# Asked to authenticate key in ansible playbook on circleci

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/asked-to-authenticate-key-in-ansible-playbook-on-circleci/36775>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [June 25, 2022, 11:01am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/asked-to-authenticate-key-in-ansible-playbook-on-circleci/36775 "2022-06-25T11:01:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![Gitau\_Wairimu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/898d66/32.png) [@Gitau\_Wairimu](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Gitau_Wairimu)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2022, 11:01am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/asked-to-authenticate-key-in-ansible-playbook-on-circleci/36775/1 "2022-06-25T11:01:16Z")

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Am lost on how to configure my IAC code so that in circleci am not asked to authenticate, which is impossible.

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 ![Screenshot from 2022-06-25 12-58-19.png](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/original/2X/0/02e173ddc7f10529587210eba619497584a85bcc.png)

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**Author:** ![Gitau\_Wairimu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/898d66/32.png) [@Gitau\_Wairimu](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Gitau_Wairimu)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2022, 8:16pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/asked-to-authenticate-key-in-ansible-playbook-on-circleci/36775/2 "2022-06-25T20:16:11Z")

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Issue resolved. I figured out that the ansible.cfg where I ought to declare “host\_key\_checking = False” was in the wrong directory. Thank you all.