# Awx issue with jumphost **URL:** \ **Category:** AWX Project\ **Tags:** awx\ **Created:** [September 19, 2022, 11:48am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-issue-with-jumphost/37123 "2022-09-19T11:48:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Henri\_Chapelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Henri\_Chapelle](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Henri_Chapelle)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2022, 11:48am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-issue-with-jumphost/37123/1 "2022-09-19T11:48:59Z")
Hi, After a recent upgrade to awx 21.5.0, we have issue with jobs targeting more then 1 host. We used since a fewl years several Awx releases with a jumphost configured by inventory variables. All was setup from an IBM post on configuring ssh jumpstation with awx. [https://github.com/IBM/IBMDeveloper-recipes/blob/main/multiple-jumphosts-in-ansible-tower-part-1/index.md](https://github.com/IBM/IBMDeveloper-recipes/blob/main/multiple-jumphosts-in-ansible-tower-part-1/index.md) Until now it worked well. Now we have several ssh timeout occuring and I fixed most of it by forcing the forks=1 in the global awx settings for the jobs… Is there something new in this release compared to previous ones regarding container isolation that could explain the different behaviour ? Regards, Henri Chapelle ---
**Author:** ![AWX\_Project](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eada6e/32.png) [@AWX\_Project](https://forum.ansible.com/u/AWX_Project)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2022, 1:30pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-issue-with-jumphost/37123/2 "2022-09-21T13:30:17Z")
In order to better answer this question it would be helpful if you can tell us which version you were previously on. -The AWX Team ---
**Author:** ![Henri\_Chapelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Henri\_Chapelle](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Henri_Chapelle)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2022, 7:24am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-issue-with-jumphost/37123/3 "2022-09-23T07:24:37Z")
Hi, indeed I should provide more information, we have upgraded from 19.5 to 21.5. We have used a jumphost since the start and only had issues with the 21.5. Here is the procedure used : [https://github.com/IBM/IBMDeveloper-recipes/blob/main/multiple-jumphosts-in-ansible-tower-part-1/index.md](https://github.com/IBM/IBMDeveloper-recipes/blob/main/multiple-jumphosts-in-ansible-tower-part-1/index.md) On previous AWX releases, it was said to disable job isolation in order to use a jumpstation. I don’t see that option anymore in the AWX configuration. The issue we have since 21.5 is that most hosts failed to connect via a "banner exchange timeout’ message. Sometimes, just restaring the failed job make it runs without issue, sometimes not. I eventualy configured the forks setting to 1 and most jobs finish successfuly. I noticed yesterday that in a template workflow, if I have 2 branches coming from a node (and thus a parallel execution), 1 branche exhibit the timeout ssh issue. So mainly, we can only run 1 job 1 host at a time when using the jumphost. We tested on a few servers that are directly accessible to run a job on multiple hosts by disabling the ssh jump and it worked. So I don’t know if it is an expected AWX behaviour, our jumpstation is still used without issue from other applications. Regards, Henri Chapelle ---
**Author:** ![AWX\_Project](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eada6e/32.png) [@AWX\_Project](https://forum.ansible.com/u/AWX_Project)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2022, 6:42pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-issue-with-jumphost/37123/4 "2022-11-02T18:42:23Z")
With 21.x we are now using receptor which has a concept of a hop node. So you would make a mesh between a node in your managed network, the old “jumphost” and your AWX instance. The AWX instance would be a “control node” on the mesh. The jumphost would be a hop node on the mesh and the host inside the managed network would be an execution node. As a start you may want to look at this blog: [https://www.ansible.com/blog/peeling-back-the-layers-and-understanding-automation-mesh](https://www.ansible.com/blog/peeling-back-the-layers-and-understanding-automation-mesh) -The AWX Team