# 500 WinRMTransport. SSL: CERTIFCATE\_VERIFY\_FAILED **URL:** \ **Category:** Ansible Project\ **Tags:** windows, ubuntu\ **Created:** [June 28, 2016, 6:29pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/500-winrmtransport-ssl-certifcate-verify-failed/21881 "2016-06-28T18:29:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Brian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/97f17d/32.png) [@Brian](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Brian)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2016, 6:29pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/500-winrmtransport-ssl-certifcate-verify-failed/21881/1 "2016-06-28T18:29:17Z")
Installed ansible 2.1.0.0 on Ubuntu and I’m getting the infamous: ssl: 500 WinRMTransport. [SSL: CERTIFICATE\_VERIFY\_FAILED] certificate verify failed (\_ssl.c:590) error when trying to connect to a windows client. I followed the instructions [here](http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/intro_windows.html) and the powershell script runs with no errors but to no avail. I’m using ansible\_winrm\_transport: ssl ansible\_winrm\_server\_cert\_validation: ignore But nothing seems to work. Is there some documentation somewhere that explains how to set up a windows client and configure ansible to connect to it (besides all the bits and pieces scattered about the forums, that is)? Clearly the above referenced documentation is missing some important detail. This is on a local network. Thanks, Brian ---
**Author:** ![j.r.hawkesworth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a3d4f5/32.png) [@j.r.hawkesworth](https://forum.ansible.com/u/j.r.hawkesworth)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2016, 10:01pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/500-winrmtransport-ssl-certifcate-verify-failed/21881/2 "2016-06-28T22:01:30Z")
Hi, I think you don’t need to set ansible\_winrm\_transport: ssl assuming you have set ```auto ansible_port: 5986 This is because 5986 is the https listener port for winrm Please can you try without this setting and report back? ```