# Getting this error, please help.

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/getting-this-error-please-help/22321>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [August 18, 2016, 7:36pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/getting-this-error-please-help/22321 "2016-08-18T19:36:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sanjay\_Kumar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f475e1/32.png) [@Sanjay\_Kumar](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Sanjay_Kumar)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2016, 7:36pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/getting-this-error-please-help/22321/1 "2016-08-18T19:36:15Z")

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Getting this error, please help.

[sysadm@centos7 ~]$ ansible -m ping centos71  
centos71 | UNREACHABLE! =\> {  
“changed”: false,  
“msg”: “Failed to connect to the host via ssh.”,  
“unreachable”: true  
}

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**Author:** ![James\_Cammarata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7c8e57/32.png) [@James\_Cammarata](https://forum.ansible.com/u/James_Cammarata)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2016, 3:45pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/getting-this-error-please-help/22321/2 "2016-08-19T15:45:11Z")

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Hi Sanjay, could you please provide more details? Most likely this is a password/certificate error.