# Ansible to windows client connection **URL:** \ **Category:** Ansible Developer\ **Tags:** windows\ **Created:** [January 18, 2019, 12:30pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-to-windows-client-connection/29464 "2019-01-18T12:30:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sindhu\_shree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@sindhu\_shree](https://forum.ansible.com/u/sindhu_shree)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2019, 12:30pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-to-windows-client-connection/29464/1 "2019-01-18T12:30:39Z")
Hi. Am facing some authentication issues when i run ansible all -m win\_ping. Response - 10.67.104.45 | UNREACHABLE! =\> { “changed”: false, “msg”: “basic: the specified credentials were rejected by the server”, “unreachable”: true } The user which am trying to connect is administrator user. I followed some steps to add user and change the permissions using winrm configSDDL default, but no luck. Am using basic authentication. Am new to Linux , i would appreciate if i get any help on this. ---
**Author:** ![Tchia04](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/fbc32d/32.png) [@Tchia04](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Tchia04)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2019, 4:40pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-to-windows-client-connection/29464/2 "2019-01-18T16:40:42Z")
Can you add -vvvvv to your playblook command to see more output? ---
**Author:** ![sindhu\_shree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@sindhu\_shree](https://forum.ansible.com/u/sindhu_shree)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2019, 10:01am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-to-windows-client-connection/29464/3 "2019-01-22T10:01:59Z")
This is what am getting ansible 2.4.2.0 config file = /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg configured module search path = [u’/root/.ansible/plugins/modules’, u’/usr/sha re/ansible/plugins/modules’] ansible python module location = /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ansible executable location = /bin/ansible python version = 2.7.5 (default, Sep 12 2018, 05:31:16) [GCC 4.8.5 20150623 (R ed Hat 4.8.5-36)] Using /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg as config file setting up inventory plugins Parsed /etc/ansible/hosts inventory source with ini plugin Loading callback plugin minimal of type stdout, v2.0 from /usr/lib/python2.7/sit e-packages/ansible/plugins/callback/ **init**.pyc META: ran handlers Using module file /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ansible/modules/windows/win\_p ing.ps1 \<10.67.104.45\> ESTABLISH WINRM CONNECTION FOR USER:username on P ORT 5986 TO 10.67.104.45 \<10.67.104.45\> WINRM CONNECT: transport=basic endpoint=[https://10.67.104.45:5986](https://10.67.104.45:5986) /wsman \<10.67.104.45\> WINRM CONNECTION ERROR: the specified credentials were rejected b y the server Traceback (most recent call last): File “/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ansible/plugins/connection/winrm.py”, l ine 222, in _winrm\_connect self.shell\_id = protocol.open\_shell(codepage=65001) # UTF-8 File “/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/winrm/protocol.py”, line 157, in open\_s hell res = self.send\_message(xmltodict.unparse(req)) File “/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/winrm/protocol.py”, line 234, in send\_m essage resp = self.transport.send\_message(message) File “/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/winrm/transport.py”, line 256, in send_ message response = self.\_send\_message\_request(prepared\_request, message) File “/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/winrm/transport.py”, line 266, in \_send \_message\_request raise InvalidCredentialsError(“the specified credentials were rejected by th e server”) InvalidCredentialsError: the specified credentials were rejected by the server 10.67.104.45 | UNREACHABLE! =\> { “changed”: false, “msg”: “basic: the specified credentials were rejected by the server”, “unreachable”: true } Listener setup: $selector\_set = @{ Address = “\*” Transport = “HTTPS” } $value\_set = @{ CertificateThumbprint = “EF39ECD8A40F83ACC2BE85D95303EED2EB7DCE5C” } New-WSManInstance -ResourceURI “winrm/config/Listener” -SelectorSet $selector\_set -ValueSet $value\_set Basic winrm setup : $url = “[https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ansible/ansible/devel/examples/scripts/ConfigureRemotingForAnsible.ps1](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ansible/ansible/devel/examples/scripts/ConfigureRemotingForAnsible.ps1)” $file = “$env:temp\ConfigureRemotingForAnsible.ps1” $username = "username " $password = “password” Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted -Force $browser = New-Object System.Net.WebClient $browser.Proxy.Credentials =[System.Net.CredentialCache]::DefaultNetworkCredentials $browser.DownloadFile($url, $file) # version can be 3.0, 4.0 or 5.1 #&$file -Version 3.0 -Username $username -Password $password -Verbose #(New-Object -TypeName System.Net.WebClient).DownloadFile($url, $file) powershell.exe -ExecutionPolicy ByPass -File $file I just checked the connection with other windows power shell as follows. PS C:\Users\sindhu.p\> winrs -r:[https://ipaddress:5986/wsman](https://ipaddress:5986/wsman) -u:username -p:password ipconfig Error : Winrs error:The server certificate on the destination computer ([10.67.104.45:5986](http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2F10.67.104.45%3A5986&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNGbPspFWnu-c2p7l4Fbl4njC8yq4g)) has the following errors: The SSL certificate is signed by an unknown certificate authority. The SSL certificate contains a common name (CN) that does not match the hostname.