# Running Prallel Plays in Single Playbook

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/running-prallel-plays-in-single-playbook/27718>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [June 6, 2018, 7:31am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/running-prallel-plays-in-single-playbook/27718 "2018-06-06T07:31:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![Gowtham\_Nakulan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/90db22/32.png) [@Gowtham\_Nakulan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Gowtham_Nakulan)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2018, 7:31am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/running-prallel-plays-in-single-playbook/27718/1 "2018-06-06T07:31:11Z")

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Hi Team,

I have written lines for multiple plays in a playbook.

But the plays are executing sequential I want the plays to run parallel.

is there any option for the same

Regards,  
Gowtham

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**Author:** ![Kai\_Stian\_Olstad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e19adc/32.png) [@Kai\_Stian\_Olstad](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Kai_Stian_Olstad)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2018, 9:47am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/running-prallel-plays-in-single-playbook/27718/2 "2018-06-06T09:47:34Z")

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Ansible has no such feature, you would need to save the plays in separate files and use utilities like xargs or parallel.