# Access clients through a proxy

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/access-clients-through-a-proxy/31262>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [September 11, 2019, 3:01pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/access-clients-through-a-proxy/31262 "2019-09-11T15:01:06Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Dave\_McPherson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/dave_mcpherson/32/6973_2.png) [@Dave\_McPherson](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Dave_McPherson)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2019, 3:01pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/access-clients-through-a-proxy/31262/1 "2019-09-11T15:01:06Z")

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I have a number of machines that can only be reached by logging in through a proxy, but I would like to use ansible to manage them. Is there a way to send playbooks through a proxy to remote machines?

Thanks,

Dave

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**Author:** ![Kai\_Stian\_Olstad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e19adc/32.png) [@Kai\_Stian\_Olstad](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Kai_Stian_Olstad)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2019, 3:30pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/access-clients-through-a-proxy/31262/2 "2019-09-11T15:30:38Z")

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[https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/reference\_appendices/faq.html#how-do-i-configure-a-jump-host-to-access-servers-that-i-have-no-direct-access-to](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/reference_appendices/faq.html#how-do-i-configure-a-jump-host-to-access-servers-that-i-have-no-direct-access-to)