# requests.exceptions.ConnectTimeout: HTTPConnectionPool **URL:** \ **Category:** Ansible Project\ **Tags:** windows, aws\ **Created:** [May 9, 2017, 6:31pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/requests-exceptions-connecttimeout-httpconnectionpool/24435 "2017-05-09T18:31:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ramkrishnadevops25](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/90db22/32.png) [@ramkrishnadevops25](https://forum.ansible.com/u/ramkrishnadevops25)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2017, 6:31pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/requests-exceptions-connecttimeout-httpconnectionpool/24435/1 "2017-05-09T18:31:02Z")
Hi, I am running ansible playbook from centos machine to talk to windows to run basic command(ipconfig). But I am getting below error. Please help me on it. both the instance(centos & windows) are from AWS ec2. I have added inbound port 5985 in security group to allow traffic from ec2 centos machine. your help is highly appreciated. Error:- **fatal: [172.28.48.57]: UNREACHABLE! =\> {** **“changed”: false,** **“msg”: “plaintext: HTTPConnectionPool(host=‘172.28.48.57’, port=5985): Max retries exceeded with url: /wsman (Caused by ConnectTimeoutError(\, ‘Connection to 172.28.48.57 timed out. (connect timeout=30)’))”,** **“unreachable”: true** **}** Ansible playbook that I am using: - name: test raw module hosts: windows-instance tasks: - name: run ipconfig raw: ipconfig register: ipconfig - debug: var=ipconfig /etc/ansible/hosts file: [windows-instance] 172.28.48.57 [windows-instance:vars] ansible\_ssh\_user=Administrator ansible\_ssh\_pass=xxxxxx #removed password ansible\_ssh\_port=5985 ansible\_connection=winrm Command that I am running: ansible-playbook -i /etc/ansible/hosts windows\_playbook.yaml -vvv Full output: ansible-playbook -i /etc/ansible/hosts windows\_playbook.yaml -vvv No config file found; using defaults PLAYBOOK: windows\_playbook.yaml \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* 1 plays in windows\_playbook.yaml PLAY [test raw module] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* TASK [Gathering Facts] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* Using module file /usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ansible/modules/windows/setup.ps1 \<172.28.48.57\> ESTABLISH WINRM CONNECTION FOR USER: Administrator on PORT 5985 TO 172.28.48.57 **fatal: [172.28.48.57]: UNREACHABLE! =\> {** **“changed”: false,** **“msg”: “plaintext: HTTPConnectionPool(host=‘172.28.48.57’, port=5985): Max retries exceeded with url: /wsman (Caused by ConnectTimeoutError(\, ‘Connection to 172.28.48.57 timed out. (connect timeout=30)’))”,** **“unreachable”: true** **}** to retry, use: --limit @/home/rama.gopisetti/ansible/windows\_playbook.retry PLAY RECAP \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* 172.28.48.57 : ok=0 changed=0 **unreachable=1** failed=0 \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*Same error log from python python Python 2.7.12 (default, Sep 1 2016, 22:14:00) [GCC 4.8.3 20140911 (Red Hat 4.8.3-9)] on linux2 Type “help”, “copyright”, “credits” or “license” for more information. > > > import winrm > > > s = winrm.Session(‘172.28.48.57’, auth=(‘Administrator’, ‘Gj=aWHl@Vqc9vJO4K(-Dd3C3xTC)aA-F’)) > > > r = s.run\_cmd(‘ipconfig’, [‘/all’]) r.status\_code r.std\_out Traceback (most recent call last): File “”, line 1, in File “/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/winrm/ **init**.py”, line 37, in run\_cmd shell\_id = self.protocol.open\_shell() File “/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/winrm/protocol.py”, line 132, in open\_shell res = self.send\_message(xmltodict.unparse(req)) File “/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/winrm/protocol.py”, line 207, in send\_message return self.transport.send\_message(message) File “/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/winrm/transport.py”, line 184, in send\_message response = self.session.send(prepared\_request, timeout=self.read\_timeout\_sec) File “/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/requests/sessions.py”, line 639, in send r = adapter.send(request, \*\*kwargs) File “/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/requests/adapters.py”, line 494, in send raise ConnectTimeout(e, request=request) requests.exceptions.ConnectTimeout: HTTPConnectionPool(host=‘172.28.48.57’, port=5985): Max retries exceeded with url: /wsman (Caused by ConnectTimeoutError(\, ‘Connection to 172.28.48.57 timed out. (connect timeout=30)’)) > > > r.status\_code Traceback (most recent call last): File “”, line 1, in NameError: name ‘r’ is not defined > > > r.std\_out Traceback (most recent call last): File “”, line 1, in NameError: name ‘r’ is not defined > > > exit Use exit() or Ctrl-D (i.e. EOF) to exit