seth\_Edwards](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Seth_Edwards)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2014, 5:58pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/playbook-says-successful-on-a-nonexistent-host/14266/1 "2014-01-04T17:58:14Z")

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I’m sorry if this has been asked before. I ran my playbook for the first time against a server we have on ec2. I had a typo in the host name, however the playbook said it finished successfully. Is there something I am doing wrong in this situation?

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**Author:** ![Michael\_DeHaan2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@Michael\_DeHaan2](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_DeHaan2)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2014, 7:07pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/playbook-says-successful-on-a-nonexistent-host/14266/2 "2014-01-04T19:07:32Z")

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Please share the playbook and the output, inventory, ansible version, and other relevant information so we can understand more context.

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**Author:** ![Seth\_Edwards](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Seth\_Edwards](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Seth_Edwards)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2014, 6:25pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/playbook-says-successful-on-a-nonexistent-host/14266/3 "2014-01-06T18:25:38Z")

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I’m not able to recreate it. Sorry about that.