# Can i have a separate port for specific hosts for ansible to connect through?

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**Created:** [March 25, 2025, 5:30pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/can-i-have-a-separate-port-for-specific-hosts-for-ansible-to-connect-through/41314 "2025-03-25T17:30:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![lilian-granqvist](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/lilian-granqvist/32/4731_2.png) [@lilian-granqvist](https://forum.ansible.com/u/lilian-granqvist)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2025, 5:30pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/can-i-have-a-separate-port-for-specific-hosts-for-ansible-to-connect-through/41314/1 "2025-03-25T17:30:13Z")

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We have one server that uses different port for ssh than others.  
I’m using aws\_ec2 for inventory management, can i somehow define there a separate port for this specific host ?

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**Author:** ![Lyle\_McKarns](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/lyle_mckarns/32/8142_2.png) [@Lyle\_McKarns](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Lyle_McKarns)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2025, 5:48pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/can-i-have-a-separate-port-for-specific-hosts-for-ansible-to-connect-through/41314/2 "2025-03-25T17:48:28Z")

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You can probably create a specific [host\_vars file](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/inventory_guide/intro_inventory.html#organizing-host-and-group-variables) at `hosts_vars/hostname.yml`, and then set `ansible_port` as needed (see [here](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/inventory_guide/intro_inventory.html#inventory-aliases)).

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**Author:** ![lilian-granqvist](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/lilian-granqvist/32/4731_2.png) [@lilian-granqvist](https://forum.ansible.com/u/lilian-granqvist)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2025, 7:55pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/can-i-have-a-separate-port-for-specific-hosts-for-ansible-to-connect-through/41314/3 "2025-03-25T19:55:47Z")

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Thank you!  
just needed hostname.yaml and inside it one line of ansible\_port: xxxx and it works now 🥳

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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 24, 2025, 7:56pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/can-i-have-a-separate-port-for-specific-hosts-for-ansible-to-connect-through/41314/4 "2025-04-24T19:56:22Z")

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