- hosts: ssh gather_facts: false vars: ansible_connection: ssh ansible_ssh_timeout: 10 tasks: - name: contain the madness block: - name: test all is good ping: - name: start the fun meta: reset_connection - name: now test we can use wrong port from ssh/config ping: ignore_unreachable: True vars: ansible_ssh_args: "-F {{playbook_dir}}/files/port_override_ssh.cfg" register: expected - name: check all is as expected assert: that: - expected['unreachable']|bool - "'2222' in expected['msg']" always: - name: make sure we don't cache the bad connection meta: reset_connection