# Ssh connection

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/ssh-connection/20417>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [February 2, 2016, 7:01am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ssh-connection/20417 "2016-02-02T07:01:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Milet\_Francis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Milet\_Francis](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Milet_Francis)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2016, 7:01am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ssh-connection/20417/1 "2016-02-02T07:01:48Z")

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Hi…  
I want to establish a ssh connection between 10 servers at the same time.Is it possible to use ansible to automate this process.If not do u have any other option.

Regards,  
Milet

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**Author:** ![Kevin\_Bullock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f1d935/32.png) [@Kevin\_Bullock](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Kevin_Bullock)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2016, 3:20pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ssh-connection/20417/2 "2016-02-02T15:20:46Z")

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I'm not totally clear on what you mean. Do you want to open an SSH connection from one machine to 10 others at once? And if so, what do you want to do with the connection?

Ansible can (and by default, does) run tasks on multiple hosts simultaneously over an SSH connection.

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Kevin R. Bullock