# ssl: auth method ssl requires a password

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/ssl-auth-method-ssl-requires-a-password/22148>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Tags:** windows\
**Created:** [July 28, 2016, 1:55pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ssl-auth-method-ssl-requires-a-password/22148 "2016-07-28T13:55:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![Arun\_John\_Varughese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Arun\_John\_Varughese](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Arun_John_Varughese)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2016, 1:55pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ssl-auth-method-ssl-requires-a-password/22148/1 "2016-07-28T13:55:34Z")

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Hi,

I am having an issue trying to connect to my windows server in the internal network, as I get this error:

TASK [setup] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*  
fatal: [10.xxx.xxx.xxx]: UNREACHABLE! =\> {“changed”: false, “msg”: “ssl: auth method ssl requires a password”, “unreachable”: true}

Inventory fille:  
-----hosts----

[win\_servers]  
10.248.8.11

[win\_servers:vars]  
ansible\_user=Administratot  
ansible\_pass=Horse@123456  
ansible\_port=5986  
ansible\_connection=winrm

# The following is necessary for Python 2.7.9+ when using default WinRM self-signed certificates:

ansible\_winrm\_server\_cert\_validation=ignore

And I used the following powershell script to enable winrm.