# Newbie - how to associate a credential with a inventory host? **URL:** \ **Category:** AWX Project\ **Tags:** awx\ **Created:** [December 13, 2018, 4:06am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/newbie-how-to-associate-a-credential-with-a-inventory-host/29253 "2018-12-13T04:06:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kurrent93](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a4c791/32.png) [@kurrent93](https://forum.ansible.com/u/kurrent93)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2018, 4:06am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/newbie-how-to-associate-a-credential-with-a-inventory-host/29253/1 "2018-12-13T04:06:31Z")
Hello I’m new to Awx, so please excuse my lack of knowledge. I have an **inventory** , which has one remote host. To access this remote host I use a ssh username and password. I have this added to **credentials**. My question is, how can I associate the credentials entry with the inventory host? Thanks ---
**Author:** ![kurrent93](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a4c791/32.png) [@kurrent93](https://forum.ansible.com/u/kurrent93)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2018, 7:55pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/newbie-how-to-associate-a-credential-with-a-inventory-host/29253/2 "2018-12-13T19:55:21Z")
Hi I got the following reply directly: > You attach that through with job template > > You create a job template and associate the credential from there However, the problem with this is, an Inventory can have one or more hosts. Each host can have a unique credentials (not the same credentials for every host). While a job can have more than one credentials, there doesnt seem to be any awx mechanism to associate credentials with a host. ---
**Author:** ![matburt](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/matburt/32/3612_2.png) [@matburt](https://forum.ansible.com/u/matburt)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2018, 3:26pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/newbie-how-to-associate-a-credential-with-a-inventory-host/29253/3 "2018-12-17T15:26:16Z")
That’s correct. This is a very difficult problem to solve… it’s somewhat fine if they have different ssh keys but if each host has a different password (for example) then we have no way to respond to the prompts. We’re looking to solve this in different ways down the road a little bit but in the meantime you’ll have to deal with a single credential for a run. ---
**Author:** ![kurrent93](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a4c791/32.png) [@kurrent93](https://forum.ansible.com/u/kurrent93)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2018, 8:20pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/newbie-how-to-associate-a-credential-with-a-inventory-host/29253/4 "2018-12-17T20:20:27Z")
Hi Mathew Thanks for the reply. Perhaps, as a temporary step forward, do not support prompts in this case? ---
**Author:** ![matburt](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/matburt/32/3612_2.png) [@matburt](https://forum.ansible.com/u/matburt)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2018, 8:27pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/newbie-how-to-associate-a-credential-with-a-inventory-host/29253/5 "2018-12-17T20:27:32Z")
Possibly, but we probably aren’t going to attempt to address this in any way in the short term. ---
**Author:** ![Anton\_Hughes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b5ac83/32.png) [@Anton\_Hughes](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Anton_Hughes)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2018, 8:44pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/newbie-how-to-associate-a-credential-with-a-inventory-host/29253/6 "2018-12-17T20:44:11Z")
Understood. Is there any recommended solution/workaround for users who have an inventory with multiple hosts (each with a unique username/password)? ---
**Author:** ![matburt](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/matburt/32/3612_2.png) [@matburt](https://forum.ansible.com/u/matburt)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2018, 8:58pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/newbie-how-to-associate-a-credential-with-a-inventory-host/29253/7 "2018-12-17T20:58:45Z")
Put ansible\_ssh\_username and ansible\_ssh\_password into the extra vars for each host (or group or whatever). ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_Offord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/76d3ee/32.png) [@Paul\_Offord](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Paul_Offord)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2019, 10:32am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/newbie-how-to-associate-a-credential-with-a-inventory-host/29253/8 "2019-01-04T10:32:34Z")
Hi Matthew, I face the same issue as Anton. I noticed you said in your post " … it’s somewhat fine if they have different ssh keys …". Can I specify a variable at the Host definition level to select a pre-defined Machine \> SSH Credential? I have common user names but differing SSH keys. Thanks and regards…Paul ---
**Author:** ![matburt](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/matburt/32/3612_2.png) [@matburt](https://forum.ansible.com/u/matburt)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2019, 2:29pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/newbie-how-to-associate-a-credential-with-a-inventory-host/29253/9 "2019-01-07T14:29:23Z")
Unfortunately no, my statement of “it’s somewhat fine” means we could probably design a solution around that but we haven’t yet. ---
**Author:** ![kurrent93](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a4c791/32.png) [@kurrent93](https://forum.ansible.com/u/kurrent93)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2019, 8:01pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/newbie-how-to-associate-a-credential-with-a-inventory-host/29253/10 "2019-01-07T20:01:28Z")
Hi Mathew Is there any documentation for a workaround? I didnt understand what you meant by: