# Couldn't run ansible commands on GCE platform

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/couldnt-run-ansible-commands-on-gce-platform/28544>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [September 11, 2018, 4:55am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/couldnt-run-ansible-commands-on-gce-platform/28544 "2018-09-11T04:55:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![Aditya\_Putta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Aditya\_Putta](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Aditya_Putta)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2018, 4:55am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/couldnt-run-ansible-commands-on-gce-platform/28544/1 "2018-09-11T04:55:03Z")

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##### SUMMARY

Couldn’t run ansible commands on GCE platform

##### ISSUE TYPE

My situation

- I am trying to use “-s -K --ask-pass” to exchange passwords
- I am using same user and root password across all nodes
- I don’t want to exchange keys

##### COMPONENT NAME

using ping module to check the connectivity between the nodes with flags like “s” “K” “ask-pass”