{"id":5560,"date":"2018-10-31T06:37:32","date_gmt":"2018-10-31T06:37:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/?p=5560"},"modified":"2021-11-17T09:38:50","modified_gmt":"2021-11-17T09:38:50","slug":"ansible-execution-connection-type","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/ansible-execution-connection-type\/","title":{"rendered":"Ansible execution connection type"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Ansible executes playbooks in the remote server using following connection type. To change the connection type, you need to pass host-specific parameter ansible_connection=<connector>, the connection type can be changed.<\/p>\n

SSH Based (Linux Based)<\/strong>
\nThe default SSH protocol types is smart. This can be the name of any of ansible\u2019s connection plugins. SSH protocol types are..<\/p>\n

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  1. smart<\/li>\n
  2. ssh<\/li>\n
  3. paramiko<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Non-SSH Based (Linux Based)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    1. local – This connector can be used to deploy the playbook to the control machine itself.<\/li>\n
    2. docker – This connector deploys the playbook directly into Docker containers using the local Docker client.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      WinRM Based (Windows Based)<\/strong>
      \nUnlike Linux\/Unix hosts, which use SSH by default, Windows hosts are configured with WinRM.<\/p>\n

      The authentication type may be set on inventory hosts or groups with the ansible_winrm_transport variable. ansible_winrm_transport may include<\/p>\n

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      1. Basic<\/li>\n
      2. Certificate<\/li>\n
      3. Kerberos<\/li>\n
      4. NTLM<\/li>\n
      5. CredSSP<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        Example<\/strong><\/p>\n

        [targets]<\/p>\n

        localhost ansible_connection=local
        \nother1.example.com ansible_connection=ssh ansible_user=mpdehaan<\/p>\n

        Reference<\/strong><\/p>\n

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        • https:\/\/docs.ansible.com\/ansible\/2.6\/user_guide\/windows_winrm.html<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n