# Ansible client behind NAT?

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-client-behind-nat/18205>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [May 11, 2015, 10:10pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-client-behind-nat/18205 "2015-05-11T22:10:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![Stephen\_R\_van\_den\_Be](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7bcc69/32.png) [@Stephen\_R\_van\_den\_Be](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Stephen_R_van_den_Be)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2015, 10:10pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-client-behind-nat/18205/1 "2015-05-11T22:10:33Z")

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I’m planning to deploy clients behind NAT routers which cannot be configured for portforwarding.  
Does ansible have a solution that makes an active connection to the ansible server?

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**Author:** ![Brian\_Coca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@Brian\_Coca](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Brian_Coca)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2015, 12:40pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-client-behind-nat/18205/2 "2015-05-12T12:40:14Z")

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Look at ansible-pull, it can be installed on the clients and they will  
pull the plays from the configured repo.