# Shared connection closed

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/shared-connection-closed/32921>\
**Category:** AWX Project\
**Tags:** awx\
**Created:** [May 13, 2020, 12:00pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/shared-connection-closed/32921 "2020-05-13T12:00:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![Matthew\_Wimpelberg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Matthew\_Wimpelberg](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Matthew_Wimpelberg)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2020, 12:00pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/shared-connection-closed/32921/1 "2020-05-13T12:00:11Z")

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Hi All,  
I’m using the vmware\_export\_ovf module to back up VMs in my environment. When I run the playbook from the command line on the same host that’s in my inventory for the failed run attached, I have no issues. When I run it from AWX, I see the attached error. The main difference in this example from AWX is that I’m sshing to the target vs running it on the host and adding the delegate\_to: localhost flag. How can I update the timeout on AWX to prevent this issue? I’m running AWX 9.1.1

- name: export to ovf  
vmware\_export\_ovf:  
validate\_certs: false  
hostname: “{{ vmware\_server }}”  
username: “{{ username }}”  
password: “{{ password }}”  
name: “{{ item }}”  
export\_with\_images: true  
export\_dir: “{{ export\_dir }}”

with\_items: “{{ vm\_list }}”

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