Connection Failed
Explore how to identify and resolve common Ansible connection failed errors caused by network problems, SSH settings, or inventory mistakes. Learn to validate hostnames, test SSH connections, and correct Ansible inventory files to ensure successful playbook executions.
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Connection-related errors
Connection failed errors are one of the most common Ansible problems and are very annoying. The root cause of these types of problems might be the networking connection, firewall, some SSH configuration parameter, or even a misspelled Ansible hostname in our Ansible inventory.
The outcome is a fatal connection failed error, and we often see a “failed to connect” or “operation timed out” message on our execution log via the ansible-playbook command-line tool, as shown in the figure below.
When dealing with virtual machines, we verify the connection of the virtual ...