# Unable to run ansible playbook

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/unable-to-run-ansible-playbook/26079>\
**Category:** AWX Project\
**Tags:** awx\
**Created:** [November 20, 2017, 8:29am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/unable-to-run-ansible-playbook/26079 "2017-11-20T08:29:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Meghanand\_Acharekar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/48db29/32.png) [@Meghanand\_Acharekar](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Meghanand_Acharekar)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2017, 8:29am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/unable-to-run-ansible-playbook/26079/1 "2017-11-20T08:29:18Z")

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Hi,

I was trying to build awx as per official documentation, but getting following error.

ERROR! no action detected in task. This often indicates a misspelled module name, or incorrect module path.

The error appears to have been in ‘/home/apps/awx/awx/installer/check\_vars/tasks/main.yml’: line 3, column 3, but may  
be elsewhere in the file depending on the exact syntax problem.

The offending line appears to be:

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**Author:** ![Meghanand\_Acharekar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/48db29/32.png) [@Meghanand\_Acharekar](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Meghanand_Acharekar)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2017, 9:02am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/unable-to-run-ansible-playbook/26079/2 "2017-11-20T09:02:08Z")

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Resolved - Issue was with ansible version (2.3.0), upgrading to 2.4.0 fixed.