# Ansible not even running the ping module

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-not-even-running-the-ping-module/13697>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Tags:** ansible-project\
**Created:** [October 16, 2013, 7:56pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-not-even-running-the-ping-module/13697 "2013-10-16T19:56:39Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Michael\_DeHaan2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@Michael\_DeHaan2](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_DeHaan2)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2013, 7:56pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-not-even-running-the-ping-module/13697/1 "2013-10-16T19:56:39Z")

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That’s curious.

Do you have a “ssh” in path?

is it excutable by you?

What is the OS type you are running from?

What happens if you from the CLI run

ssh -o ControlPersist

?

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![Guillem\_Liarte](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e95f7d/32.png) [@Guillem\_Liarte](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Guillem_Liarte)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2013, 9:58pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-not-even-running-the-ping-module/13697/2 "2013-10-16T21:58:25Z")

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Micheal,

Sorry for the confusion, I found this duplicate thread.

Indeed, openssh-clients was missing. Now it looks much better.

Thanks for pointing me to the right direction!

Guillem

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**Author:** ![Michael\_DeHaan2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@Michael\_DeHaan2](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_DeHaan2)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2013, 10:36pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-not-even-running-the-ping-module/13697/3 "2013-10-16T22:36:50Z")

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If you want to open a ticket on github we can make that print an error when the SSH tools are missing.

(Though this hasn’t happened before, I’d much rather not share a traceback)

Thanks!