# Can't contact LDAP server

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/cant-contact-ldap-server/32015>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [January 21, 2020, 3:01am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cant-contact-ldap-server/32015 "2020-01-21T03:01:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![sandy.hung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecb155/32.png) [@sandy.hung](https://forum.ansible.com/u/sandy.hung)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2020, 3:01am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cant-contact-ldap-server/32015/1 "2020-01-21T03:01:33Z")

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Dear All:

I run command ldapsearch not contact LDAP server  
but try open port 636 can’t open it  
please help me thanks.

ldapsearch -d 9 -D “cn=test,ou=users,dc=xxxx,dc=com”\ -w password -b “dc=xxx,dc=com” -H “ldaps://ldaptest.xxx.com” “objectClass=\*”  
ldap\_url\_parse\_ext(ldaps://ldaptest.abagile.com)  
ldap\_create  
ldap\_url\_parse\_ext(ldaps://ldaptest.abagile.com:636/??base)  
ldap\_sasl\_bind  
ldap\_send\_initial\_request  
ldap\_new\_connection 1 1 0  
ldap\_int\_open\_connection  
ldap\_connect\_to\_host: TCP [ldaptest.abagile.com:636](http://ldaptest.abagile.com:636)  
ldap\_new\_socket: 3  
ldap\_prepare\_socket: 3  
ldap\_connect\_to\_host: Trying 127.0.0.1:636  
ldap\_pvt\_connect: fd: 3 tm: -1 async: 0  
attempting to connect:  
connect errno: 111  
ldap\_close\_socket: 3  
ldap\_err2string  
ldap\_sasl\_bind(SIMPLE): Can’t contact LDAP server (-1)

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**Author:** ![Kai\_Stian\_Olstad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e19adc/32.png) [@Kai\_Stian\_Olstad](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Kai_Stian_Olstad)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2020, 3:20pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cant-contact-ldap-server/32015/2 "2020-01-21T15:20:21Z")

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I can't see any Ansible related questions.  
This list is for Ansible and not for other random problems people must have.