# ssh failing **URL:** \ **Category:** Ansible Project\ **Created:** [December 6, 2016, 2:20am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ssh-failing/23175 "2016-12-06T02:20:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Swathi\_Cutie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Swathi\_Cutie](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Swathi_Cutie)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2016, 2:20am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ssh-failing/23175/1 "2016-12-06T02:20:51Z")
Hi i am connecting to my ec2 instance and i am getting this error , please help ssh [centos@10.103.1.235](mailto:centos@10.103.1.235) -vvv OpenSSH\_6.6.1, OpenSSL 1.0.1e-fips 11 Feb 2013 debug1: Reading configuration data /root/.ssh/config debug1: /root/.ssh/config line 1: Applying options for 10.103\* debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh\_config debug1: /etc/ssh/ssh\_config line 56: Applying options for \* debug1: Executing proxy command: exec ssh -A -W 10.103.1.235:22 [ec2-user@10.100.140.213](mailto:ec2-user@10.100.140.213) debug1: permanently\_set\_uid: 0/0 debug3: Incorrect RSA1 identifier debug3: Could not load “/home/swathi/.ssh/swathikadem.pem” as a RSA1 public key debug1: identity file /home/swathi/.ssh/swathikadem.pem type -1 debug1: identity file /home/swathi/.ssh/swathikadem.pem-cert type -1 debug1: Enabling compatibility mode for protocol 2.0 debug1: Local version string SSH-2.0-OpenSSH\_6.6.1 debug1: permanently\_drop\_suid: 0 channel 0: open failed: connect failed: Connection timed out ssh\_exchange\_identification: Connection closed by remote host the key is placed in /home/swathi/.ssh/sathikadem.pem