# ansible-playbook 2.7.10 + Packer + winrm + windows 2012r2 ssl: HTTPSConnectionPool(host='localhost', port=5986): Max retries exceeded with url: /wsman **URL:** \ **Category:** Ansible Project\ **Tags:** windows, aws\ **Created:** [January 29, 2020, 10:59pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-playbook-2-7-10-packer-winrm-windows-2012r2-ssl-httpsconnectionpool-host-localhost-port-5986-max-retries-exceeded-with-url-wsman/32093 "2020-01-29T22:59:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![John\_Roh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ec9cab/32.png) [@John\_Roh](https://forum.ansible.com/u/John_Roh)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2020, 10:59pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-playbook-2-7-10-packer-winrm-windows-2012r2-ssl-httpsconnectionpool-host-localhost-port-5986-max-retries-exceeded-with-url-wsman/32093/1 "2020-01-29T22:59:43Z")
Hi I’m trying to build Windows 2012r2 ec2 windows AMI that I can provisioned Powershell over winrm but I’m getting SSL exception error as below. Running Ansible playbook ping verified and win command getting the hostname, however, running local command to get the hostname fails. ssl: HTTPSConnectionPool(host=‘localhost’, port=5986): Max retries exceeded with url: /wsman xxxx-amzn-win2012r2-sysprep-base: ansible-playbook 2.7.10 xxxx-amzn-win2012r2-sysprep-base: [DEPRECATION WARNING]: ANSIBLE\_HOSTS option, The variable is misleading as it xxxx-amzn-win2012r2-sysprep-base: config file = /home/packer/appcode/tmp/amzn-win2012r2sysp/ansible.cfg xxxx-amzn-win2012r2-sysprep-base: can be a list of hosts and/or paths to inventory sources , use xxxx-amzn-win2012r2-sysprep-base: configured module search path = [u’/etc/ansible/library’] xxxx-amzn-win2012r2-sysprep-base: ANSIBLE\_INVENTORY instead. This feature will be removed in version 2.8. xxxx-amzn-win2012r2-sysprep-base: ansible python module location = /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ansible xxxx-amzn-win2012r2-sysprep-base: Deprecation warnings can be disabled by setting deprecation\_warnings=False in xxxx-amzn-win2012r2-sysprep-base: executable location = /bin/ansible-playbook xxxx-amzn-win2012r2-sysprep-base: ansible.cfg. xxxx-amzn-win2012r2-sysprep-base: python version = 2.7.16 (default, Dec 12 2019, 23:58:22) [GCC 7.3.1 20180712 (Red Hat 7.3.1-6)] xxxx-amzn-win2012r2-sysprep-base: Using /home/packer/appcode/tmp/amzn-win2012r2sysp/ansible.cfg as config file xxxx-amzn-win2012r2-sysprep-base: setting up inventory plugins xxxx-amzn-win2012r2-sysprep-base: Parsed /tmp/packer-provisioner-ansible306731865 inventory source with ini plugin xxxx-amzn-win2012r2-sysprep-base: Loading callback plugin default of type stdout, v2.0 from /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ansible/plugins/callback/default.pyc xxxx-amzn-win2012r2-sysprep-base: xxxx-amzn-win2012r2-sysprep-base: PLAYBOOK: win-playbook-test.yaml \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* xxxx-amzn-win2012r2-sysprep-base: 1 plays in /home/packer/appcode/tmp/amzn-win2012r2sysp/packer/ansible/win-playbook-test.yaml xxxx-amzn-win2012r2-sysprep-base: xxxx-amzn-win2012r2-sysprep-base: PLAY [test out local action] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* xxxx-amzn-win2012r2-sysprep-base: xxxx-amzn-win2012r2-sysprep-base: TASK [Gathering Facts] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* xxxx-amzn-win2012r2-sysprep-base: task path: /home/packer/appcode/tmp/amzn-win2012r2sysp/packer/ansible/win-playbook-test.yaml:2 xxxx-amzn-win2012r2-sysprep-base: Using module file /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ansible/modules/windows/setup.ps1 xxxx-amzn-win2012r2-sysprep-base: \<10.127.51.241\> ESTABLISH WINRM CONNECTION FOR USER: Administrator on PORT 5986 TO 10.127.51.241 xxxx-amzn-win2012r2-sysprep-base: checking if winrm\_host 10.127.51.241 is an IPv6 address xxxx-amzn-win2012r2-sysprep-base: EXEC (via pipeline wrapper) xxxx-amzn-win2012r2-sysprep-base: