# Ansible Query

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-query/34982>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [April 14, 2021, 3:17pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-query/34982 "2021-04-14T15:17:20Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Monica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a183cd/32.png) [@Monica](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Monica)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2021, 3:17pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-query/34982/1 "2021-04-14T15:17:20Z")

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Hello Everyone,

Can anyone answer this?

What are the different ways other than SSH by which Ansible can connect to remote hosts?

Thanks in advance

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**Author:** ![Komal\_Suthar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/919ad9/32.png) [@Komal\_Suthar](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Komal_Suthar)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2021, 3:23pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-query/34982/2 "2021-04-14T15:23:34Z")

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Ssh is used for remote connections in linux while we can use WinRM for connecting to the windows server remotely

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**Author:** ![Antony\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4491bb/32.png) [@Antony\_Stone](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Antony_Stone)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2021, 3:25pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-query/34982/3 "2021-04-14T15:25:53Z")

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[https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/plugins/connection.html](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/plugins/connection.html) may well  
answer your question.

Antony.

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**Author:** ![Monica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a183cd/32.png) [@Monica](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Monica)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2021, 3:56pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-query/34982/4 "2021-04-14T15:56:14Z")

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Thanks for answering!

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/original/1X/1882d9a01da5d8996a862359b0913cc568a39b84.svg) [@system](https://forum.ansible.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2021, 5:04pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-query/34982/5 "2021-04-14T17:04:45Z")

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Many plugins are available, chroot, jail, lxd, psrp, funcd, basically  
anything that allows transferring of files and command execution can  
be used as a transport, as long as someone writes a connection plugin  
for it.