# Why doesn't this task to check when a server has booted work? **URL:** \ **Category:** Ansible Project\ **Created:** [January 7, 2020, 9:55pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/why-doesnt-this-task-to-check-when-a-server-has-booted-work/31928 "2020-01-07T21:55:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RobertF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a4c791/32.png) [@RobertF](https://forum.ansible.com/u/RobertF)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2020, 9:55pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/why-doesnt-this-task-to-check-when-a-server-has-booted-work/31928/1 "2020-01-07T21:55:55Z")
I have an Ansible playbook for creating [Linode](https://linode.com) servers. The problem I’m having is that my playbook isn’t able to determine when the new server is up. I’m using Ansible 2.8.4. My playbook is as follows: ---
**Author:** ![jean-yves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a587f6/32.png) [@jean-yves](https://forum.ansible.com/u/jean-yves)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2020, 10:24pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/why-doesnt-this-task-to-check-when-a-server-has-booted-work/31928/2 "2020-01-07T22:24:04Z")
Hi, You should probably use "wait\_for\_connection" module instead of the one you use This is how I use it : - hosts: newly\_managed\_vms become: yes become\_user: root remote\_user: ansible gather\_facts: no # servers could be not available yet tasks: - name: "Wait for server to power up" wait\_for\_connection: sleep: 5 timeout: 600 - name: "Gather facts for first time" setup: Regards, JYL ---
**Author:** ![RobertF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a4c791/32.png) [@RobertF](https://forum.ansible.com/u/RobertF)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2020, 12:10am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/why-doesnt-this-task-to-check-when-a-server-has-booted-work/31928/3 "2020-01-09T00:10:17Z")
Thanks Jean-Yves!