# Error Connecting to Cisco Switch **URL:** \ **Category:** Ansible Project\ **Created:** [June 24, 2022, 2:45pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/error-connecting-to-cisco-switch/36774 "2022-06-24T14:45:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hossein\_Malakooti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ee59a6/32.png) [@Hossein\_Malakooti](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Hossein_Malakooti)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2022, 2:45pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/error-connecting-to-cisco-switch/36774/1 "2022-06-24T14:45:07Z")
Hello Dear Gurus I am trying to just simply connect to my Cisco switch. I’ve red previous topic about this issue but non of them helped me figure out how to fix this , your help is much appreciated here is my inventory file ![Capture.PNG](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/original/2X/f/f17259287e6a15781e9f9d17c4f9eeea83b5835e.png) and here is the ping command I use ![Capture1.PNG](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/original/2X/8/844bf1a548fb896a9c1b64b2434052656efeaab9.png) I am using: Ansible version 2.9.27 CENTOS 7.9.2009 Python 2.7.5 Thank you in advance ---
**Author:** ![Parth\_Patel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e9a140/32.png) [@Parth\_Patel](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Parth_Patel)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2022, 3:21pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/error-connecting-to-cisco-switch/36774/2 "2022-06-24T15:21:51Z")
Please provide verbose output using -vvvv > **(attachments)** > > ![Capture1.PNG](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/original/2X/8/844bf1a548fb896a9c1b64b2434052656efeaab9.png) > ![Capture.PNG](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/original/2X/f/f17259287e6a15781e9f9d17c4f9eeea83b5835e.png) ---
**Author:** ![Ashish\_Sagar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4491bb/32.png) [@Ashish\_Sagar](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Ashish_Sagar)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2022, 3:26pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/error-connecting-to-cisco-switch/36774/3 "2022-06-24T15:26:10Z")
Are you able to connect to the Switch using SSH from the terminal ? -Ashish > **(attachments)** > > ![Capture1.PNG](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/original/2X/8/844bf1a548fb896a9c1b64b2434052656efeaab9.png) > ![Capture.PNG](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/original/2X/f/f17259287e6a15781e9f9d17c4f9eeea83b5835e.png) ---
**Author:** ![Parth\_Patel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e9a140/32.png) [@Parth\_Patel](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Parth_Patel)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2022, 3:36pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/error-connecting-to-cisco-switch/36774/4 "2022-06-24T15:36:09Z")
Also provide output of ansible conf file > **(attachments)** > > ![Capture1.PNG](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/original/2X/8/844bf1a548fb896a9c1b64b2434052656efeaab9.png) > ![Capture.PNG](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/original/2X/f/f17259287e6a15781e9f9d17c4f9eeea83b5835e.png) ---
**Author:** ![Hossein\_Malakooti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ee59a6/32.png) [@Hossein\_Malakooti](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Hossein_Malakooti)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2022, 3:40pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/error-connecting-to-cisco-switch/36774/5 "2022-06-24T15:40:28Z")
yes I can do SSH > **(attachments)** > > ![Capture1.PNG](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/original/2X/8/844bf1a548fb896a9c1b64b2434052656efeaab9.png) > ![Capture.PNG](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/original/2X/f/f17259287e6a15781e9f9d17c4f9eeea83b5835e.png) ---
**Author:** ![Hossein\_Malakooti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ee59a6/32.png) [@Hossein\_Malakooti](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Hossein_Malakooti)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2022, 3:40pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/error-connecting-to-cisco-switch/36774/6 "2022-06-24T15:40:54Z")
Sure -vvv ![image.png](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/original/2X/a/af25a8c0755b9c42813911ddf84ae04ecdc63f3e.png) > **(attachments)** > > ![Capture1.PNG](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/original/2X/8/844bf1a548fb896a9c1b64b2434052656efeaab9.png) > ![Capture.PNG](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/original/2X/f/f17259287e6a15781e9f9d17c4f9eeea83b5835e.png) ---
