# New SSH Retry In Ansible 2.0?

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/new-ssh-retry-in-ansible-2-0/20173>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [January 11, 2016, 9:29pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/new-ssh-retry-in-ansible-2-0/20173 "2016-01-11T21:29:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tennis\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f05b48/32.png) [@Tennis\_Smith](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Tennis_Smith)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2016, 9:29pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/new-ssh-retry-in-ansible-2-0/20173/1 "2016-01-11T21:29:10Z")

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Hi,

I understand there is a new parm in 2.0 which will cause ssh to retry x times to establish a new connection. Is that correct? What’s the config keyword to set that?

THanks  
-T

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**Author:** ![Brian\_Coca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@Brian\_Coca](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Brian_Coca)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2016, 9:44pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/new-ssh-retry-in-ansible-2-0/20173/2 "2016-01-11T21:44:16Z")

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[ssh-connection]  
retries=123124235