# This topic needs a title

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/this-topic-needs-a-title/29143>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Tags:** windows\
**Created:** [November 28, 2018, 4:39pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/this-topic-needs-a-title/29143 "2018-11-28T16:39:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![Gopal\_Dhapa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/dec6dc/32.png) [@Gopal\_Dhapa](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Gopal_Dhapa)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2018, 4:39pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/this-topic-needs-a-title/29143/1 "2018-11-28T16:39:22Z")

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Hello Team,

When I connected ansible to Windows host given ssh connection timeout error.  
Please find this attachment.

I am using powershell version 3.0  
Winrm service working okay.  
Use port 5985

Other Linux node working okay. With this ansible setup. Please provide your suggestion.

Thanks in advance.

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**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/59ef9b/32.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2018, 1:08pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/this-topic-needs-a-title/29143/2 "2018-11-29T13:08:10Z")

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You are trying to connect to a Windows host over SSH

Do you have the following in the hosts file for your Windows machines?  
ansible\_connection=winrm

Here’s an example of a Windows host file:

```auto
[win]
172.16.2.5 
172.16.2.6 

[win:vars]
ansible_user=vagrant
ansible_password=password
ansible_connection=winrm
ansible_winrm_server_cert_validation=ignore

```

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**Author:** ![Gopal\_Dhapa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/dec6dc/32.png) [@Gopal\_Dhapa](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Gopal_Dhapa)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2018, 11:59am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/this-topic-needs-a-title/29143/3 "2018-12-01T11:59:53Z")

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Getting new error plaintext http connection pool

How to resolve.