# ansible ssh issue

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-ssh-issue/24242>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [April 18, 2017, 11:39pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-ssh-issue/24242 "2017-04-18T23:39:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![William\_Muriithi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/6de8d8/32.png) [@William\_Muriithi](https://forum.ansible.com/u/William_Muriithi)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2017, 11:39pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-ssh-issue/24242/1 "2017-04-18T23:39:01Z")

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Hello,

This is not an ansible issue to be frank but I am hoping someone here have seen it before and can offer some guidance. Note, I can manually ssh to the system, but ansible can’t.

I have a system that was previously working fine as a managed host. For the last two days though, ansible isn’t able to manage it. Ansible connection fails at setup stage. I have the ssh logs for both the client and the server, but can’t seem to glean the root cause from it. Hoping a second pair of eyes might pick what I am missing

Below are the client log and server logs consecutively. Does anything stand out from this logs?

Client:

TASK [setup] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*  
Using module file /usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/ansible/modules/core/system/setup.py  
\<[arsenic.eng.example.com](http://arsenic.eng.example.com)\> ESTABLISH SSH CONNECTION FOR USER: root  
\<[arsenic.eng.example.com](http://arsenic.eng.example.com)\> SSH: EXEC ssh -vvv -C -o ControlMaster=auto -o ControlPersist=60s -o KbdInteractiveAuthentication=no -o PreferredAuthentications=gssapi-with-mic,gssapi-keyex,hostbased,publickey -o PasswordAuthentication=no -o User=root -o ConnectTimeout=10 -o ControlPath=/tmp/ansible-ssh-%h-%p-%r [arsenic.eng.example.com](http://arsenic.eng.example.com) ‘/bin/sh -c ‘"’“‘echo ~ && sleep 0’”’“‘’  
\<[arsenic.eng.example.com](http://arsenic.eng.example.com)\> ESTABLISH SSH CONNECTION FOR USER: root  
\<[arsenic.eng.example.com](http://arsenic.eng.example.com)\> SSH: EXEC ssh -vvv -C -o ControlMaster=auto -o ControlPersist=60s -o KbdInteractiveAuthentication=no -o PreferredAuthentications=gssapi-with-mic,gssapi-keyex,hostbased,publickey -o PasswordAuthentication=no -o User=root -o ConnectTimeout=10 -o ControlPath=/tmp/ansible-ssh-%h-%p-%r [arsenic.eng.example.com](http://arsenic.eng.example.com) '/bin/sh -c '”‘"’( umask 77 && mkdir -p “`echo /root/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1492557862.94-75489720546518`” && echo ansible-tmp-1492557862.94-75489720546518=“`echo /root/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1492557862.94-75489720546518`” ) && sleep 0’“'”‘’  
fatal: [[arsenic.eng.example.com](http://arsenic.eng.example.com)]: UNREACHABLE! =\> {  
“changed”: false,  
“msg”: “Failed to connect to the host via ssh: OpenSSH\_5.3p1, OpenSSL 1.0.1e-fips 11 Feb 2013\ndebug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh\_config\r\ndebug1: Applying options for \*\r\ndebug1: auto-mux: Trying existing master\r\nControl socket connect(/tmp/ansible-ssh-arsenic.eng.example.com-22-root): Connection refused\r\ndebug2: ssh\_connect: needpriv 0\r\ndebug1: Connecting to [arsenic.eng.example.com](http://arsenic.eng.example.com) [192.168.20.154] port 22.\r\ndebug2: fd 3 setting O\_NONBLOCK\r\ndebug1: connect to address 192.168.20.154 port 22: Connection refused\r\nssh: connect to host [arsenic.eng.example.com](http://arsenic.eng.example.com) port 22: Connection refused\r\n”,  
“unreachable”: true  
}  
to retry, use: --limit @/etc/ansible/site.retry

PLAY RECAP \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*  
[arsenic.eng.example.com](http://arsenic.eng.example.com) : ok=0 changed=0 unreachable=1 failed=0

