# ssl: auth method ssl requires a password

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/ssl-auth-method-ssl-requires-a-password/22149>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Tags:** windows\
**Created:** [July 28, 2016, 2:02pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ssl-auth-method-ssl-requires-a-password/22149 "2016-07-28T14:02:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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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, 2:02pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ssl-auth-method-ssl-requires-a-password/22149/1 "2016-07-28T14:02:28Z")

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Hi,

While trying to connect to a windows VM through Ansible I get this issue:

TASK [setup] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*  
\<10.xx.xx.xx\> ESTABLISH WINRM CONNECTION FOR USER: winad-admin on PORT 5986 TO 10.xx.xx.xx  
fatal: [10.xx.xx.xx]: UNREACHABLE! =\> {“changed”: false, “msg”: “ssl: auth method ssl requires a password”, “unreachable”: true}