# Error :winrm ## The kind of connection which ansible will make with remote windows node' was not found"

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/error-winrm-the-kind-of-connection-which-ansible-will-make-with-remote-windows-node-was-not-found/35919>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Tags:** windows, ubuntu\
**Created:** [October 25, 2021, 2:48pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/error-winrm-the-kind-of-connection-which-ansible-will-make-with-remote-windows-node-was-not-found/35919 "2021-10-25T14:48:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![Rajesh\_Varma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rajesh\_Varma](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Rajesh_Varma)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2021, 2:48pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/error-winrm-the-kind-of-connection-which-ansible-will-make-with-remote-windows-node-was-not-found/35919/1 "2021-10-25T14:48:46Z")

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Hello Techies,  
I am learning the ansible on windows 10.

I have configure the ubuntu and ansible on my laptop.  
Now i am trying to connect the windows from ubuntu … i am getting the below error message

ansible windows -m win\_ping -i ansible/Inventory/Servers.ini --list-hosts

My Server inventory file

[windows]  
192.168.56.1  
127.0.0.1  
rvpc

[windows:vars]  
ansible\_user=rajesh ## the windows username for ansible to communicate  
ansible\_password=92Narki73 ## the windows password for ansible to communicate  
ansible\_connection=winrm ## The kind of connection which ansible will make with remote windows node  
ansible\_winrm\_transport= ntlm  
ansible\_ssh\_port=5986  
ansible\_winrm\_server\_cert\_validation=ignore

Error message:

192.168.56.1 | FAILED! =\> {  
“msg”: “the connection plugin ‘winrm ## The kind of connection which ansible will make with remote windows node’ was not found”  
}  
127.0.0.1 | FAILED! =\> {  
“msg”: “the connection plugin ‘winrm ## The kind of connection which ansible will make with remote windows node’ was not found”  
}  
rvpc | FAILED! =\> {  
“msg”: “the connection plugin ‘winrm ## The kind of connection which ansible will make with remote windows node’ was not found”  
}

Please guide me .

Thanks  
Rajesh Varma

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**Author:** ![Rajesh\_Varma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rajesh\_Varma](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Rajesh_Varma)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2021, 1:24pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/error-winrm-the-kind-of-connection-which-ansible-will-make-with-remote-windows-node-was-not-found/35919/2 "2021-10-27T13:24:35Z")

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Hello Techies,  
I am learning the ansible on windows 10.

I have configure the ubuntu and ansible on my laptop.  
Now i am trying to connect the windows from ubuntu .. i am getting the  
below error message

ansible windows -m win\_ping -i ansible/Inventory/Servers.ini --list-hosts

My Server inventory file  
[windows]  
192.168.56.1  
127.0.0.1  
rvpc

[windows:vars]  
ansible\_user=rajesh ## the windows username for ansible to communicate  
ansible\_password=92Narki73 ## the windows password for ansible to  
communicate  
ansible\_connection=winrm ## The kind of connection which ansible will make  
with remote windows node  
ansible\_winrm\_transport= ntlm  
ansible\_ssh\_port=5986  
ansible\_winrm\_server\_cert\_validation=ignore

Error message:  
192.168.56.1 | FAILED! =\> {  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"msg": "the connection plugin 'winrm ## The kind of connection which  
ansible will make with remote windows node' was not found"  
}  
127.0.0.1 | FAILED! =\> {  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"msg": "the connection plugin 'winrm ## The kind of connection which  
ansible will make with remote windows node' was not found"  
}  
rvpc | FAILED! =\> {  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"msg": "the connection plugin 'winrm ## The kind of connection which  
ansible will make with remote windows node' was not found"  
}

Please guide me .

Thanks  
Rajesh Varma