# Ansible-pylibssh not installed, falling back to paramiko

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-pylibssh-not-installed-falling-back-to-paramiko/38912>\
**Category:** Get Help\
**Created:** [December 5, 2024, 12:14pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-pylibssh-not-installed-falling-back-to-paramiko/38912 "2024-12-05T12:14:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![SharanKumarThummala](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/sharankumarthummala/32/5608_2.png) [@SharanKumarThummala](https://forum.ansible.com/u/SharanKumarThummala)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2024, 12:14pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-pylibssh-not-installed-falling-back-to-paramiko/38912/1 "2024-12-05T12:14:27Z")

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PLAY [cisco\_sw\_cbs350] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*

TASK [Get timestamp] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*  
[WARNING]: ansible-pylibssh not installed, falling back to paramiko  
changed: [10.2.201.194]

TASK [Backup IOS configuration] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*  
fatal: [10.2.201.194]: FAILED! =\> {“changed”: false, “msg”: “paramiko is not installed: No module named ‘paramiko’”}

PLAY RECAP \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*  
10.2.201.194 : ok=1 changed=1 unreachable=0 failed=1 skipped=0 rescued=0 ignored=0