By elibroftw
At first I thought Ansible was screwing up my ssh, but now after manually sshing and configuring my server, I find that I am still running into this SSH error. Why is it happening and what can I do to fix it?
I’m running AlmaLinux 9.
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Heya, @elibroftw
You’re likely experiencing the error due to IP blocking (by firewalld or Fail2Ban), resource limits, or configuration errors.
Check if your IP is banned using fail2ban-client status sshd, and unban it if needed. Look at journalctl -xeu sshd for SSH server errors.
Also, test your SSH configuration with sshd -t. If the system is low on memory, it might drop connections—check free -m. Use ssh -vvv user@host for detailed client output.
Regards
Heya,
This seems like a firewall issue. Make sure you have enabled access for your the Ansible user and you are using SSH keys rather than a password.
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