# certificate: the specified credentials were rejected by the server

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/certificate-the-specified-credentials-were-rejected-by-the-server/36316>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Tags:** windows\
**Created:** [February 10, 2022, 7:43am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/certificate-the-specified-credentials-were-rejected-by-the-server/36316 "2022-02-10T07:43:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![soonoman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@soonoman](https://forum.ansible.com/u/soonoman)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2022, 7:43am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/certificate-the-specified-credentials-were-rejected-by-the-server/36316/1 "2022-02-10T07:43:00Z")

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I can’t connect even after completing the winrm configuration.

**NMAP(Linux → Windows)**

[root@aeansibleapp01 ~]# /bin/nmap -PN 1.1.1.1 -p 5986 Starting Nmap 6.40 ( [http://nmap.org](http://nmap.org) ) at 2022-02-09 14:30 KST Nmap scan report for 1.1.1.1 Host is up (0.00077s latency). PORT STATE SERVICE 5986/tcp open wsmans Nmap done: 1 IP address (1 host up) scanned in 0.05 seconds

**Windows Setting**

PS C:\Users\Administrator\> **service winrm** Status Name DisplayName ------ ---- ----------- Running winrm Windows Remote Management (WS-Manag… PS C:\Users\Administrator\> **netstat -aon | select-string -Pattern “5985|5986”** TCP 0.0.0.0:5985 0.0.0.0:0 LISTENING 4 TCP 0.0.0.0:5986 0.0.0.0:0 LISTENING 4 TCP [::]:5985 [::]:0 LISTENING 4 TCP [::]:5986 [::]:0 LISTENING 4 PS C:\Users\Administrator\> **winrm get winrm/config/service** Service RootSDDL = O:NSG:BAD:P(A;;GA;;;BA)(A;;GR;;;IU)S:P(AU;FA;GA;;;WD)(AU;SA;GXGW;;;WD) MaxConcurrentOperations = 4294967295 MaxConcurrentOperationsPerUser = 1500 EnumerationTimeoutms = 240000 MaxConnections = 300 MaxPacketRetrievalTimeSeconds = 120 AllowUnencrypted = true Auth Basic = true Kerberos = true Negotiate = true Certificate = true CredSSP = false CbtHardeningLevel = Relaxed DefaultPorts HTTP = 5985 HTTPS = 5986 IPv4Filter = \* IPv6Filter = \* EnableCompatibilityHttpListener = false EnableCompatibilityHttpsListener = false CertificateThumbprint AllowRemoteAccess = true

**Steps to Reproduce**  
ansible httpwin -m win\_ping -i inventory

**Actual Results**  
1.1.1.1 | UNREACHABLE! =\> { “changed”: false, “msg”: “certificate: the specified credentials were rejected by the server”, “unreachable”: true }