# Winrm connection error - 500 WinRMTransport. \[Errno -2\] Name or service not known

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/winrm-connection-error-500-winrmtransport-errno-2-name-or-service-not-known/17648>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Tags:** windows\
**Created:** [March 2, 2015, 12:34am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/winrm-connection-error-500-winrmtransport-errno-2-name-or-service-not-known/17648 "2015-03-02T00:34:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![satheesh\_kumar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bcef8e/32.png) [@satheesh\_kumar](https://forum.ansible.com/u/satheesh_kumar)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2015, 12:34am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/winrm-connection-error-500-winrmtransport-errno-2-name-or-service-not-known/17648/1 "2015-03-02T00:34:17Z")

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I tried to ping windows server from ansible, and getting the below error:

$ ansible windows -m win\_ping -vvvv  
\<[windowsserver.cloudapp.net](http://windowsserver.cloudapp.net)\> ESTABLISH WINRM CONNECTION FOR USER: windowsuser on PORT 5986 TO [windowsserver.cloudapp.net](http://windowsserver.cloudapp.net)  
\<[windowsserver.cloudapp.net](http://windowsserver.cloudapp.net)\> WINRM CONNECT: transport=plaintext endpoint=[https://windowsserver.cloudapp.net:5986/wsman](https://windowsserver.cloudapp.net:5986/wsman)  
\<[windowsserver.cloudapp.net](http://windowsserver.cloudapp.net)\> WINRM CONNECTION ERROR: 500 WinRMTransport. [Errno -2] Name or service not known  
\<[windowsserver.cloudapp.net](http://windowsserver.cloudapp.net)\> WINRM CONNECT: transport=plaintext endpoint=[http://windowsserver.cloudapp.net:5986/wsman](http://windowsserver.cloudapp.net:5986/wsman)  
\<[windowsserver.cloudapp.net](http://windowsserver.cloudapp.net)\> WINRM CONNECTION ERROR: 500 WinRMTransport. [Errno -2] Name or service not known  
[windowsserver.cloudapp.net](http://windowsserver.cloudapp.net) | FAILED =\> 500 WinRMTransport. [Errno -2] Name or service not known

I have correct host under inventories/hosts file, and windows user/pass under group\_vars/windows.yml

It worked fine earlier some time back, but has name or service not known error. where might be the issue?

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**Author:** ![j.r.hawkesworth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a3d4f5/32.png) [@j.r.hawkesworth](https://forum.ansible.com/u/j.r.hawkesworth)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2015, 10:56am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/winrm-connection-error-500-winrmtransport-errno-2-name-or-service-not-known/17648/2 "2015-03-02T10:56:22Z")

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Can your ansible controller machine resolve the name [windowsserver.cloudapp.net](http://windowsserver.cloudapp.net) to an ip address?  
If so, check that firewalling alllows connections to port 5986.

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**Author:** ![satheesh\_kumar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bcef8e/32.png) [@satheesh\_kumar](https://forum.ansible.com/u/satheesh_kumar)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2015, 11:00am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/winrm-connection-error-500-winrmtransport-errno-2-name-or-service-not-known/17648/3 "2015-03-02T11:00:40Z")

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Hi,

Seems this is intermediate issues with azure i think.

Now it works from ansible, earlier it did not worked (from ansible, but worked when directly connected via rdc) for myself and other collegues too… Strange!