**Author:** ![Hossein\_Malakooti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ee59a6/32.png) [@Hossein\_Malakooti](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Hossein_Malakooti)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2022, 3:49pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/error-connecting-to-cisco-switch/36774/7 "2022-06-24T15:49:32Z")
sorry I am new to ansible ,My ansible.cfg file is the default one. I haven’t changed anything in there , do I need to put any entry on this file ? > **(attachments)** > > ![Capture1.PNG](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/original/2X/8/844bf1a548fb896a9c1b64b2434052656efeaab9.png) > ![Capture.PNG](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/original/2X/f/f17259287e6a15781e9f9d17c4f9eeea83b5835e.png) ---
**Author:** ![KB-perByte](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/kb-perbyte/32/541_2.png) [@KB-perByte](https://forum.ansible.com/u/KB-perByte)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2022, 5:24am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/error-connecting-to-cisco-switch/36774/8 "2022-06-27T05:24:24Z")
Hey, Can you please upgrade to Python 3.8+ and check if you are facing the same issue. Regards, Sagar Paul ---
**Author:** ![Ashish\_Sagar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4491bb/32.png) [@Ashish\_Sagar](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Ashish_Sagar)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2022, 6:27am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/error-connecting-to-cisco-switch/36774/9 "2022-06-27T06:27:49Z")
Can you please try to change the incorrect ansible parameter (a **b** sible\_user) to ansible\_user=cisco and let me know. Thanks Ashish > **(attachments)** > > ![Capture1.PNG](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/original/2X/8/844bf1a548fb896a9c1b64b2434052656efeaab9.png) > ![Capture.PNG](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/original/2X/f/f17259287e6a15781e9f9d17c4f9eeea83b5835e.png) ---
**Author:** ![dnmvisser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8e8cbc/32.png) [@dnmvisser](https://forum.ansible.com/u/dnmvisser)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2022, 9:50am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/error-connecting-to-cisco-switch/36774/10 "2022-06-27T09:50:11Z")
Also "ansbile\_network\_os" is misspelled ---
**Author:** ![Mahdi\_Idriss](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Mahdi\_Idriss](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Mahdi_Idriss)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2022, 3:08pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/error-connecting-to-cisco-switch/36774/11 "2022-06-27T15:08:28Z")
Hey, i can see a mistyping issue (ansible-user=cisco) plz check it ---
**Author:** ![Hossein\_Malakooti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ee59a6/32.png) [@Hossein\_Malakooti](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Hossein_Malakooti)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2022, 1:56pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/error-connecting-to-cisco-switch/36774/12 "2022-06-28T13:56:22Z")
Hi Ashish Thanks for your reply you are right I’ve corrected that bit is didn’t fix the actual problem ☹ > **(attachments)** > > ![Capture1.PNG](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/original/2X/8/844bf1a548fb896a9c1b64b2434052656efeaab9.png) > ![Capture.PNG](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/original/2X/f/f17259287e6a15781e9f9d17c4f9eeea83b5835e.png) ---
**Author:** ![Hossein\_Malakooti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ee59a6/32.png) [@Hossein\_Malakooti](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Hossein_Malakooti)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2022, 3:07pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/error-connecting-to-cisco-switch/36774/13 "2022-06-28T15:07:03Z")
**Inventory.txt** ![Capture.PNG](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/original/2X/3/379cf5c9f68a239cbacb51cd3fa638165d0b12b0.png) **Playbook: playbook-1.yml** ![Capture3.PNG](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/original/2X/4/49b7b783663c0fa0e76665604f8d0428b401d150.png) **ansible.cfg:** [default] export ANSIBLE\_PARAMIKO\_LOOK\_FOR\_KEYS=false [paramiko\_connection] look\_for\_keys=false [persistant\_connection] command\_timeout=60 **Command:** ![Capture2.PNG](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/original/2X/2/2ba568643af215587528074d48cd9e694b195c70.png) **Result:** ![Capture.PNG](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/original/2X/c/c92b82c49dcb26a331acddb29817abcde83103e9.png) Thanks in advance 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Parth\_Patel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e9a140/32.png) [@Parth\_Patel](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Parth_Patel)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2022, 3:07pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/error-connecting-to-cisco-switch/36774/14 "2022-06-28T15:07:46Z")
Try renaming inventory.txt file and keep simply “inventory” > **(attachments)** > > ![Capture1.PNG](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/original/2X/8/844bf1a548fb896a9c1b64b2434052656efeaab9.png) > ![Capture.PNG](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/original/2X/f/f17259287e6a15781e9f9d17c4f9eeea83b5835e.png)