ok: [default] xxxx-amzn-win2012r2-sysprep-base: META: ran handlers xxxx-amzn-win2012r2-sysprep-base: xxxx-amzn-win2012r2-sysprep-base: TASK [windows command] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* xxxx-amzn-win2012r2-sysprep-base: task path: /home/packer/appcode/tmp/amzn-win2012r2sysp/packer/ansible/win-playbook-test.yaml:5 xxxx-amzn-win2012r2-sysprep-base: Using module file /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ansible/modules/windows/win\_command.ps1 xxxx-amzn-win2012r2-sysprep-base: \<10.127.51.241\> ESTABLISH WINRM CONNECTION FOR USER: Administrator on PORT 5986 TO 10.127.51.241 xxxx-amzn-win2012r2-sysprep-base: checking if winrm\_host 10.127.51.241 is an IPv6 address xxxx-amzn-win2012r2-sysprep-base: EXEC (via pipeline wrapper) xxxx-amzn-win2012r2-sysprep-base: changed: [default] =\> { xxxx-amzn-win2012r2-sysprep-base: “changed”: true, xxxx-amzn-win2012r2-sysprep-base: “cmd”: “hostname”, xxxx-amzn-win2012r2-sysprep-base: “delta”: “0:00:00.203091”, xxxx-amzn-win2012r2-sysprep-base: “end”: “2020-01-29 05:40:14.787149”, xxxx-amzn-win2012r2-sysprep-base: “rc”: 0, xxxx-amzn-win2012r2-sysprep-base: “start”: “2020-01-29 05:40:14.584057”, xxxx-amzn-win2012r2-sysprep-base: “stderr”: “”, xxxx-amzn-win2012r2-sysprep-base: “stderr\_lines”: , xxxx-amzn-win2012r2-sysprep-base: “stdout”: “WIN-F9EMCU74RLB\r\n”, xxxx-amzn-win2012r2-sysprep-base: “stdout\_lines”: [ xxxx-amzn-win2012r2-sysprep-base: “WIN-F9EMCU74RLB” xxxx-amzn-win2012r2-sysprep-base: ] xxxx-amzn-win2012r2-sysprep-base: } xxxx-amzn-win2012r2-sysprep-base: xxxx-amzn-win2012r2-sysprep-base: TASK [local command] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* xxxx-amzn-win2012r2-sysprep-base: task path: /home/packer/appcode/tmp/amzn-win2012r2sysp/packer/ansible/win-playbook-test.yaml:8 xxxx-amzn-win2012r2-sysprep-base: Using module file /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ansible/modules/commands/command.py xxxx-amzn-win2012r2-sysprep-base: ESTABLISH WINRM CONNECTION FOR USER: Administrator on PORT 5986 TO localhost xxxx-amzn-win2012r2-sysprep-base: checking if winrm\_host localhost is an IPv6 address xxxx-amzn-win2012r2-sysprep-base: fatal: [default]: UNREACHABLE! =\> { xxxx-amzn-win2012r2-sysprep-base: “changed”: false, xxxx-amzn-win2012r2-sysprep-base: “msg”: “ssl: HTTPSConnectionPool(host=‘localhost’, port=5986): Max retries exceeded with url: /wsman (Caused by NewConnectionError(‘\: Failed to establish a new connection: [Errno 111] Connection refused’,))”, xxxx-amzn-win2012r2-sysprep-base: “unreachable”: true xxxx-amzn-win2012r2-sysprep-base: } xxxx-amzn-win2012r2-sysprep-base: xxxx-amzn-win2012r2-sysprep-base: PLAY RECAP \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* xxxx-amzn-win2012r2-sysprep-base: default : ok=2 changed=1 unreachable=1 failed=0 xxxx-amzn-win2012r2-sysprep-base: ==\> xxxx-amzn-win2012r2-sysprep-base: Provisioning step had errors: Running the cleanup provisioner, if present… ==\> xxxx-amzn-win2012r2-sysprep-base: Terminating the source AWS instance… ==\> xxxx-amzn-win2012r2-sysprep-base: Cleaning up any extra volumes… ==\> xxxx-amzn-win2012r2-sysprep-base: No volumes to clean up, skipping ==\> xxxx-amzn-win2012r2-sysprep-base: Deleting temporary security group… Build ‘xxxx-amzn-win2012r2-sysprep-base’ errored: Error executing Ansible: Non-zero exit status: exit status 4 I’m using winrm==0.2.0 and much appreciated. John. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Roh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ec9cab/32.png) [@John\_Roh](https://forum.ansible.com/u/John_Roh)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2020, 4:57am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-playbook-2-7-10-packer-winrm-windows-2012r2-ssl-httpsconnectionpool-host-localhost-port-5986-max-retries-exceeded-with-url-wsman/32093/2 "2020-01-30T04:57:07Z")
I have figured this out now that it works with packer 1.5.2-dev (will be released) and ansible 2.7.16.