# Ansible playbook fails at \[elasticsearch : Wait for elasticsearch to startup\]

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ansible-playbook-fails-at-elasticsearch-wait-for-elasticsearch-to-startup/95918>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [August 4, 2017, 3:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ansible-playbook-fails-at-elasticsearch-wait-for-elasticsearch-to-startup/95918 "2017-08-04T15:50:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![wassim](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/wassim/32/20813_2.png) [@wassim](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/wassim)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2017, 3:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ansible-playbook-fails-at-elasticsearch-wait-for-elasticsearch-to-startup/95918/1 "2017-08-04T15:50:52Z")

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I couldn't get the Ansible playbook to work with ubuntu 16.04 it fails at [elasticsearch : Wait for elasticsearch to startup] nor figure out what goes wrong.

```
TASK [elasticsearch : Wait for elasticsearch to startup] ***********************
Timeout when waiting for localhost:9200
fatal: [default]: FAILED! => {"changed": false, "elapsed": 300, "failed": true}

```

Has anyone else had this problem?

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2017, 3:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ansible-playbook-fails-at-elasticsearch-wait-for-elasticsearch-to-startup/95918/2 "2017-09-01T15:50:53Z")

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