# ping windows - ssl: the specified credentials were rejected by the serve **URL:** \ **Category:** Ansible Project\ **Tags:** windows\ **Created:** [January 26, 2017, 9:09am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ping-windows-ssl-the-specified-credentials-were-rejected-by-the-serve/23564 "2017-01-26T09:09:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![John\_Norris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e79b87/32.png) [@John\_Norris](https://forum.ansible.com/u/John_Norris)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2017, 9:09am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ping-windows-ssl-the-specified-credentials-were-rejected-by-the-serve/23564/1 "2017-01-26T09:09:49Z")
Hi I am running ansible 2.1.2.0 on centos7. The windows machine is running windows 10 with powershell 5. I have installed pywinrm-0.2.2, included windows hostnames in the inventory file and also added group variables to this file for windows. ansible\_user=Administrator ansible\_password=password ansible\_port:=986 ansible\_connection=winrm ansible\_winrm\_server\_cert\_validation=ignore I have also run the powershell script on the windows machine and received OK prompt. I am doing this outside of a domain. If I ping the windows machine from centos outside of ansible I get replies. But with ansible I get [root@centos7-ansible ~]# ansible mesh -m win\_ping -v Using /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg as config file mesh | UNREACHABLE! =\> { “changed”: false, “msg”: “ssl: the specified credentials were rejected by the server”, “unreachable”: true } Any ideas what I am doing wrong? Regards, John ---
**Author:** ![johnny.sheppard.isod](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@johnny.sheppard.isod](https://forum.ansible.com/u/johnny.sheppard.isod)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2017, 12:47pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ping-windows-ssl-the-specified-credentials-were-rejected-by-the-serve/23564/2 "2017-01-26T12:47:53Z")
Hi, Just a quick suggestion, but the ansible\_port you’ve set is not the default. Have you changed it? If not, it should be **5986** not **986**. Johnny 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![John\_Norris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e79b87/32.png) [@John\_Norris](https://forum.ansible.com/u/John_Norris)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2017, 9:24pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ping-windows-ssl-the-specified-credentials-were-rejected-by-the-serve/23564/3 "2017-01-26T21:24:22Z")
Thanks for this Johnny. That was typo in the message. It was > > ansible\_port:5986 > > and in my hosts file ([windows:vars] I have it as ansible\_port=5986 but when I edited the copy and paste, I replaced :5 with = rather than just :. So in summary, the port is right. ---
**Author:** ![j.r.hawkesworth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a3d4f5/32.png) [@j.r.hawkesworth](https://forum.ansible.com/u/j.r.hawkesworth)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2017, 4:37pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ping-windows-ssl-the-specified-credentials-were-rejected-by-the-serve/23564/4 "2017-01-27T16:37:26Z")
Is the host ‘mesh’ a member of a group in your inventory file called ‘windows’? The group needs to exist in your inventory so assuming you inventory contains [windows] mesh and you group\_vars/windows.yml contains the connection parameters listed above? If it isn’t then ansible will assume default connection type, which is ssh. Hope this helps, Jon ---
**Author:** ![John\_Norris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e79b87/32.png) [@John\_Norris](https://forum.ansible.com/u/John_Norris)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2017, 1:59pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ping-windows-ssl-the-specified-credentials-were-rejected-by-the-serve/23564/5 "2017-01-28T13:59:18Z")
I actually put the connection parameters in /etc/ansible/hosts under [windows:vars]. Is that still valid? ---
**Author:** ![Trond\_Hindenes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/96bed5/32.png) [@Trond\_Hindenes](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Trond_Hindenes)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2017, 5:57pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ping-windows-ssl-the-specified-credentials-were-rejected-by-the-serve/23564/6 "2017-01-28T17:57:31Z")
yes, that’s still valid. Here’s a valid and working hosts file: [all] [all:vars] ansible\_connection=winrm ansible\_port=5986 ansible\_winrm\_server\_cert\_validation=ignore ansible\_password=e6PHLue6PHLu ansible\_user= [windows] windows1 ansible\_host=192.168.99.100 If that’s not working its likely an issue on the target server. Have you run the prepare-script? ---
**Author:** ![John\_Norris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e79b87/32.png) [@John\_Norris](https://forum.ansible.com/u/John_Norris)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2017, 8:29am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ping-windows-ssl-the-specified-credentials-were-rejected-by-the-serve/23564/7 "2017-01-30T08:29:46Z")
Hi Trond, I got it to work by changing the user from administrator. Many thanks for helping. Regards, john ---
**Author:** ![Prajawal\_Sinhaa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bcef8e/32.png) [@Prajawal\_Sinhaa](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Prajawal_Sinhaa)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2020, 10:02am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ping-windows-ssl-the-specified-credentials-were-rejected-by-the-serve/23564/8 "2020-03-03T10:02:32Z")
I am facing the same Issue. I am using basic authentication , should I use kerberos auth? I am trying to connect to my organisation’s PC.