SSH Server:

debug2: fd 7 setting O\_NONBLOCK  
debug1: server\_init\_dispatch\_20  
debug1: server\_input\_channel\_open: ctype session rchan 0 win 2097152 max 32768  
debug1: input\_session\_request  
debug1: channel 0: new [server-session]  
debug2: session\_new: allocate (allocated 0 max 10)  
debug3: session\_unused: session id 0 unused  
debug1: session\_new: session 0  
debug1: session\_open: channel 0  
debug1: session\_open: session 0: link with channel 0  
debug1: server\_input\_channel\_open: confirm session  
debug1: server\_input\_global\_request: rtype [no-more-sessions@openssh.com](mailto:no-more-sessions@openssh.com) want\_reply 0  
debug3: Wrote 48 bytes for a total of 2261  
debug1: server\_input\_channel\_req: channel 0 request env reply 0  
debug1: session\_by\_channel: session 0 channel 0  
debug1: session\_input\_channel\_req: session 0 req env  
debug2: Setting env 0: LANG=en\_US.UTF-8  
debug1: server\_input\_channel\_req: channel 0 request exec reply 1  
debug1: session\_by\_channel: session 0 channel 0  
debug1: session\_input\_channel\_req: session 0 req exec  
debug2: fd 3 setting TCP\_NODELAY  
debug2: fd 10 setting O\_NONBLOCK  
debug2: fd 9 setting O\_NONBLOCK  
debug2: fd 12 setting O\_NONBLOCK  
debug3: Wrote 80 bytes for a total of 2341  
debug2: channel 0: read 41 from efd 12  
debug2: channel 0: rwin 2097152 elen 41 euse 1  
debug2: channel 0: sent ext data 41  
debug3: Wrote 80 bytes for a total of 2421  
debug2: channel 0: read 34 from efd 12  
debug2: channel 0: rwin 2097111 elen 34 euse 1  
debug2: channel 0: sent ext data 34  
debug3: Wrote 64 bytes for a total of 2485  
debug2: channel 0: read 337 from efd 12  
debug2: channel 0: rwin 2097077 elen 337 euse 1  
debug2: channel 0: sent ext data 337  
debug2: channel 0: read 175 from efd 12  
debug3: Wrote 224 bytes for a total of 2709  
debug2: channel 0: rwin 2096740 elen 175 euse 1  
debug2: channel 0: sent ext data 175  
debug3: Wrote 112 bytes for a total of 2821  
debug2: channel 0: read 45 from efd 12  
debug2: channel 0: rwin 2096565 elen 45 euse 1  
debug2: channel 0: sent ext data 45  
debug3: Wrote 80 bytes for a total of 2901  
debug3: Wrote 48 bytes for a total of 2949  
debug1: Received SIGCHLD.  
debug1: session\_by\_pid: pid 930  
debug1: session\_exit\_message: session 0 channel 0 pid 930  
debug2: channel 0: request exit-status confirm 0  
debug1: session\_exit\_message: release channel 0  
debug2: channel 0: write failed  
debug2: channel 0: close\_write  
debug2: channel 0: send eow  
debug2: channel 0: output open → closed  
debug2: channel 0: read\<=0 rfd 10 len 0  
debug2: channel 0: read failed  
debug2: channel 0: close\_read  
debug2: channel 0: input open → drain  
debug2: channel 0: read 0 from efd 12  
debug2: channel 0: closing read-efd 12  
debug2: channel 0: ibuf empty  
debug2: channel 0: send eof  
debug2: channel 0: input drain → closed  
debug2: channel 0: send close  
debug2: notify\_done: reading  
debug3: Wrote 160 bytes for a total of 3109  
debug3: channel 0: will not send data after close  
debug2: channel 0: rcvd close  
Received disconnect from [192.168.20.221](http://192.168.20.221): 11: disconnected by user  
debug1: do\_cleanup  
debug1: PAM: cleanup  
debug1: PAM: closing session  
debug1: PAM: deleting credentials  
debug3: PAM: sshpam\_thread\_cleanup entering  
[FAILED]  
[root@arsenic ~]#

Thank in advance

Regards,  
William