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When you try to connect to a host via ssh with password your Ansible Playbook might end up with "you must install the sshpass program" error. Let's investigate together why this error happens and how to solve it!

How to avoid the SSH Host Key checking at the beginning of every Ansible execution in our laboratory, CI/CD pipeline, or cloud computing provider.

How to solve the error connection failed fatal error when connecting via ssh host localhost port 22 when testing your code on your local machine using ansible_connection local parameter.

How to execute Ansible command(s) or task(s) on localhost using the connection plugin local and the right ansible internals variables.

How to checkout a git repository via SSH using Ansible module git.

Deep dive into the Ansible module win_ping in the collection ansible.windows to test the access to a managed Windows host and that that there is a shell usually PowerShell available. Live demo and Ansible playbook included.

Connection failed errors are one of the most common Ansible problems. In a live demo, we are going to troubleshoot starting from the error message. We are going to investigate the root cause of the problem and fix it.

How to checkout a git repository via HTTPS using Ansible module git.

Deep dive into the Ansible module ping in the collection ansible.builtin to test the access to a managed host and that Python is installed. Live demo and Ansible playbook included.